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@QuantCoach @Igna may be able to give some pointer on the timing of internship application. In the meantime, go read on their respective AMAs. There are plenty of valuable tips in there. Would be good to indicate the type of internships you are looking for. We have a massive list of finance...

I have read many reviews on QuantNet over the years and most of them are superficial. When a member took the time to write a review that describes his experience in the program, his likes and dislikes in vivid details, it's a win for all stakeholders. We all benefit so much from it. The recent...

Did anyone get an admit and any kind of scholarship from Cornell?

Thanks for giving back to the community and paying it forward. It's rare to see that these days. It says more about one's character than anything. Now that you have finished your MFE journey and started your career as a young finance professional, how can we make QuantNet as useful to you as...

https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/bloomberggpt-50-billion-parameter-llm-tuned-finance/ Bloomberg today released a research paper detailing the development of BloombergGPTTM, a new large-scale generative artificial intelligence (AI) model. This large language model (LLM) has been...

Pocket protector has its own interesting history https://www.americanscientist.org/article/rise-and-fall-of-the-pocket-protector

@QuantCoach Thank you for sharing your advice. I appreciate this a lot. What are the classic mistakes/pitfalls that many MFE graduates make during their internship and job search?

You can now run #GPT locally on your MacBook with GPT4All, a new 7B LLM based on LLaMa. It's completely open source: You can access to demo, data, and code to train an assistant-style large language model with ~800k GPT-3.5-Turbo https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all

The Master of Science in Financial Economics is a two-year STEM eligible master’s degree program offered by the Finance Division of Columbia Business School. The MS in Financial Economics is also eligible for the STEM OPT extension. Students complete a minimum of 16 full graduate-level courses...

If you haven't shared your admission results here, please do. Also, please remember to add your data to the Tracker. If you have all the results and made your decision, please update your post. It's very important for many who are in the similar situation.

@BeckyBian Congrats of getting two admits from Columbia Business School and Sloan. Would be great if you can add your profile and application timelines on the Tracker? This way, it's easier to find and connect with people who going to be your classmates.

This is from the Admission Director of CMU MSCF program, Gwen Stanczak https://quantnet.com/threads/graduate-schools-looking-for-thoughtful-well-rounded-students.46410/ This is from Akram Khan, UCLA MFE student https://quantnet.com/threads/tips-for-applying-to-mfe-programs.52334/...

Congrats. Are you joining the program?

Hey @Xu Ryan When do you plan to apply to MFE programs? The answer will determine how long you have to strengthen your profile. We have so many resources here to help applicants like you get into the best MFE programs with their profiles. There are many guides and articles here that are always...

A lot of financial engineering sites have died out over the years. https://quantnet.com/threads/r-i-p-financial-engineering-news.1027/

OpenAI announced a product extension for ChatGPT allowing the chatbot to interact with external data and services. With plugins, ChatGPT now can search for real-time information on the web, order groceries from DoorDash, and book flights, hotels, or rental cars on Kayak. In short, plugins have...

For anyone interested in financial firms in the Chicago area, the list below is helpful. It's maintained by wikipedia so the list can change at any moment but it will give you a starting point when you begin applying for internships and jobs. Banks Alliant Credit Union (Chicago) Amalgamated...

https://kx.com/kdb-personal-edition-download/ Download to experience how kdb+ is: a high-performance cross-platform time series columnar database. an in-memory compute engine. a real-time streaming processor. an expressive query and programming language called q, optimized for time series...

Small items like pens, coffee mugs, mouse pad, etc that you put your company brands on and give away as promotional items.

Here is the class of 2023 profile. 73% of the class is with finance and economics degrees.

@Ken Abbott suggested a great idea that we provide QuantNet-branded swags to members who help answer questions on our site. This is something we definitely should do given we have many wonderful members here who are now practitioners in finance. It's good to help out fellow members but it's...

For those that applied to the Columbia MSFE (Financial Economics) program, I have added the program so please add your timelines to the Tracker. @mowmow @LouVega @sonny_song @conquerv @shirlch Much appreciated.

I had a Zoom with people from Yale Business School yesterday and we hope to be able to provide more insights about the Asset Management program to our audience. Stay tuned.

@BenShui @LakeYang Did the results come in for you?

Congrats @AlteredSkies You are the only two 2023 admits among the dozen we have on the Tracker here. Would be great to have your profile and timeline added on the Tracker so we can see which type of applicants got the offer. Also, you need to be clear of your desired career path out of each...

Go Tracker or go home.

We still have a few pending results so hopefully they got converted to admit.

It's just10AM in California time so they could still come out today.

Sorry to hear that. I assume you applied to other programs and still waiting? I didn't see your on the Tracker so just want to confirm it.

https://quantnet.com/threads/quant-internship-and-graduate-recruitment-a-firms-list.10000/ https://quantnet.com/threads/big-list-of-quant-employers.26716/

Daniel, You can use the Image button to upload a picture or enter the url of the image you found so they can show properly.

On a second read, I agree with this. I think most people will approach this as a 100K investment and they want to have a >50% probability to regain that investment right after school. Unfortunately, some programs make it very difficult to make a good decision. Many students went back to China...

Pretty funny username. Thank you for adding to the Tracker and our prayers are with you for just one offer.

Congrats and time to light up the Tracker with your green color of admittance, guys

Awesome. Thank you @Rey_De_Leon I'm very curious about the Stanford MCF program as very little is known about them. Please share with us anything you know. Anyone can volunteer to provide some info like application deadline, tuition, admission, employment stats?

@Rey_De_Leon Can you add your timeline to the Tracker so we can all track when the decisions are coming in. We need to break at least 10 data points for the 2023 group and we need 2 more.

They are all gone.

C++ is the acid test for most quant interviews and positions. Everybody can claim they know Python but it's harder to make that claim with C++ with its reputation. I will say that many MFE grads do not use C++ at work at all but knowing C++ will open many more doors for you than with only...

Get solid programming with C++ (at least 2 courses, some coding projects), Python (some real world projects with big datasets). You can get into MFE program right out of undergrad but if you can get at least one internship before, you will have a stronger profile and more importantly, you have a...

Most of the data can be found in the QuantNet MFE rankings but the reviews are much harder to obtain. We may have to form Seal teams to hunt down reviews. It's always "what is in it for me" mentality that we have to overcome :)

Question to all the MFE applicants. When you research MFE programs through QuantNet, what are the crucial data that you need to help you decide which program to apply and to join? Obviously, these are data you can't find it elsewhere. Admission: acceptance rate? Employment: average salary, %...

Lovely. I will keep an eye on when you let us know the Stanford MCF results come out. Best of luck.

Then hold on. Wait until you have an official offer.

Curious to know which one? Data Science track?

This week is going to be crazy for you guys.

Thank you to @Dr Strangelove @nawakmeister @MrCoolGuy for sharing your timelines on the Tracker. I think we need more representatives for Stanford. It's the school that Elon Musk briefly attended after all :) I'm calling out @DegenTrader @aristegos @LakeYang @test- @bwoods Let's make it to 10...

How much is the deposit and what is the policy regarding the deposit? I would assume it's nonrefundable but you have nothing to lose by inquiring about it. Worst case they will say no. If you are pretty sure about your choice of taking on the better offer, it's wise to proceed with caution since...

I will be inviting a top head hunter who is based in Chicago to be here and do an AMA with QuantNet members. He has been a member here for a long time and is very generous to offer his advice. Are you guys interested in learning about the job market in Chicago, specially around the hedge fund...

This is so great to see you share your experience. I'd ask for a favor that you post your review here https://quantnet.com/resources/university-of-chicago-master-of-science-in-financial-mathematics.11/reviews This way, it's easier for students to look at reviews over the years and see how the...

Interesting. 61K tuition for 32 credits, 2 semesters course. They do offer a 10K scholarship to some admitted students.

If anyone knows of any more master programs in big data, fin tech, etc please suggest.

Take it for what it's worth. Please let me know if it's something you find helpful.

Promoting this to the front page. Thank you @Igna for your time helping out inspired quants.

I learned SQL on my first job on a prop trading desk at Deutsche Bank as I was finishing my MFE. Also, gotta learn VBA/XLL and all that fun stuff. There was a huge disconnect between what you learn in MFE and what's actually going on at work.

This is great, Ken. I have a few practitioners who are looking to start discussion on this ESG as it is becoming more relevant to their quant work. @Christian @Dimitri Vulis

Good luck with the admission and hopefully when you go there, you can lobby for them to participate in the ranking. It's better for a program to be in the best quant ranking in the world than not.

I can answer that as far as QuantNet ranking is concerned. Stanford program reached out to me several years ago after we released our ranking to inquire about having them ranked. They have not responded to the survey for subsequent years rankings and my repeated attempts to reach out to them got...

I heard from a few people that they have good results from this book. And a lot of MFE admission interviews use this book to screen applicants. Most people refer to this as the "green book" because of the cover color...

We do have a directory, forum index right below the list of latest posts. The latest posts is just a list showing 20 or so latest posts. You can get the same thing by clicking on the What's New link on the top menu. I'm not 100% convinced of keeping or removing the latest posts on the forum...

Many programs in different fields (like law school) already have quite intensive data reported. Here is an example https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/fordham Just imagine the potential. I think what we like to do is to provide as much info as we can gather and display them in the...

Microsoft Just Launched Copilot 365 — Basically A ChatGPT-4 Powered Microsoft Office Here’s the summary of what it can do for you: • Excel - Helps you analyze trends and create professional-looking data visualizations in seconds. • Powerpoint - Helps you create presentations with a simple...

@sakmad @cthreetangerines @conquerv @Patrick_Bateman @sundev @LouVega @CSong @legendkt @akmahto

It is on the Tracker now. Please add your timelines there everyone.

This is a cycle where successful programs produce happy graduates who got a successful careers and want to give back to their alma mater by providing data, reviews, mentoring, job leads, etc. On the other hands, there are many programs that can't track where their graduates are, let alone gather...

There was many discussions and applicants for the Columbia MSOR in the past. I haven't seen much mention of MSOR program last few years.

Same here. I think it's time. We will get it done at some point. I would need help from many members like you who familiar with UK/EU programs to point us to those worth rankings. Reach out to me if you can help us in that regards. What would you suggest about getting these data points?

When I started QuantNet in 2006, I never envisioned that QuantNet will grow into a global hub for students inspired for a career in quantitive finance. I heard it from many program's directors and administrators that as many as 90% of their incoming students did their program research on...

@MRoss may be able to answer this.

What other programs did you apply to? Can you share your timelines at Rutgers MSMF on our Tracker?

Rutgers has 3 programs: MQF, MSMF, FSRM. I notice the MSMF program's enrollment has been steadily decreasing. Before Covid, it has close to 50 students every year and now it has 9 FT students. That may explain why you can't find many of them. To get a quant job at a WS BB bank is no easy task...

Shashi, This is wonderful to read about your journey. Thank you for sharing. As more people explore career in fintech, crypto, I hope your story and experience will help people make informed decisions.

Sorry to hear that. You still have a few pending results, correct? Best of luck and hope to hear your final decision soon.

Just a few days ago, I reconnected with an old member here through LinkedIn. He posted the same admission questions about MFE programs back in 2007, asking QuantNet members to help him with decision. I met him at one of the MFE program open house events so I still remember his distinct profile...

Thanks @Igna for taking the time to share your knowledge with our community. Much props to you. I hope prospective applicants take the opportunity to learn as much as possible. This is the type of mentors you need to land you a job.

I emailed the director to see if they want to explore idea on how to increase the exposure for their program. I believe there is a lot of ignorance about the program because many people will assume Columbia MSFE is the same as Columbia MFE.

Microsoft just introduced Visual ChatGPT It enables you to send, receive, and edit images during chatting. You can also ask questions about any images.

We have hundreds of applicants checking their admission status and posting updates on QuantNet daily. I think it would be a fun idea to bring back this topic from someone that went through the same experience. Have fun and enjoy checking your status guys. Don't forget to put it up on the...

There is no part time option at Columbia MFE.

Put it in the Tracker guys !! If you don't have a Tracker, nobody believes you are real.

The World's Most Successful Hedge Fund, Citadel Is Currently Negotiating With OpenAI To Purchase An Enterprise-Wide License For ChatGPT 🤯 Billionaire Ken Griffin (net worth $36 billion) has said that ChatGPT will be a game-changer for the economy and that this branch of technology has had a...

It's a tie between MIT and Cornell to see which one has more applications tracked here. Same for Baruch and Chicago.

@ftst_modeller @johnnyb Once you make your choice of which program you will join, please update the Tracker for the program and choose "Joining this program". This will add a start to this tracker and make it easier for you and everyone to find your incoming classmates. Congrats and enjoy the...

I'll start.

@SKP_MFE @Eldiablo @Frank Chen @nyac @Bill Tao @ciciyang @ultimatron @kkp @daxabooi @Gquant @Llama @Suyang @ytlithium @Elastoplast @johnnyb @PolarLow @Shannnnn @Jiamin Li @marcusaurelius @Jaspxx @v_k @rexquant @SuyashS @RedDevilSlayer @jshree @CuandoQuanto @HenryZhuuuuu...

Whenever anyone sks how to get into a field involving #programming or #machinelearning, the advice is always "do projects and upload them to GitHub." The same applies to #quant investing, but what #quant projects would impress a prospective employer? Well, I can tell you what would impress me...

This is one of the most beautiful post I've ever read here. Thank you for sharing your story and how we played a part in your journey. Your story is one that similar to many of us who came to the country as immigrants. We strike to provide the knowledge and a supportive community that everyone...

Have you looked at this? https://quantnet.com/forum/risk-management-resources.107/ @Ken Abbott is your guy who has answers to your questions. He is a former Managing Director in Risk Management at one of the big WS banks.

We all appreciate your contribution to the Tracker. It's an additional data point that we don't have for a very competitive program so it's worth 10 normal points. Imagine when we have enough data for this program, we can show the prospective applicants the probability of his admission given his...

There is an option where members can choose to hide their username on the Tracker. I think there is a balance here. We want you to only share things that you are comfortable with. On the same token, the Tracker is only as helpful as how much you decide to share. I plead many times for every...

Congrats to all with the admissions. Time to light up the Tracker with your status guys.

Hundreds of interview questions and answers for people interested in data science jobs. The topics are statistics, data science, machine learning, data analysis, deep learning, etc. Credit: Steve Nouri,

Baruch press release on this news https://newscenter.baruch.cuny.edu/news/baruch-college-mfe-students-claim-first-place-at-2023-rotman-international-trading-competition/

@Peter Wagner is a managing director of a recruitment firm. He posted market updates here. His firm has a blog which has several useful for technical quant candidates. https://www.affinityny.com/for-candidates I'll see if he can come and do a Q/A with us.

Hey Alex, Very glad to see your first post here. Welcome back. Your observation is similar to everything I heard about C++ skill is high in demand now. @Pavlos Sakoglou can give some pointers as he utilized his C++ skills into his current role. I'm actually reaching out to a few technical...

There is a post by a UCLA MFE student sharing his thoughts on why he chose the program. Worth reading to get a first hand experience. https://quantnet.com/threads/why-ucla-anderson-mfe.52335/

I found this clip on Youtube from Columbia Business School. It was posted in 2021 but still a good overview for MSFE students.

Added to the Tracker as well as the list above. If there is enough data, maybe there will be a future UK rankings.

I updated the name of Warwick on the Tracker. If you see any missing UK programs from the Tracker, please let me know and I will add them.

Please try again. I have made the GRE optional since many programs do not require them.

This is excellent news to hear Felix. Congrats. I would strongly encourage you to share your timeline on the Tracker and mark Chicago as your choice so others who going there can easily connect with you. Thank you for your contribution.

WSO Patrick and I go way back to the ealier days of both of our sites. We still keep in touch these days. Glad that you found your way here and I appreciate you being with us.

Forum are for old geezers like me :) I am curious where the youngsters hang out these days?

The latest release 0.5 Source PyStatMl — Statistics and Machine Learning in Python 0.5 documentation Link to PDF https://raw.github.com/duchesnay/data/master/pdf/StatisticsMachineLearningPython.pdf

The link to the QuantNet Python course is here https://quantnet.com/python/ Please let @APalley or us know if you need any further information.

I'd like to welcome everyone who recently joined QuantNet. We have a huge spike of members and it is our tradition to do a little introduction and get to know other members who potentially become our future classmates or colleagues. I started this in 2006 so I've been around here for a while but...

Congrats. Can you update the Tracker with your admit? That will brighten everyone's day :)

Please use the Watch function on the top right of this thread and you have the option of getting instant email notification of any question or post on this thread.

Prof. Lawler, very nice to see you here and thank you for post. If you don't mind, I'll post the link to your page on University of Chicago's Financial Mathematics program which contains link to your Stochastic Calculus ebook. https://finmath.uchicago.edu/about/faculty-and-lecturers/gregory-lawler/

Thank you Pavlos for coming back and sharing your experience. We appreciate you, sir. I'm featuring this on the homepage so this can get more attention. Now, what would you do differently if you went back and were in the positions of many members here, planning to get a finance job? How would...

There are a few members here went to Chicago according to the 2021 roll call thread https://quantnet.com/threads/2021-mfe-admission-roll-call.48253/ You can message them directly to see if they are willing to leave a review here.

The 2023 ranking page has been updated with an overview of the average students ratings. Hopefully, this will give more prominence to the reviews and in turn, encourage more alumni to write a review. https://quantnet.com/mfe-programs-rankings/

Hey @shedinja, Say hi to Tim and Sarah for me when you go to UW CFRM. It's good that you want to get a jump start on it and you come to the right place. You can start with this and ask any question here if you need help. How will you prepare for your coding skills so you can be ready for...

Would come in handy if you use Bloomberg terminal at work and need to learn these shortcuts.

I said this before but worth repeating. We see great value and huge demand for the MFE rankings we do every year, otherwise we won't do it because it is A LOT of work to get it done. It literally takes months of survey, emails from 30+ programs to get the data and then weeks to calculate the...

They must be the one writing the 5 stars reviews lately :) If not, can you please ask them to give us a review here?

The struggle to get reviews for program is real and dated back years ago. Student reviewers of MFE programs I think we need to ask the fundamental question of whether people only motivated to do that when money involved? We offered Amazon giftcard before for reviews but it doesn't make a big...

@Qui-Gon had some logical thoughts. We rank programs of the same discipline together. The fact that Columbia already has 2 different programs in our ranking that target similar applicants for similar job profiles, it is hard to see the Financial Economics program wants to be in the same pool...

Congrats. Can you please share you profiles and timelines in the Tracker?

https://mcf.stanford.edu/

I believe you and @Lukee bring a lot of fresh perspectives into the discussions here and they are extremely appreciated. I agree that there are lots of questions that left untold over the years and lots of topics that many people avoid to bring up. I'm glad that new members like you bring it up...

Meaning the programs have not been very successful of attracting domestic students. I met many young, talented US-born undergrads who would do really well in MFE programs but on papers, they may not measure up against the talents coming oversea as far as GPA, GRE scores go. @Christian and @Brad...

@Lukee Looking at this from another angle, since you are a domestic student, you have a better chance getting into a program than many international students with a stronger profile. I have discussion with many program directors and they all indicate a desire to attract more domestic students...

We tried this years ago but it did not result in any uptick in quality reviews.

I did reach out to a few members here as well as on LinkedIn to solicit a review so we will see. We need to provide some incentives for graduates to write a review and I am open for any suggestion on this front. Please keep this in mind after you go through the journey and you get a future...

@ssbes Can you please share your timelines at all the programs you applied this year on the Tracker? https://quantnet.com/tracker/ You can also track timelines of other Fordham MSQF admits this year too. Looks like there is one admit this year on the Tracker.

This is the original list. We have several contributors over the years, such as this thread but if you can update it and present it to be a more presentable format, it would help tremendously. We can put them on its own Resource page where you can edit it.

Using the Tracker, you can filter by the programs and admit status. This way, you can look at the profiles of everyone admitted by Chicago.

If @Ken Abbott is still up for it, I'm sure we all can benefit from his experience.

According to Bloomberg the top 15 highest earning hedge fund managers in 2022 on average returned +35% (an outperformance of 54% against US stocks). https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-17/ken-griffin-steve-cohen-top-highest-hedge-fund-earner-list 3 insights: 1. The best performing...

Congrats. Can you please share with us your timeline for Chicago and other programs you applied on the Tracker? That would be hugely useful for all of us.

Pinging the author @dstefan

The article from NYT is an interesting read. While it's easy to get blinded by the huge amount of compensation mentioned, it's irrelevant to most people here. Instead, there are some key information bits that we can glean and use. When you go interview for a job at a HF, knowing the type of HF...

Calling all 2023 applicants to join this thread so we can all share our status, hope and dream :)

And don't forget to post your results here guys. It's a tradition we have every year for all the applicants. https://quantnet.com/threads/2023-mfe-admissions-roll-call.53261/

You are already on QuantNet asking questions, doing your research so you are a step ahead of others. Keep learning and you will be good.

I'm going to provide some admission statistics so you guys can put your mind at ease or getting more anxiety. The choice is yours. Once you have your admission interview, just sit back and relax because you did all your part. Getting into MIT is just the beginning of a long journey and a lot of...

I know @Bill Stanley and we both reviewed applications for the NYU Courant Math Fin program back in the days. https://quantnet.com/threads/do%E2%80%99s-and-don%E2%80%99ts-of-mfe-applications.12664/

@jarryds has very sensible advice. Things will get very hectic once you start your MFE. You will rarely see your family during the year and half that you are busy doing course work, prepping for interviews, etc. The trick is to have a healthy and balanced approach. Try to enjoy the process and...

@Eldiablo @Jiamin Li @k_t

We have a massive list here that many members contributed over the years. https://quantnet.com/threads/quant-internship-and-graduate-recruitment-a-firms-list.10000/ https://quantnet.com/threads/big-list-of-quant-employers.26716/ https://quantnet.com/threads/big-list-of-quant-employers-2.27288/

If your goal is to land in one of the coveted roles at BB in NYC, top programs in our MFE rankings who have demonstratively shown good record of placing there is the way to go. Transferring laterally to the US is a really tough nut to crack. Some programs attract a mix of fresh graduates and...

I know @Joy Pathak back when he started his MFE. He later went on to have lot of success as a trader and last I checked, made enough money to retire in his 30s. Still very amazing to see how such a career started here on QuantNet. He did contribute a lot as a member here.

How is your experience in the program so far?

@CourantMathFinance @OoozeDonatin @able_archer @RedDevilSlayer @HenryZhuuuuu Please use the Watch function (top right corner of this thread) to get instant notification when someone replies to this thread.

I would be very interested to hear experience from our members who have moved between the two job types. Would it be easier to go from finance to crypto or vice versa? The following article has some interesting takes on it. https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2023/01/leave-crypto-for-banking

I'm very excited to see our coding extraordinaire @APalley, the TA for our C++ and Python online courses is interviewed with Deep Q Digital, an algorithmic trading firm in CT. I've known and worked with Avi more than a decade and can say with absolute confidence that he is one of the best...

This is great news for many of us who get our first job after MFE with an H1-B visa. The State Department will launch a pilot program later this year offering visa renewal options in the US for H-1B specialty occupation workers and other temporary visa holders who are currently required to...

Yes, these advices apply today as it did a dozen years ago.

When we choose programming languages, we usually decide based on their syntax, performances, or even learning curve. Yet, a few years ago a group of Portuguese researchers investigated the energy consumption of 𝟮𝟳 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻...

We appreciate your presence on QuantNet as this give our audience an outlet to reach out to NYU Courant MSMF's personel directly.

Would this help? https://coinmetrics.io/community-network-data/ Download data for all assets as a ZIP file or TAR file

Any background is ok to apply to MFE programs as long as you have the prerequisites in math, programming, finance knowledge. Some undergraduates degrees are more traditionally fit for MFE than others. Quant is a loose term and there are more ways to get there than one. You can get a role as...

Keep us all updated please. Also remember to add your timeline to the Tracker so we can reduce our anxiety level.:)

Ignore him. He is a troll and has been banned.

Hard to get some voluntary reviews. You either see a wave of positive reviews by new members or some rare negative reviews. Most people don't just spend their time sharing a review for the sake of writing a review anymore. Direct way is to reach out to members on the QuantNet Tracker who applied...

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/wharton-business-daily-podcast/chatgpt-passed-an-mba-exam-whats-next/ Wharton professor Christian Terwiesch said he “fell in love” with ChatGPT after reading its answer to an exam question in his graduate-level operations management course. The...

Best of luck. Looking forward to hearing from you.

100% agree. I think we have lot of lurkers here and there are lot to be gained collectively if people take initiative and be more open to connect. I'm happy to discuss and work on any idea or initiative you have.

When I did my MFE in 2006, lot of my classmates were in their 30s and having different career/background (law/medical/sales/etc) and we all paid our dues going through the grueling process of the MFE. This should give you in some perspective. There are always younger, better candidates but the...

Connor, I'd love to see how you go through this journey as this reminds me of what I've gone through almost 20 years ago. There were up and down but it's good to have companies along the way and I'm sure you will find plenty of future classmates or colleagues here.

@dstefan is the Director of the Baruch MFE program and author of several books with topics very relevant to all MFE applicants and students. Check it out Financial Engineering Press

You should have a good shot at Baruch. I've met several students like your profile in the programs. They did well and got a good career in finance. Sometimes, those with untraditional background would stand out and make the best of the MFE degree. I think you should take the QuantNet C++ courses...

Almost all quant/dev jobs at RenTech requires strong C++ and Python skills. Anyone with an MFE degree and very strong programming training would have a good chance to land these jobs. Base salary ranges from 120K-220K but the bulk of compensation would be bonus. It would be useful to browse...

Can you share a list of pro/con of each program that you have learned so far? What info and statistics from them that you have gathered. It would help other members here to provide some idea where to star.

As admission decisions start to come in, let's get a tradition going here so we can share the programs we applied to, the admits/rejects we received and the program we are ultimately joining. Let's keep the format uniform and discussions on their separate programs threads. >>>>>>> Please share...

Please share your timelines in the Tracker guys. That would help everyone track and compare the data much easier.

Assign four nonnegative integers to the corners of a square, which we designate the active square. During a step, for each side of the active square, the absolute difference between the numbers on that side’s endpoints is assigned to its midpoint. Then these four new midpoints are connected into...

We havent got a lot of reviews out of Cornell graduates for a while now. We do have a recent flood of Chicago reviews. I will check to see if we can get more recent Cornell reviews.

I see Warwick link going from Financial Mathematics to Mathematical Finance. There is also another Warwick Mathematical Finance program it seems here MSc Mathematical Finance Can you please let me know they are all the same meaning they may have different webpages but essentially Warwick has...

Here is a tentative list that I make with names and link to the programs website. Please contribute to this thread with any info. I would love to hear if I miss any program or anything is incorrect. City, University of London, Bayes Business School Mathematical Trading and Finance City...

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/simon-hubbert-46805a3_quantitative-finance-with-data-science-activity-7020713398128529408-K1uZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

This is a new program that will open in Oct 2023. It's a one year FT program or two-year PT program. https://www.bbk.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/quantitative-finance-with-data-science This MSc Quantitative Finance with Data Science provides you with training in advanced mathematical finance and...

This is the hottest topic right now and it deserves some discussions here. In a very short time, ChatGPT has completely changed the way universities approach how they teach students and how to distinguish between AI generated content vs by students...

Let's all be professional. While it's great that you are accomplished with everything you stated, it would be really helpful for everyone to be courteous to each other. Each member here potentially would be a future colleague so let's put on our best behavior and help each other out.

Please add your application timelines to the Tracker so we can all compare progress and connect with each other. https://quantnet.com/tracker/

https://quantnet.com/threads/master-reading-list-for-quants-mfe-financial-engineering-students.535/

Awesome. Congrats. Please be sure to add your application timelines to the Tracker to help out others. https://quantnet.com/tracker/

Check with them again in a few days via email to have it on record. Let's us know how it goes. Best of luck.

Some programs now waive the GRE test so you may not need to retake it to get the 170 score which is not certain. You may have a bad day taking the test. Expand your program selection to have a few more. Look at the student profiles at these programs. They may have different selection bias so you...

Good to have: experience in technical roles where quantitative skills or knowledge is utilized. If programming is involved, it's a plus. If you have expose to finance, it's always good. Actuarial and data science are actually good since a lot of programs now offer courses in that area. If you...

New York’s Baruch College offers a no-frills financial engineering course that’s feeding some of the world’s most elite global trading firms. Princeton has its Gothic spires, MIT its Great Dome. But for a no-frills lesson in 21st-century finance, head to a lackluster high-rise on Manhattan’s...

If there are newer or more relevant quant interviews books, I would like to know so we can update the list.

Take a look at the interview books in my Master Reading List (in my signature) https://quantnet.com/threads/master-reading-list-for-quants-mfe-financial-engineering-students.535/

You can apply to different programs from the same university as long as they are in different departments. People have reported receiving offers from Courant/Tandon.

I'm sharing a LinkedIn post from Lars Nielsen, the director of Columbia MAFN program. He posted a month ago about their admission statistics since Covid...

I can verify that all the ranking data is coming from the programs' directors and staff directly. I have double checked with Columbia MFE as well as other programs to confirm the accuracy of their data after the submission.

Will let you know if we have something to announce. Hopefully soon.

The 2023 QuantNet MFE ranking has been released. Please see the link to the ranking. Please let us know your comments on the 2023 rankings, and things you like to see in future rankings.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the QuantNet 2023 Rankings of Financial Engineering programs. The full 2023 QuantNet MFE ranking is here. For comparison, the 2022 QuantNet MFE ranking is here. New in 2023 QuantNet MFE ranking New programs added: Oklahoma State University...

More programs will waive the GRE tests so you should beef up some other aspects of your profile. How about taking C++ or Python courses and earn the certificates to show them?

Very soon.

Should be fine and an economical way to fill the standard required courses. Sometimes, you can get some good instructors and high quality education there.

Yes.

With a guaranteed seat in Chicago MSFM, maybe apply to a few other top programs in our MFE rankings and weigh your options at that point. Chicago, New York all have top shops, hedge funds and some have more specialty in products. Maybe have an eye for a broader market instead of traditional...

Fintech and tech are expanding: the industry seems to look for the “full-stack” quant, someone who is good at coding, but who also has financial intuition and excels at statistics. This new quant is a coding polyglot, able to use Python and R for fast implementation; C++, Java, and JavaScript...

Non-traditional applicants are usually encouraged, assuming they met all pre-requisites. I met applicants who came from medical, law and they all did well in the program. They bring diverse backgrounds and fresh perspectives. Get all your ducks in a row and there are plenty of time for you to...