As a student seeking to prepare for the study in quantitative finance but not having any formal training in programming, I found that this program is the best one I could turn to in terms of the course topics, settings, and cost. The training is quite intensive and challenging, but exciting and motivating!
The best part of this program is that it gives me a comprehensive training in C/C++ programming in financial applications through homework projects. These projects, which cover wide range of topics from basic data type, control statement, Object Oriented programming, generic programming, to more sophisticated Standard Template Library and boost library enable me to not only learn the syntax and general rules of the language, but also to get insight into its application in financial modeling problems.
The Quantnet community is also making the program more robust! Professor and TAs are always ready to help if I have questions!