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  1. Which is more important for admissions? An 800 quant on the GRE or Straight A's in math?

    Yes its all a mix of opinions and guesses! [:D]. Of course no one can be sure about it unless and until he/she is an experienced person from the admission committee.
  2. Which is more important for admissions? An 800 quant on the GRE or Straight A's in math?

    These are my views about most MFE programs; not sure if this would be in consonance with others' opinion: - Not to go much with the percentile scores as the GRE website clearly mentions that all the percentiles are computed based on relative performance of the batch of students. A percentile...
  3. Internship v/s Brand name .... plz share thoughts

    Basically from Chennai. Insure yourself by preparing well firstly. Preparing your resume is the key component to getting an interview call. I think there are some books available in out here which help you figure out details regarding such important things like resumes and interviews. We think...
  4. The Master Happy Birthday thread

    Happy belated B-Day wishes Rushali!
  5. Sub prime issue - a good article, must read

    I guess in the financial world more an experienced financial GURU like say Alan Greenston talks about something, the more prominent it becomes. What if one fine day he suddenly says "The sub prime crisis has come to an end!" Will the issue be solved?? LOL I wish so:D
  6. Internship v/s Brand name .... plz share thoughts

    Sub prime crisis has already hit and affected job opportunities! Its going to be tough so make sure you prepare and take advice from successful people like Andy and other experienced quants in the forum! I have applied to U-Chicago/NYU/Princeton/CMU/Stan etc... I have got through Chicago which...
  7. Internship v/s Brand name .... plz share thoughts

    Given this situation, If I were you, my obvious choice would be the brokerage firm internship as I already will be having one year INFOSYS experience. This will diversify your portfolio/resume. Regarding your apps you should really take up a skool in a city like Chicago/NYC/. With the current...
  8. Internship v/s Brand name .... plz share thoughts

    I don't think INFOSYS is a great pay master as well. Well. may be it would be comparatively higher, you shoudn't be diverted at this stage. You still are going to be a student so don't bring money into the issue unless it is absolutely unavoidable.
  9. Internship v/s Brand name .... plz share thoughts

    It really depends on what role you play, what level of decision making is involved. As far as the brokerage firm is concerned, it will keep you up to date with the market! While INFOSYS will keep you on track with the cutting edge tools reg Software application to finance. Since you want to go...
  10. "MFE program profile evaluation" master thread

    In terms of quality of the program, reputation in the industry, job prospects. These are my criteria!
  11. Internship v/s Brand name .... plz share thoughts

    Where else have you applied? And when have you secured admission for Spring or Fall?
  12. "MFE program profile evaluation" master thread

    How good is U Chicago compared to NYU/Columbia/Princeton/CMU just curious!
  13. Username change request thread

    Is Aravind fine instead of jingle ( my current user name?)
  14. New Quantnet members say hi

    Hi guys, I introduce myself as Aravind and I wanted to say Hi to all of you guys!
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