MS in Financial Engineering

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Personal statement essays 1 and 2 are required for all applicants. Question 1) Please describe pivotal experiences, opportunities, and/or challenges (including any financial or access to education barriers) that have influenced your educational and professional development. (250 words max) Question 2) At Illinois, we value a student’s ability to contribute to a community of inclusion, belonging, and respect where our graduate students can learn and collaborate productively and positively. Please provide an example of how you contributed to or engaged with a community of students or colleagues with different perspectives, abilities, and experiences to achieve a positive outcome, and reflect on what you learned from this experience. (250 words max)

Recommendations should be provided from employers, supervisors, professors, or others who are able to comment on your professional and educational goals and potential (no friends or relatives, please). Recommendation letters should specifically address your ability to succeed in your proposed academic program and discuss any experience that may have prepared you to succeed in the program.

Provide your most recent resume with dates of employment (note: work experience in the field is not required to apply).

MSFE applicants, please limit your statement to 300 words. This document should be uploaded to your application. 1) How has your academic and professional background, including any professional training, prepared you for graduate study? 2) How will our program help you achieve your intellectual and professional goals? 3)What are your academic interests, and why do you wish to pursue graduate studies in this specific program?

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Digital Uploads Instructions for MS Financial Engineering Applicants Please upload a video file of no more than 2 minutes in length answering the following questions: 1) Why do you feel you are best suited for the MS Financial Engineering Program? 2) What are your career goals after completing our program?