Cambridge prospective Mphil Finance applicants 2011/2012

I think you bring up a good point, you will be competing with people from oxford, cambridge, LSE etc., but you have to remember that Warwick is actually pretty well respected and I am sure that if you come across as qualified and with a drive for the job, you can probably outflank candidates from LSE without a doubt and possibly some from oxford and cambridge. Also the thing you have to remember and I think this is why you are seeing more kids from the grande ecole trying to get out of France, is the playing field is supposedly more level and the grass at least "was" greener on that side of the of channel, so if you get into warwick- and looking at your profile will probably get into LSE without too much of a hassle, I would not sweat it too much.
Now in regards to international reputation, I cannot really comment on Imperial, but I would ponder a guess that it is certainly not as strong as HEC or Oxbridge (note that it is a different story for their engineering program), however I am pretty sure most people in the commonwealth will probably know imperial or at least one person in the office will have heard of it (probably an engineer or physicist turned quant). Conversely, for Warwick, I actually heard this and I was surprised, but supposedly it is relatively well respected in Asia (but you should check up on that) and there seems to be some alumni's in that part of the world.
Again, I am a foreigner in Canada, so I get where you are coming from in terms of visa and so forth, but you gotta remember that once you have a grad degree, usually the points-based system in most commonwealth counries gives you a high degree of flexibility in terms of permanent residency and if you don't mind the cold weather Canada is always an option lol.

@Mr. Incredible

In terms of Masters of Finance I would not go to Canada, however for Ph.D's in Finance, by far University of Toronto and mainly because of the fact that John Hull could potentially be your thesis adviser and probably some of the more notable pioneers of finance have come out of there (e.g. Myron Scholes), right after Chicago, Columbia and Harvard. Though I would come here more-so for the work, I find that over here if you can get on an I-banking group specializing in mining or energy you could be home free sooner than you think esp. with the pick up in M&A and foreign interest in the oil sands.

BTW, I have still to finish my app for warwick, but how long was the turnaround time in terms of documents ---> admission?

I just got an offer from Warwick and an interview invitation from HEC, both for MSc Finance. Now I do hope that Warwick is not significantly worse than HEC so that I wouldn't have too much pressure for the interview. Btw, I don't know much about Canadian schools. What are the best schools in this field?

Hey congrats on your offer for warwick and the interview at HEC! how did it go? I've got mine coming up at the end of january for MSc Finance..can you give me any advice what the interview is like and what type of questions they ask? many thanks!

Hey there, may I please ask if anyone has attended the interview for Cambridge's MSc Finance Course? I'd like to know how technical it would be, having read that Oxford's MFE asked some pretty tough technical questions in the previous years.

I've scant little maths background - bit worried. Hope to know what topics could possibly come up, so I can start my salvage ops with a little more focus...and hope.
Any advice please?

stookie the acepatance rate is near 8%, sure they don't interview?

LSE MSc Finance is the most competitive in the world almost using absolute percentages I think. Even Us schools accept more don't they?

I don't fancy my chances if everyone else has a first class degree 90%+, internships coupled with work experiences and ecs It depends on quality of applicant % isn't the only thing.

LSE MSc Finance is the most competitive in the world almost using absolute percentages I think. Even Us schools accept more don't they?

I don't fancy my chances if everyone else has a first class degree 90%+, internships coupled with work experiences and ecs It depends on quality of applicant % isn't the only thing.