Uchicago Prep Courses/Other Pre MFE courses worth it if I am already an Engineer?

[rangersfan]

Hello everyone,

I graduated undergrad and am currently working as a engineer (geophysicist) at a US national lab. I am looking into some pre MFE courses. Is it worth it to take either of the Uchicago courses if I have already taken Calc 3, probability, diffEQ, linear algebra, mathematical physics (partial diffEQ/ intro to stochastic) and have been coding in Python for 4 years? If not, are any of the Pre MFE courses worth it if I already have these prerequisites and do not feel that I need a refresher. Furthermore, are there are pre MFE courses to take to prepare for Quant Masters / help my candidacy which are beyond undergraduate level curriculum for Math and CS? I am also looking for graduate level courses which are not labeled as PRE MFE - like stochastic modeling or something similar - to take. Please let me know of any other good courses to take.

Thanks

 

[rangersfan]

I know that they are good because help your candidacy/resume, but I would also like to learn new things and it seems like UChicago prep would not offer that. I am aware that there is plenty that I don't know and would like to take a higher-level preparation course if anyone knows of any!

 

[arohan]

Given your background, any paid pre-MFE course isn’t really worth it. UChicago runs an optional review series for all its admits, free of charge. As do other programs (although not always of free, as is the case with UCB). I’d suggest relying on these for a review of pre-reqs.