Recent content by goldski

Jane street asks a lot of brainteasers. Tons of it. So go through one of the interview books and learn all the brainteasers. They ask you to do mental math too. It's a really great place.

Wow. You are making no sense. You want to do a PhD in Physics and then apply to an MFE program when you plan on getting a job in finance? 3.8 GPA is not good enough? You have only taken PDE and PDE of SC? Your profile says you're a College sophomore... Are you trolling?

Can you put the review up on some other site or link. I really want to see it. I have had a rough day. I ordered chicken pad thai and I got beef pad thai instead. This will help ease the pain...

goto CMU, you will get a much better job after grad.

maybe they are going to just watch her talk and laugh at her.

MFE degree from CMU can get you a structuring or trading job right after graduation. Several of their alumni are traders. Getting exposure to regulation is VERY important and will help you greatly down the line in your life, but get the CMU degree, Or work for a year and defer your admission by...

Read threads here or go talk to students in the program and you will see.

The chance of getting a job from Columbia MSOR is slim if you are not good at networking and using the school's name to your advantage. The chance of getting a job from Toronto MMF is almost guaranteed. Students have gone to be placed at RBC,UBS,Scotia Capital,BMO,Algorithmics,etc. Also...

Using leverage of other big names to get into a good school is fun. It gets even more fun when you're in the job market with a few big name offers and you use it to get more offers and get others to match the packages.

UCLA

There are lots of quants from Princeton MFin doing quant trading at hedge funds, banks, etc. I recently spoke to a Mfin recently who was at GS on their principal strategies group that got moved to KKR. He was a quant trader at GS and now at KKR. They just happen to get placed into top quant...

And the 2/20 framework. Forget about it. It's 10% of returns for the first 2 years if you're lucky. If you're the next Henry Paulson and make 20% returns in your first year then maybe you will take home 300-400K in salary for first 3-4 years if you are a hedge fund of 4-5 people. Most quant...

This is very true and the he is right about $150M. That is the magic number right now for anyone starting a hedge fund on the street. If you don't have 150M it is absolutely pointless to even think about a HF. Banks are very picky about this in the US too. My two friends are starting a hedge...

% means nothing. You need absolute values 20 of 24 got internships or something a long those terms.

If you're whack, you're whack everywhere. It's similar to the Columbia OR. But if you're comparing to BU, Cornell is definitely better. What is BU placement? From what I have seen posted here it is not any good either.