Noble people of wilmott forums!I aim to enrol in a degree to get me started in a career in the field of quantitative strategies.My profile is:27yo, BSc Maths/Applied Maths from a Russian uni, nationally well recognised but probably not internationally.I think my avg grade is only equivalent to a 2.2 (even though close to 2.1).exp: 6 years IT in BB banks - constant shoulder rubbing with rates/FI products and making pricing/trading systems but no real quant work.I was hoping to get into a very decent name establishment, eg Imperial or maybe LSE. The programs I considered are MSc Statistics OR MSc MathFin (whatever the name for the latter is at the uni of my choice). I like maths and finance enough to want doing this, and understand it enough to solve admission tests.Question:What can I do to aid my chances of being admitted to Imperial? They typically require 2.1 which is my biggest sticking point. Any certifications, courses, or some such that could help?Or is it really a case of going for it and seeing what happens, because all possible brownie points have already been (not) scored?Thank you very much for quality feedback.

Do well on a GRE/GMAT and what I mean by well is stratospherically well. Also if you could persuade a prof (that is somewhat well known) from your Uni to write a great recommendation it could mitigate the grades a bit.

EscapeArtist999 many thanks for your reply, will think about upping the GMAT...I recreated the topic with a slightly new title - this one should be cleared out.