u/Emperor_Ken

I am an offer holder for MSc Finance at UCL. If you studied here, how was your experience? Were the career fair/events helpful?

Seriously, how long does it take? It’s been 2 weeks and it’s still pending.

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Thinking of breaking into finance, but also worried it may already be in decline.

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Hi, I did my undergraduate from a really bad uni and my subject was very basic too (i.e. Business Management from University of Greenwich).

I did quite poorly on my a levels, and didn’t really have any other options, so I went to Greenwich. I did put some effort during uni and was able to graduate with a first class honours in 2024.

My goal has been to break into finance, unfortunately I haven’t been able to land even an internship. Only experience so far has been retail etc.

Recently, I was thinking about doing a masters atleast in Finance and applied to bunch of universities. Just a few days ago, I got an offer from KCL for MSc in Finance Analytics. I also applied to UCL and a few other target uni but haven’t heard back yet.

My question, is it worth doing the masters? I don’t really see any hope otherwise with my undergrad degree.

Edit: Thanks a lot for the answers. I really appreciate it.

A bit more about myself. I am 21 (22 in a few months). I have been working throughout my uni years and basically been working in retail for about 4 years now.

Since graduating in 2024, I had been applying to numerous roles, but it’s been tough and I haven’t landed anything decent. I currently work full time as a team leader at the store I have been working and have barely any time left to do something meaningful. I also feel like I am losing my edge every day as time passes. I honestly think that if I don’t do something now, I might be stuck in retail forever.

I genuinely want a second shot at this.