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I've been continually posting my take on this as an MSOR student on other threads. I just want to make sure nobody leaves this forum thinking the wrong thing about the MSOR. When I started out in the MSOR program, I felt as if I was either less important or below in whatever way to the MSFE students. This turned out to mostly just be because there are courses that are "restricted" only to the MSFE students, and because the MSFE students who had already been there over the summer (two months before we showed up) liked to act as if their degree was better.Here's the truth. Any "restricted" course is not really restricted. MSOR students can take those courses if they want to. On the other hand, those courses aren't really the best and most interesting FE courses. The electives are the best ones, and they're very much totally open to everyone. Also, the FE students are NOT any smarter or better in any way, shape, or form than the OR students. I worked with FE students as group partners and study partners and I was just as good or better than most. That is certainly not to say that I am an exceptional student - I am not - it is just to say that the OR students are just as good as the FE students. In terms of jobs, it is absolutely a level playing field. the MSFE students get the same amount of interviews as the the MSOR students, and they perform just about the same in those interviews, because as I said before, the MSOR students have just as much knowledge. Keep in mind, employers don't care about the added "brand name" that goes along with the MSFE degree. It is the Columbia brand name that gets you the interview, and MSOR has that too. From there, it's just a matter of how much you know and how well you can get it across, and MSOR students are well prepared to compete effectively in this respect. Here's a link to some more of my postings:http://www.quantnet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2689
I've been continually posting my take on this as an MSOR student on other threads. I just want to make sure nobody leaves this forum thinking the wrong thing about the MSOR. When I started out in the MSOR program, I felt as if I was either less important or below in whatever way to the MSFE students. This turned out to mostly just be because there are courses that are "restricted" only to the MSFE students, and because the MSFE students who had already been there over the summer (two months before we showed up) liked to act as if their degree was better.
Here's the truth. Any "restricted" course is not really restricted. MSOR students can take those courses if they want to. On the other hand, those courses aren't really the best and most interesting FE courses. The electives are the best ones, and they're very much totally open to everyone. Also, the FE students are NOT any smarter or better in any way, shape, or form than the OR students. I worked with FE students as group partners and study partners and I was just as good or better than most. That is certainly not to say that I am an exceptional student - I am not - it is just to say that the OR students are just as good as the FE students. In terms of jobs, it is absolutely a level playing field. the MSFE students get the same amount of interviews as the the MSOR students, and they perform just about the same in those interviews, because as I said before, the MSOR students have just as much knowledge. Keep in mind, employers don't care about the added "brand name" that goes along with the MSFE degree. It is the Columbia brand name that gets you the interview, and MSOR has that too. From there, it's just a matter of how much you know and how well you can get it across, and MSOR students are well prepared to compete effectively in this respect. Here's a link to some more of my postings:
http://www.quantnet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2689
