Columbia University - Masters in Financial Engineering

I'm finishing the program in December and it was not good at all, especially when looking for a job/internship. Overcrowded networking events, non-existent prep for interviews, wasted time on "practitionerseries" that add no value and waste time. Basically, if you come here, you will have to find a job on your own with no support from the school; hope you knew some people in the industry before you joined. Otherwise, your best bet is ending up at a bank in the back office on risk.

The actual education is also a pretty subpar product. I can read lecture notes for free online that are more clear concise than what is provided by professors. Almost every class, you spend your time listening to a professor reading off the notes themselves and running through the information as fast as they can in a classroom before having you teach yourself on the homework/recitations. Some professors (plural) actually left teaching to their TAs by the end of the semesters. Bad product all around.

I am writing this in Nov 2023.