Thanks for the detailed reply, Onegin.
I should have clarified, I will be attending straight from Undergrad, with a degree in Management Science. Equal parts math/cs/finance/finance exposure - a weird mix.
Some great points in your response, much appreciated.
My own logic:
1) It seems like you could go in and choose electives to form a finance-based Business Analytics degree, or an analytics based Finance degree. I would say Analytics is better suited to where I'm coming from (exposure to stochastics, ML, AI etc), but Finance is better suited to where I want to go (ultimately looking at either HF/Investment Management, with little regard to location as of right now).
2) The 18-month aspect of the MFin seems advantageous to me, coming over from Ireland. The opportunity to recruit first for an internship and "learn the ropes" and build a network would definitely help.
3) I don't particularly want a career in pure Data Analytics, which is leading me to shy away slightly from the MBan. I would rather take the analytics skillset and go into Finance, and I have reached out to ask about career placement and the likes. How did you find out a lot of the MBan students went to banks, if that is what you meant?
Another point actually, that I would like your advise on. Neither of the programs made any indication that they were aware I interviewed and was admitted to the other. Is that something you think I should mention, and perhaps ask for advice from the school itself?
