I was wondering what my chances are to getting into a masters program at Columbia Cumulative: 3.1; Major GPA: 3.6; major: Finance & Business Analytics & Information Technology.

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Depends on how competitive the program you’re going for is. MBA would be really hard with that GPA. But, another business program might work. Also heavily depends on your GRE/GMAT score. Grad schools really just look at GPA and GRE/GMAT. But grad programs are extremely lucrative for the schools, so they tend to be less competitive to get into compared to their undergrad programs.

I agree with this. It really depends on how competitve the program is. It is very possible that you could get in.

I was thinking of Masters of Financil engineering or masters of financial economics

If you score high on the math section of the GMAT or GRE, you’ll have a good shot. Figure out which one is preferred for the program (GMAT tends to be more business-minded) and which one you think you can do better on, and then prep like crazy. Prep Scholar can be pricey but it works (boosted my SAT by 200 points back in the day). You will probably have to take it multiple times. Similar to the SAT/ACT. If I recall correctly for the GMAT, it’s no calculator and the problems are mostly logic puzzles that try to trip you up with excessive details, focused on business situations.

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