申请类型
研究生
教育经历
01/2018-05/2020 波士顿大学 数学 本科 3.92/4.00
09/2015-01/2018 首都经济贸易大学 本科 3.51/5.00
语言/标化考试成绩
TOEFL: 105 GRE: 322+3
工作经历
无
实习经历
- Morgan Stanley Capital International (Remote)07/2018-08/2018
Part-time Assistant
· Used R to analyze data and checked whether a set of data obeyed the student’s t-distribution;
· Learned the standard Black-Scholes option pricing model and calculated Monte Carlo Simulation based VaR with MATLAB;
· Mastered the Newton-Raphson method and constructed Monte Carlo simulation of the options market;
· Studied Statistical Arbitrage in the U.S. Equities Market written by M. Avellaneda and J.-H. Lee, then implemented the trading algorithms and reproduced the results described in the paper, and extended the paper’s results to include the Chinese market data until the end of 2009;
· Calculated the fixed semiannual swap rate, constant spread and PV of swap position at a specific time with Excel after reading the handbook of CFA Level 2.
- Zhongtian Yun Certified Public Accountants, Beijing07/2017
Auditor
· Participated in the semiannual review of Power Construction Corporation of China;
· Collected and analyzed more than 60 real estate firms and summed up their financial data from stock exchanges;
· Investigated the negative news of Power Construction Corporation of China and its over 40 subsidiaries;
· Understood the current situation of the industry by comparing the data of China’s real estate field for three consecutive years from 2015 to 2017.
科研经历
The Application of Classic Hedge Fund Strategy in China’s Financial Market, Columbia University (Instructor: Adjunct Assistant Professor Mr. Eric Yeh)09/2019-12/2019
Team Member
· Learned basic concepts about Hedge Fund Strategy like the Alpha, Beta, Cost and so on;
· Researched the Yield Curve Arbitrage strategy, Index Rebalance strategy and made presentations;
· Applied the Index Rebalance strategy in the Chinese financial market by using CSI300 and generated and refined the model of daily return by using Python and R;
· Involved in consulting materials, sorting out strategies and formulating the methods of portfolio construction in the final report;
· Participated in using Python to build portfolios and assess the performance of our portfolios by computing important indicators including daily return, Sharpe ratio, PnL graph, VaR, and so on.
奖项/证书
Dean’s List, College of Arts & Science, BU 06/2018&12/2018&06/2019
Securities Qualification Certificate 11/2017
Second Prize Scholarship, CUEB 04/2017
Best Team Member of Basketball Team of School of Finance, CUEB 03/2016
Beijing Outstanding Class Cadre (Monitor) 02/2015
申请结果
Columbia University
MS in Financial Engineering
拒录
Cornell University
Master of Engineering in Operations Research and Information Engineering
拒录
Washington University in St Louis
Quantitative Finance (MSFQ)
录取
University of Southern California
Master of Science in Financial Engineering
录取
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Quantitative Finance & Risk Management; M.S.
拒录
New York University
Financial Engineering, M.S.
录取
Boston University
MS in Mathematical Finance
录取
University of Virginia
Master of Science (M.S.) Statistics
录取
背景分析
学生优势:学生的院校背景,GPA以及标化成绩都是很显眼的优势,软件背景中的实习,科研也都是加分项。而且,学生在国内获得的奖学金以及在BU连续三个学期获得Dean’s List,这些都足以说明他的学术能力。
学生劣势:学生是金融+数学(统计方向)专业,计算机背景还差一些。从项目的角度,学生在运筹和信息工程,风险管理这些方面缺少相关背景。
文书思路
一共出了两套文书,一套是统计专业,另一套是金工/金数。
统计文书:开头以他第一次接触统计是跟着父母看的一部电影,The Joy of Stats,他当时就意识到数字的力量是可以在一定程度上预测未来的。随着他学习的深入和大数据时代的到来,引出对统计的强烈兴趣。
主体部分包括学业背景,实习,科研,学习计划以及职业规划。
学业背景体现首经贸的学习帮助学生从金融角度分析国际公司的运作模式以及投资策略,能够通过数据分析发现并解决问题。而在BU统计学的学习,包括核心课程和一些统计软件的掌握将是接下来读统计学的敲门砖。
实习描述的是通过两段实习积累了丰富的数据收集和分析的经验,和在繁忙及压力下展现出了出色的时间和资源管理能力,工作效率,团队协作能力,最终获得满意成果。
科研写的是在哥大教授指导下参与的一个经典对冲基金策略在中国金融市场中的应用的项目。通过这个项目,不仅增进了对金融市场和金融知识的理解,此外,处理数据的能力也得到了增强。再次意识到量化金融工具可以最大限度地发挥资本的作用。同时,通过结合数学,统计学和计算机科学的知识,可以进行计算以同时实现最大的业务利润和控制风险。
学习计划和职业规划为专注提高CS技能,有效地整合统计知识和计算机科学知识,以带来创新的变化。毕业后,我计划在金融行业从事数据科学和机器学习的应用,为金融领域的未来发展创造持久的价值。
结尾针对项目和学校来一段特写,表明向往之心。
金工金数文书:开头描述自己从金融转到数学(统计方向)的本科历程中定位了自己对于金工/金数的真正兴趣,并确定了自己致力于金融领域的长期职业目标。
学术背景区别于统计那篇额外提了参加的一个数学建模大赛以及着重提了自己在编程方面的学习。
主体部分包括实习,科研,学习计划以及职业规划,和结尾思路同上。
申请总结
想说的一点就是国外学术推荐信这块,今年有一些国外老师出推荐信要求提供PS,而这个学生的老师当时要的很急,所以当时我这面是一天内完成了这两篇PS,老师表示很满意并说会极力推荐的。所以接下来遇到国外老师做推荐人的情况要让学生尽早联系推荐人以及问清楚老师那面的需求以及时间限制。