我是電子的小碩，本來打算考GT去讀PHD的，不過考完G之后覺得是在是念不下去了，沒有讀博的信心，就想讀一年金融回來工作了，準備申請過程中有了考考CFA的想法，其實level 1 是很簡單的，但是我想那些cfa的parnter既然針對cfa考試，那不管怎么說，課程應(yīng)該是比較practical的，對我找工作也更有利一些吧，就申請的時候側(cè)重了cfa的合作學(xué)校的金融項目。我申了LSE，華威和曼徹斯特，這3個我覺得比較靠譜的學(xué)校，本以為很有希望的，不過都沒中，我覺得原因之一是 我除了興趣之外找不到任何和金融相關(guān)的經(jīng)驗吧。。。。。。
后來又申請了別的，比如蘭卡，拿到了conditional，但是雅思6.5寫作只有5.5，蘭卡牛的不給我讀語言的機會，我反復(fù)argue都不行，這個機會就放棄了。
到6月份，我只有l(wèi)eicester 和南安的uncon，想了想又申請了York，杜倫和ICMA,結(jié)果杜倫招滿了，york給了uncon，ICMA又是con，這就到了8月了，我基本只能去york了，我又開始argue icma，不過比ps還長的argu信還是沒用，搞的我很郁悶，想拼一把這樣就沒有遺憾了，于是回家報了8.30的雅思，我報那天是截止日期，我報了之后當(dāng)天下午去書店買了一堆雅思寫作的書。。。第2天一早check郵箱發(fā)現(xiàn)來了個icma的郵件，pdf的掃描附件說給我10000英鎊的免學(xué)費(IM的學(xué)費是15800)，我揉了揉眼睛發(fā)現(xiàn)不是1000，覺得很慶幸哈哈，就邊看奧運會邊準備寫作。
昨天下午第一時間刷到成績，聽力才6，寫作和口語都很爭氣，哈，終于置之死地而后生了
這個錢完全是以外，但是能給后面的XDJM提供的信息就是 前提條件雅思6.5 各科過6 ，要GMAT，我是用的GRE，其實這個就是先決條件了，真是運氣成分有很多，因為這個錢不是專門的什么獎，就是遞交申請材料時候附了1個百余字的申請，說自己很窮很牛，至于結(jié)果是ICMA自己判斷的，我們做不了什么。
我個人覺得對于理工科學(xué)生而言，沒有扎實的金融背景，學(xué)習(xí)follow cfa的項目是個不錯的選擇，首先課程比較實際，沒有特理論的東西，就一年時間，才6個月課，學(xué)一堆計量啊之類的，老實說我覺得意思不大。其次，cfa 當(dāng)然不是個什么nb的東西，更何況level 1，但是對我們沒學(xué)過的門外漢，有個這個經(jīng)歷總能完善自己的知識面么，還是positive的，總的來說，至少不會減分，簡歷上也漂亮一些。。
對于金融的學(xué)校，我覺得當(dāng)然牛劍LBS就不說了，其次就是LSE和IC，下面是華威和曼徹斯特，這些能去上自然最好。接下來我個人比較推薦 愛丁堡 蘭卡 和 杜倫，這些學(xué)校都有cfa的合作項目，對于沒有金融背景轉(zhuǎn)專業(yè)的學(xué)生是個不錯的申請學(xué)校的guidance。
其實有個判斷金融項目好不好的簡單方法，就是錢。。。。。。。
是不是收申請費 + 學(xué)費貴不貴，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)上面提到的金融學(xué)校和項目都是不錯的 哈哈。牛劍好像是2.4W， LSE是2W, 愛丁堡是1.7W，蘭卡是1.4W,沒有便宜的。。。。。。。
我說了一堆cfa合作如何如何，并不是說我吹丫的怎么好，只是給那些和我一樣轉(zhuǎn)專業(yè)同學(xué)申請學(xué)校時候的一個策略，不管怎么說是positive么，但是能拋多少就沒有定論了 證明自己的最終是實力而不是外在的東西。
這個是cfa par網(wǎng)站大家可以參考(只針對跨專業(yè)學(xué)金融的學(xué)生)
http://www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprog/university/europe.html
最后還是要 非常感謝太傻的XDJM，我所有出國的東西都是在太傻上各位的幫助下DIY的，非常感謝你們啊!!!!
這次驚險的經(jīng)歷再次告訴我應(yīng)該搏一搏，付出未必有回報，但是遇到困難退縮了，就肯能沒有了。
加油!!!!!!!!!!!! BLESS YOU ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!
今年我運氣好 只有6.5和6的要求 我遞的GRE
這是我的PS,自己寫的，找同學(xué)改的，給理工的XDJM參考哈，
附我的PS
Driven by the strong interest in science and how science promotes the development of society, I entered X University , one of the best universities in China for undergraduate study, majored in Physics. During the four years, academic excellence characterized my study in X. Then in 2005 I achieved top marks in the highly competitive postgraduate entrance exam and was admitted to Y University. I chose the major of telecommunication and electronics to broaden my educational background. During three years of graduate study, I mastered circuits, computer languages and other engineering skills well. In 2005, I won a fellowship from the Fortune Semiconductor Company-Y internship and participated in chip-design training program where I successfully finished the MAC module design project through the collaboration with senior engineers. Moreover, in 2006 I played a central role in the Parameter Extraction of SOI MOSFET project in my lab which was funded by SMIC and Y.
It would be true to say that the day I became interested in finance and planed to further my study in this field was a turning point in my life. It was my investment experience that opened my eyes to the wide world of Finance. I was deeply attracted by it as soon as I invested for the first time, not because of the money I earned, but the eagerness to find out the reasonable answers haunting in my mind: what factors causes the fluctuation of the stock market; why the stock prices vary every second; what indexes fix the stock prices of different corporations, all of which are connected closely with the Financial Theory. I actively sought more information about this field. Thus I intentionally took advantages of the platform provide by Y university to learn relevant knowledge, such as Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Money and Finance, Accounting, and so on. It was this experience that inspired my strong interests in finance and provided me a distinguished perspective quite different from that of a mere electronic engineer. I found my interest growing, the more I learned about Financial Theory.
In winter vocation of 2007, I got the internship in Business Department of Harbin Branch, Bank of China; my major responsibility was to assist in recording each transaction of our international settlement, the cash flows of our customer’s account, and cash inventory account of our department. This work process helped me to gain a primary understanding of finance such as China’s financial structure and regulations, the influence of the financial policy to China’s commercial banks. This experience attracted me deeply and ignited my desire of taking my career in financial field.
Throughout the study and internship, I found that I have my own advantages in this area: the study of science equipped me a logical way of thinking , an analyzing and resolving ability which made me competent to further my study in other unfamiliar fields; sound mathematical training made me easy to learn the Quantitative method and Accounting; engineering experience gave me a deeper understanding of technical influences to the corporations, industries and economics ,which is vital important in some situations such as industrial research and investment fields. All above dimensions strengthened my confidence in this area.
However, finance is a very complicate subject and my current knowledge and work experience is still far away from the requirements. After visiting the Website of A, I am deeply attracted by the MSc Finance and Economics programs. It offers the comprehensive education in finance, enables me to experience the campus life of the first-class universities. Moreover, it is exciting for me to have the opportunity to feel the different cultural atmosphere. Considering my solid scientific background, engineering experience, independent research and work ability, I believe my study life and my career will be full of achievements and delight.
Dear Madam or Sir:
I am in the hope of obtaining a scholarship to support my study in the Master Program.
I am eager to have the chance to get some kinds of financial aid, indeed this large amount of fee would be a fairly big burden for me, and I do believe that my multi-disciplinary academic background and ample work experience makes me a competent candidate for this scholarship. (網(wǎng)友kuluoluo2原創(chuàng))
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附：ICMA是什么?
ICMA是國際資本市場協(xié)會(International Capital Market Association)的英文簡稱，建立于1914年。其總部設(shè)在瑞士的蘇黎士，是一個為國際金融市場制定行業(yè)規(guī)范的機構(gòu)，同時也是國際證券市場的貿(mào)易協(xié)會?，F(xiàn)有公司會員近640家，分布于世界上51個國家，其中絕大多數(shù)公司會員是世界著名的金融、證券機構(gòu)和投資公司。其功能的實現(xiàn)不僅不受地域限制，而且還產(chǎn)生對行業(yè)意識形態(tài)的影響。ICMA的會員包含幾乎世界上所有知名的金融投資銀行和機構(gòu)，而會員間的業(yè)務(wù)往來多數(shù)依靠電子手段貫通全球的資本市場。因此，作為資本市場的中心機構(gòu)，ICMA所起到的全球化作用不可估量;而其所代表的資本市場的高度，更象征了行業(yè)內(nèi)的權(quán)威性。
設(shè)于英國雷丁大學(xué)內(nèi)的ICMA中心(International Capital Market Association Centre)成立于1991年，從1994年開始招收碩士研究生，現(xiàn)擴大到四個碩士學(xué)位專業(yè)并招收本科學(xué)生。該中心系由ICMA總部投資，利用雷丁大學(xué)在培養(yǎng)銀行和金融業(yè)管理人才方面的特長與優(yōu)勢，與雷丁大學(xué)合作辦學(xué)和開展研究，旨在專門培養(yǎng)從事金融業(yè)的高級管理人才。該中心代表著國際證券、投資和銀行業(yè)與英國重點大學(xué)所形成的具有獨創(chuàng)性的合作方式，這非但在英國，在全歐洲的大學(xué)中也是獨一無二的。目前由于其卓越的學(xué)術(shù)水平而被認為是擁有全英最好的金融專業(yè)的教育機構(gòu)，是全歐洲最大的提供國際證券與投資專業(yè)人才教育的培訓(xùn)基地;同時也是全球范圍內(nèi)培養(yǎng)出最多的國際證券與投資專業(yè)的碩士畢業(yè)生和本科畢業(yè)生的金融商學(xué)院，其高質(zhì)量的畢業(yè)生群體絕大部分供職于ICMA會員機構(gòu)，在所學(xué)領(lǐng)域展現(xiàn)一技之長。
