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yea andy, i went by the email way. but i am not sure if they would bother to look at that even. seems they want official documents only, i have given them the links to official ones (school website) too. thats all i can do... and waiting starts. thanks all for the help! :)

yea... you can actually tell from online systems nowadays, you don't even have a chance to upload "other" documents...

the problem is that the universities don't even require mailing. they ask for scanned transcripts, i don't even have a place to upload that thing. if going by a package, i would definitely include as much as i can.

Hi all, I have submitted few applications and this question just pops up in my mind. So it seems that most universities just ask for official transcript, which in my case, is a list of subject a, grade a, subject b, grade b... I really wonder if admission committee can understand much from...

I heard before >75% is good enough for admission.

I think you are still young enough:). For options, I would suggest you to try to apply for an internal transfer to quant related department in your company. If your quant skills are not strong enough, doing a quant finance related master in India should be good. I am not from India, but I...

I have talked to some of my friends around this week, it seems that possibilities with a PhD in SG is quite limited. The PhD sponsorship comes with three years bond after a study period of 4-5 years. So..., 26+5+3=34, and competition for faculty positions here is getting worse... I expect it to...

Thanks all for fast response. @euroazn and Connor: I was thinking of MFE to get me an entry level job in quantitative finance. I have plan to grow as a risk management specialist. I think I used the term wrongly, I think quant positions nowadays require a PhD, at least a headhunter told me...

Hi all, so I kinda got some sponsorships from my government for a PhD study at CMU (funded). And you know I have been thinking about quant, so I am struggling between the two. I have been thinking these days and going by heart, I like quant better. But I think I need to be realistic also, I...

I think I did post similar questions in one of my older threads, questioning models. Just my 2 cents worth, I think the real key thing is lack of ability or perhaps motivation to really understand/interpret what the models/equations represent. Just like physics, we know where math modelling...

Hi guys, so I am applying for next admission year. Anyway, I am just a bit curious if my current background can actually lead me to a junior quant position right away. I don't mind < market price salary as long as its higher than my current pay - 3k+ SGD, which I really don't think is a problem...

Hi all, would like to apologise for my messy posts around the forum lately at first. So finally, I have decided to move to quant finance and apply, I am mainly looking at MMF at U of Toronto, possibly some decent UK schools. I guess my low GRE (310+800) is killing me off for US. Would like to...

T510 seems appealing to me after a quick glance at Lenovo website. I had a T42 previously, sweet time with it, it still lasted three years with abuse. I gave up after three years warranty coz of motherboard+lcd panel failure.

Thanks dude for the info. Bad news about my GRE, I actually took it two years ago and with not much preparation, I got 800q and 310v, writing 4. Anyway, for MFE, I don't really have a plan for US so the score is kinda useless so far. Just a bit curious, I don't know if I should just try one...

Hi all, just a bit curious about how GPA is calculated in US and Canada. No offence, but it seems to me that my school in Singapore has tougher GPA calculations and I don't know if this would put our students to disadvantage when we apply... I am in top 15% of my cohort, out of 800 engineers...