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I am in the third year in college studying Accounting and Finance.A friend of mine who graduated from the msc finance and economics at lse , told me that you can't be a quant if you do this 10 month master's degree,you have to have an engineering/math or statistics backround.(He studied acc&fin and now works for a BB,he valuates the risk for trading desks).What's your opinion guys?If i decide to become a quant, should i finish this degree and then go for a Bsc in Mathematics?

[QUOTE="Seeker, post: 75909, member: 11443"] I am in the third year in college studying Accounting and Finance.A friend of mine who graduated from the msc finance and economics at lse , told me that you can't be a quant if you do this 10 month master's degree,you have to have an engineering/math or statistics backround.(He studied acc&fin and now works for a BB,he valuates the risk for trading desks).What's your opinion guys?If i decide to become a quant, should i finish this degree and then go for a Bsc in Mathematics? [/QUOTE]

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