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Has anyone tried Opera browser. This browser is totally legit. Since Microsoft has completely failed when it comes to browsers, here are my browser preferences, ranked in order 1 -> Opera, Chrome 2 -> Safari, Firefox 3 -> Rock melt -- I like the concept but haven't tried it yet And If...

Andy, you should definitely consider putting together a Quantnet.com book / e-book, something along the lines of (i) Lifehacker.com , book: Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day and (ii) Joel on Software.com book: More Joel Software Occasionally Developers. There is a treasure...

Closing the flood gates slowing will probably cause some "educated and hungry" people short term pain, but these individuals would eventually settle somewhere else. Call me a cynic, but I think when it comes to US immigration policies, politicians only act if said legislation benefits them in...

I really symphatize with this individual. $200k in debt, at 23. Being an international that has gone through the US system for undergrad and now grad, I don't understand why some Americans follow a "swipe-the-card-now-and-ask-questions-later" approach (or take-the-loan-now) once it comes to...

Models and Bottles, arm candy...lol

Looking at the profiles for the admitted folks might help. I know Baruch and UCB publish them

And the Chinese Tianhe-1A system takes the no. 1 spotNovember 2010 | Top 500 Supercomputing sites

Here is a post from a few months ago about taking unfunded PhD Take unsupported PhD position?. The general consensus is not to go that route.

Wouldn't it be nice if most of the other MFE programs out there were this transparent...

You might be looking for something like this Certificate in Computational Finance | University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education

I'm just curious as to how prevalent Hadoop and NoSQL db's are in finance in general and in quant circles?

Check this out How Google and Facebook are Using R. A very interesting read by the way.

Take a look at this http://www.quantnet.com/master-reading-list-for-quants and http://quantstart.com/articles

I found a .csv dataset that is fairly clean, and had some trouble loading it into R. The dataset has about half a million observations and 10 variables. Initially it took about 5 minutes to get the data in R, after which I could run some stats on the data... On a second try I cleared my...

Dr. Duffy of Datasim, happens to be a member here..maybe you can pose you questions directly to him

With this is your back pack, it'll be like hauling around a log of wood ...no please I like the bluray player though The M11x looks nice

Having the SAS certificate is nice.. However, I don't believe it is used widely in finance as compared to R and SQL. Maybe practitioners can comment on this. The SAS Base certification will cost you $90 if you are a student / affiliated with a University (education pricing), and you can find...

Check out the Daily book deal from apress.com They sell an ebook [pdf] version of a random Apress book for $10 each day. http://www.apress.com/info/dailydeal If you already have an Apress book, you can also buy an ebook version of the book for $10 too...enjoy Also see the apress.com catalog...

I'm currently using a 13' Macbook pro unibody... you just can't beat the Mac user experience. You can explore VirtualBox.. it is a free alternative to vmware http://www.virtualbox.org/, and it works flawlessly. I have Ubuntu on my virtual box. It's not dual boot per se. A windows variant...

You will be paying a premium if you consider Mac. Those things are delicate, nice and shiny out of the box and will not bode well, if you will have it thrown around a lot. I had an IBM T61 workhorse back in the day, You could literally throw that thing in a pail of water or out the second...

I'm curious Alain, what sort of things/tasks do you use R for in your group.

Yes, you can't beat free.. it is also a legit Matlab alternative. I'm currently playing around with it. The learning curve is not too steep if you are already familiar with programming.

Foresight is always 20-20

The Peter Schiff guy is running for senate

A quote for the times.

From your brief profile, you will probably have little trouble getting into a top MFE program.There are a few PhD converts on here quantnet who made a similar switch. However, If money is your only motivation, I'm sure that won't go well with the ad committee when they read your SOP. Have you...

Take a look at the master reading list Master reading list for quants, MFE students | Quant Network. Also, search through the forum, similar questions have been answered.

I just ran into a copy of a four figure table, and it reminded me of the good old high school days. For reference, a four figure table is a book with mathematical tables for things like sin(x), log(x), probability distributions, etc.. It was mandatory in national exams (no calculators). We...

Why don't you apply first and then if you get into all these schools,.the decision will be easier as you'll have more data points to make an informed decision - cost. location, etc Not all schools have undergrad placement figures, but you can always reach out to the dept you're interested in...

Without being too personal, I think you need to change your mindset. You've said you have some decent R skills, start an llc and look for contract gigs. Do something, anything as long as you are building your skillset every day and making yourself better than the next guy

This doesn't make much sense...Remember that nobody holds a gun to your head and forces you to take a loan for education. It's not a lenders responsibility to help you find a job to repay a loan

It is somewhat ironic that these for-profit schools sell a dream to the uninitiated. Education or a good college degree is sometimes the only opportunity some folks have to pull themselves out of poverty..instead, some of these students are stuck with life long debt. At the end of the day...

For Goldman, it's all business,..

Assuming half the graduating class did not respond to the survey, then these numbers don't say much. I guess the PR dept. tries to sugar coat every thing. It would be interesting to get some real numbers on how many people actually responded and how many didn't. How can a school say the have...

Most of the books on the reading list don't have a kindle version yet. Unless publishers of quant books start offering pdf versions of their books..this device may not be ready for this audience. I would buy the kindle, but I have no interest in reading Pride and Prejudice or most of the...

Or if you have a large enough network on linkedin, you can search for folks that graduated from the program and see what they are doing now

Sign on bonuses are almost the norm in consulting for entry level ... In IT, maybe not

You have a PhD and couple years of experience in the industry...Why do you need an MFE again?

Come to think of it, you never remember how a dream starts...you just find yourself there.

Probably one of the best movies I've seen in a while.. superb story line, intricate plot,..etc Planning to go see it a second time

Welcome, your questions have been answered in some shape or form already. Try searching the threads. You can also look at profiles of admitted students at the UCB mfe site to get a feel of the type of folks that make it in.

I don't think anyone is discouraging whistle blowers...That is one reason sites like Quantnet exist.. to educate and enlighten. Evidence to this are the numerous reviews for MFE programs on quantnet.

This doesn't make any sense... why would UCB post fake stats??

Please see the link below for your viewing pleasure Despite all their wealth and prosperity, Canada does a very good job on staying out of the spot light

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If the program has a cap of 10 students a year.. there are a lot of people doing S&T, so the rest had to come from somewhere. You probably don't want to limit / pigeon-hole yourself by doing a CF bachelors, because you may be interested in other things four or five years down the line.

Where did you read this?

Anyone gone through this book yet? Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies

wow.. talk about brain washing.. I'm sure they didn't have the guts to broadcast the smack down by portugal

Why do you have limited options??? You are a paying customer where ever you go..

Just an FYI, AT&T service sucks

Very interesting graphic om BBC about supercomputers BBC News - In graphics: Supercomputing superpowers Two Chinese supercomputers cracked the top 10 this year BBC News - China aims to be become supercomputer superpower BBC News - Alternative supercomputer powers Here the top 500 list...

There has been some chatter about the organization accessgroup.org - Graduate Student Loans, Federal Stafford Loans, Federal PLUS Loans, Graduate PLUS Loans, and Private Student Loans on some other sites. They apparently provide graduate school loans for internationals. Not quite sure if they...

Employers probably know how much it costs to attend the program and thus the high average signing bonus figure. I am guessing Baruch' s average signing bonus is less than 30k ---------- Post added at 05:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:36 PM ---------- Baruch MFE has a huge value...

All for an undergrad interdisciplinary degree in religious and women’s studies, which she could have gotten cheaper or for free even at one of those state schools...

Looking forward to more posts from you as you progress along your new path

SAP??.. These are two different things you're talking about...go with C++

You may not need to wait too long,...African teams have been very successful in the U-17 World Cup (5 of 13 tournaments won by an African team with also 5 second place and 3 third place finishes by African teams), U-20 World Cup (1 of 17 tournaments won by an African team with 4 second place and...

Datasim NYC C++ course for MFE, MSc and Phd students with Daniel Duffy Datasim has an upcoming course in NYC taught by Dr. Duffy. Datasim Financial Forums | View topic - C++ course for MSc, Phd and MFE students with Daniel Duffy Datasim Financial | Resources for Computational Finance |

The student could have probably gotten away with it and graduated from Harvard, if he didn't get complacent and start believing his own lie...

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IIT's curriculum is looking more interesting. A lot of options!!

I was wondering if anyone here had any insights or experience on the growth of quantitative trading in emerging markets in Africa like Johannesburg, Cairo-Alexandra, Casablanca and Lagos. Most of these exchanges just made the transition to electronic around the turn of the millennium..

Interesting article...More American Expatriates Give Up Citizenship - NYTimes.com . and you're still on the hook to Uncle Sam for old tax bills even though you renounce your citizenship

Maybe you can do a blog post / fresher on electricity trading and stuff on this site to get the conversation started

Donny, for machine learning maybe you can leverage this site CS 229: Machine Learning for some self learning. It has all the materials, handouts, past projects (which are quite interesting), etc...and you can also get all the class videos (about 40 of them or so) from itunes U.

Now that Arizona has drawn first blood, maybe the house and senate can get their act together and pass comprehensive immigration reform

Do you mind filing out the quantnet review for the ETH program. Submit A Review for Your Program | Quant Network

Take a look at this blog entry How to prepare for financial engineering programs | Quant Network by one of the members here. Your questions have been answered in some shape or form on this site already.

funny video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcoDV0dhWPA&feature=related

kbharadwaj, you can download one of the volumes as a pdf from the author's site. If you have one of those ebook reader contraptions...might be a good idea. You can buy it if you like the feel of a physical book Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition by Bruce Eckel

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One of our members here is blogging about his experience so far into the quant world . Take a look at his blog: Reasons why I joined the Illinois Institute of Technologys Master in Finance program | Quant Network . This might give you some ideas / important factors to consider in making your...

Didn't know JHU had a math finance program. Did you call them to get placement information for past graduates (if there are any yet) ? ----------- Edit This is from the JHU site. JHU Engineering is highly regarded in the engineering space...maybe this will rub off on the math finance...

Please don't hijack other peoples threads.

Exactly, so if folks make an investment to get an education in the US, there is nothing completely out of the ordinary if they expect a return on that investment.

Case in point Sweden. Tuition in Sweden is free as in free beer, free software, etc for everybody including international students. The swedish tax payers subsidize the education. The swedish higher education system is probably comparable to the American/ Canadian systems in terms of quality...

You do have some valid points, and yes this is a very very sensitive issue. At least from my experience people leave their countries and come to the US to study because of the chance for a better life. The governments in their home countries are "extremely corrupt" and most of the institutions...

For a program, that was founded over a decade ago, one would expect Michigan MFE to have a bigger footprint in the quant space. Maybe since it is housed in the engineering school, they have not felt the need to fire up their marketing / PR machine . To interview in the same pool as folks...

Just wondering if anyone has taken any of the Datasim Financial DL courses. Some of them seem to cover a lot of depth. I see this as an alternative to some mfe programs refresher courses. Andy, can you lobby for a reasonable quantnet discount, this might be something folks might be interested...

I have a friend who has about four years work experience in Health care / medical Research. He just got into Kellogg, Wash U and Duke MBA programs.. I've also seen people with stellar profiles go from undergrad to top 10 MBA. Moral of the story: if you never apply then you'll never know if...

Columbia MSOR is one the programs that has been discussed extensively here..Please take a moment to look at posts from financeguy in the attached thread some truth about the Columbia MSOR - Forum | Quant Network

Any program that promises or offers internship even before you enroll should be suspect. Even programs like Berkeley, CMU, Baruch who have remarkable placement stats year after year don't promise this. These schools I just listed all publish their placement stats on their webpages, and I...

yeah,.I saw that,.. Matt Damon left his math gig for a girl.

incredible...this individual can probably land a position at any math department, anywhere in the world. Is this a waste of talent or what?

Very interesting POV, I guess the primary goal of these professional programs is to get folks ready for industry.

Haven't been to China, but viewing from outside ..what do I see? - A government that restricts the free flow of information to its citizens by blocking sites like youtube, facebook and twitter to list a few, filtering internet search result so users cannot access politically sensitive...

I remember when this was solved back in '03. My calc prof at the time came to class all jumpy and excited

Is this published in any Rutgers official media...this came up on QN a while back and was attributed to hear say / erroneous information

Quick and dirty.. language : python def is_a_prime(i): for x in range(2, int(i**0.5)+1): if i % x == 0: return False return True num = 600851475143 for x in range(1, num): if num % x == 0 and is_a_prime(x): print (x) ---------- Post added at...

language : Python t_sum = 0 for x in range(1, 1000): if x % 3 == 0 or x % 5 == 0: t_sum = t_sum + x print(t_sum) >>> ================================ RESTART ================================ >>> 233168 >>> time to run (0.021638154983520508, 'seconds') ---------- Post added...

Exactly,.. but with most bills, sponsors usually start with very leftist or rightist ideas and then eventually compromise in the middle. Call me a cynic, but I would be surprised if something like this passes. This will literally open up the flood gates for folks to get those elusive GCs

Read the wsj article about the med student with about half a million in debt..Thought it was funny when the collection agency started calling her dad's neighbors to complain she wasn't making her payments

Seeing that your goal is to get into a quant job, why not just cut to the chase and consider doing an MFE somewhere The stats from some of the good schools look very good (UCB remarkable placement even in a recession, among other schools like Baruch, CMU, etc). I have friends that finished last...

I think the initiator of this thread meant it to read 'The rise of Python'

A few more python resources Dive Into Python http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-189January--IAP--2008/CourseHome/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htm Python Module of the Week -...

The IBM Road Runner super computer used a ton of those cell processors

British degree hierarchy, similar to American hierarchy of Summa Cum Laude, Magma Cum Laude, Cum Laude. I'm a bit unclear with the mapping between the two systems, that is a 2.2 does not directly map to Cum Laude, etc 1 -> 1st class honors 2 -> 2nd class honors - 2.1 -> (Second...

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I always thought the goal of an interview with a prospective employer is to show them you have some of the skill set required to hit the ground running, and not to convince them you can be trained!!

The new QN font face does not look good..am I the only one who noticed ???

Okay dude, this might sound cheesy, but at some point everyone started at ground zero. So if you need to get experience to get that job, there a few things you could do. You can go incorporate an LLC and look into sites like Elance | Outsource to freelancers, professionals, experts, and...

Just spoke to them,.. looks like a decent python bootcamp. The author of NumPy is actually their President..interesting

can you do the quantnet MS program review? The most people know about the program is that it costs $70,000...

There has been a lot of feedback about the Columbia program. You can search the forum for posts from financeguy

This is a new program and they don't have a window for internships, and you'll be paying 38k USD for the experience. I'd rather take my chances elsewhere or go for a strong IEOR program. You are aware, you'll be competing with students from Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Baruch, CMU for jobs!!!

good luck buddy

McKinsey, Bain and BCG at their core are strategy consulting firms. The are probably the top players in the strategy space. So the easier way to get into these firms would be through the MBA route. A top 10 MBA would definitely buy you some face time with their recruiters. That said, if you're...

I've looked at this in the past. It lacks the depth and breadth offered by the ocw

I used this site a lot back in the day, sometimes as a substitute to some of the classes I was taking at my college. The quality of the instruction is very good. I'm salivating over a few of the new courses they have up now Free Online Course Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare ...thanks for sharing, MIT

---- classic quote but true in some ways

Most of the exceptional programmers I know were either Math or Electrical Engineering majors. Only about a quarter of my ACM team members back in the day were CS majors. Give those dev roles a shot...if you think you're strong enough / competitive. You never know.

It would be difficult trying to live in NY or the tri state area with that sort of income. Maybe the first offer might not be the best offer..Maybe you should keep looking. Armed with a BS/MS you should be getting more than $42k. Then again, if your other prospects look good, then say no to...

RAKESHPILANIA maybe you should write a review to give people a more balanced view.

These reviews definitely remove the veil of Infallibility from some of these programs, and sort of levels the playing field for the paying 'customers'

I wouldn't write UCB off just based on one review

This review definitely casts UCB in a different light. I am surprised however that this is the first UCB review. With the placement stats they put up year after year, some graduates should have something positive to say about the program

This has been discussed in detail before. Refer to this page some truth about the Columbia MSOR - QuantNetwork - Financial Engineering Forum or try searching the forum.

It boggles my mind that candidate 1 will be picked over candidate 2. Especially with the recent debate about legalizing all the illegals. Those that have followed the law to the letter will have to wait for their turn in line....which could be several years especially if you're from China or...

See attachment. This is one of the better US immigrations guides I've seen. I ran across a few people and experiences over the past months that made me wonder why there has been so much recent back lash against the H1B program. Of course some would say it is the 9.7% unemployment and a lot of...

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I was just thinking about this. We know a lot of schools have raced to set up MFE programs recently to supposedly feed the need or demand from aspiring students that cannot get into the marque programs like UCB, CMU, Baruch, Stanford, etc. Obviously, some of these sub standard programs which...

The Avatar IMAX 3D viewing was my first 3D experience, but I would be very surprised if the Avatar 2D experience is in any way scaled down wrt effects and graphics. I think the whole push to 3D is just another marketing ploy to force people to spend more money at the movies and also induce...

Just saw Avatar in IMAX 3D...going back to see it this weekend in 2D just for kicks

Just wondering how and when the comprehensive student reviews of the MFE programs will be released

Since you just graduated, you have lots of time....Keep in mind that some of the really wealthy people around today started out making next to nothing.

Please take the time to explore the various threads on this site.....a lot of your questions have been answered previously in some shape or form

Aj Kappor and BigbadWolf are in a league of their own.....phew

This calls to mind John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit man Amazon.com: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (9780452287082): John Perkins: Books and how the World Bank / IMF has enslaved third world countries with debt.

After all is said and done, it is the value you'll be adding to the bottom line / table that will be recognized and not what degrees you have.

You can also touch base with HR at the firm that hired you. If they're nice, they can prepare a couple paragraphs for you...

Call me a cynic but...horses will probably fly before this ever happens

What exactly is the point you are trying to make?

I couldn't help but notice how similar you profile was to the author of this blog The Stanford MS-FM Times , maybe you can shoot the author an email to trade ideas / advice

This is from the Stanford website....if a prospective student can secure a quant analyst internship on their own before joining the program, I'm having a hard time understanding what extra value the degree will add to applicants who can go it alone. My impression is that folks pursue an MFE to...

wow..that's about 6% admission rate. I would be very curious to read the profiles of the admitted students

Barnes and Noble just joined the party with their nook reader....hopefully the pricing war will start with sony and amazon, then I can get one of the these once it goes below $200

This is a very closed minded view.

Democracy or the concept or idea of democracy will not and cannot work in every country. If more folks at the helm of affairs understood this, maybe we might not have all these wars. I for one would not really mind if the military bulldozed their way back to power in my home country as the very...

CUFE, maybe you can shed more light on the program at Cornell, just like financeguy has done with the Columbia program - giving folks more visibility into things like rigor of the program, current placement siuation, prospects after the program, myths, truths.. etc . I'm sure it will be greatly...

You need to understand the process and that not every tom, dick and harry on H1B can apply for GC on their own. Your employer usually has to apply on your behalf, and most employers tend to back off and utilize all or most of the time you have on H1 , before they start the process and that's 5...

I don't have a problem with the government bringing the illegals out of the shadows...in fact I think it would be in their best interest to do so...but what would tick me off is if the illegals are given a one way ticket to GC and USC while all those other folks who followed the law to the...

I have been wondering how someone can really understand math on a more philosophical level... I would assume most people are exposed to 'plug and chugg' or 'formulaic' math/calculus in their college years. When you hear that the second derivative is 1 or the integral is 0, how does that...

I learnt this sad but true fact a few years ago when I was a TA for a physics prof in his sophomore level physics based calculus class. This prof had his 8th grade kid attend class, and do all the homework and exams, and remarkably this kid always had scores in the top 15% of the class. Of...

For an interview question, maybe they didn't expect you to answer it correctly..they might have just wanted to see your thought process and the sort of assumptions you make in tackling tough problems..or maybe if they really wanted a correct answer, it could have warranted a 'grand epiphany' or...

I am just curious why you woul be applying to 11-12 schools for MFE. If it were for an MBA, I would understand as I have heard of numerous accounts of some prospects applying to at least 10 programs. If you have a good enough profile to apply to the top tier schools, applying to second / third...

With placement rates that high, you would think they would be more willing to divulge the information on their web site as most of the top programs do.

I just read the methodology used for the rankings, and if I understand it right, it seems to be based a great deal on the popularity of the sites of each school. I'm finding it difficult to connect how that would be relevant to how strong each program is. I would think a more suitable ranking...

I've been thinking about this for a while as I find myself not using all the hard skills accumulated in school in my current job, and know of many others that ended up in completely different fields than they studied in school. A lot of schools now offer the BS/MS five year option for many...

Maybe you might want to consider getting an MFE to fill in the gaps in knowledge. With 3 masters degrees and a Phd, you should have no troubles getting into any of the top programs like UCB, CMU, Baruch , etc. It will take an extra year or year and half, but might well be worth it in the long...

Why go through the trouble of hiding information they might find out down the line...It's not like the masters you don't want to include is in Religion or Nutrition Science.... Eventually it will all depend on how you sell your "achievements"

Interesting article http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/09/09/70921/the-black-swan-battle-is-about-to-begin/

blast from the past...BBW's prowess and command in the language continues to befuddle me.

It has about 800 - 1000 words, there is a section on SAT words too, which you can ignore. It helped me raise my verbal score 250 points to sub - 700s , my second time around.

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I guess there's a reason they call it the Queen's language. Shouldn't the goal of the language be to communicate ideas across and not bamboozle with strange and exotic vocabularies??? Roni, you might also try this book Amazon.com: Words for Smart Test Takers 2nd Edition (Academic Test...

Apparently the graduate is pissed off they can't get a job after buring through a wad of cash to get through school http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8180806.stm . She probably got off lucky, I know people that ended up about 150k in the red , because of some over priced college degree...

maybe you can implement a work mode and give users the ability to toggle between the regular mode and work mode...

Andy, Every now and then, I find myself bookmarking discussion pages with head hunters, just to keep tabs in case I might need to utlize their services later. I'm proposing creating a very easy way for quantnetters to find head hunters in the quantnet commuinty. Thoughts Create a custom HH...

I'm starting to think these recent celebrity deaths are not as random as they appear

Apparently, Amazon is trying to make a quick buck off of MJ..they have a huge link on their frontpage to his music cds and such... Another thing that has puzzled me so much is how someone can make so much money during their career (4 decades), and still have a ton of money troubles, doesn't...

This is sad.....and he was trying to turn his career around. I always thought this was one of his best songs .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H1TELw70T8&feature=related RIP Jacko

Andy, I was wondering if there was a way to implement some sort of rating system for the Master Reading List on QuantNet. I know, I for one am going bankrupt buying books on Amazon. At least according to mint.com, I've spent more on books from amazon than entertainment and shopping combined...

Second that....the Thinkpads lack the sexy looks of a Mac and marketing buzz of a Dell.. ..Well said..

Met the man while I was at Texas A&M, Never really got to take any classes from him as he taught mostly grad level CS/CE courses. It's good to know that computing 'greats' like Him can be so accessible..great personality too..

Just a thought....why would someone want to go through the troubles and headache of applying for pre-completion OPT when they are still in school and not close to graduation? They can easily apply for CPT if they want to do internships, right....or am I missing something here?

You get to use OPT, ONLY after you have graduated!!

So dedicating 2-3 yrs to build eminence. ..I have noticed that a lot of the advice to quant-hopefuls on this forum is to take a couple of math classes here and there to build mathematical maturity for an MFE. Wouldn't it be better to just get a technical masters (math, IE, OR) to prepare....in...

I'm trying to picture orientation day with a huge banner reading "ALOHA MFE students" or "MAHALO students" or something like that...no pun intended. Wonder how they'll recruit, being so far from major financial hubs..Very nice website though.

me too...I sent my resume a while back but haven't received the guide

Maybe a masters in a quantitative major (applied math, IE, OR, computational math, numerical methods,... etc) might suffice. It would probably take 1.5 to 2 yrs , and help you build a lot of mathematical maturity. Maybe you can one more year of work experience too. Plotting a 2.5 to 3 year...

Stumbled on this at NYT...The Japanese paying immigrants to go back home due to the bad job situation See Link . I always thought Japan was immigration averse

Since admission committee usually employ a 'holistic' approach .. you must then ensure that you're absolutely top notch in other areas like : math GRE (perfect score), maybe achieve > 75% percentile in math GRE subject test, have highly deployable skillset (most schools look for people they...

At least some folks can claim they were billionaires (in zim dollars?) at some point in their lives

There has been some discussion about this in the past. see https://www.quantnet.com/threads/interview-with-graduate-of-carnegie-mellon-university-masters-computational-finance.1351/

There has been some discussion about this in the past. see http://www.quantnet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4403 http://www.quantnet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2676

I sent you my CV recently. Thanks in advance, my email address is paschal83@gmail.com

Hey Andy, can you create an Algo Trading section in the Master Reading List..

I wonder why the stopped showing the school names.....congrats guys.

The political apparatus is just playing games..really...first they put the "bonus" loop-hole in the bailout bill, now they are scrambling to tax the same bonus...folks should be as mad at congress as they are at AIG

I think it will serve you well to take some time to look through some of the profiles of folks that get admitted into the schools you are interested in. Some schools have the profiles on their mfe pages while some others have resume books..

The 90 day restriction means once you get your OPT approved then the clock starts ticking, ie the 90 days is from the OPT start date. As far I know the OPT start date can not be more than 60 days past your graduation date, ie say you graduate May 15, the latest start date on your OPT will be...

As far as I know, the only difference with the H1B and OPT is that you are particularly advised not to travel outside the country while on OPT because there is NO assurance you can get back into the country, but no such restriction on H1

All Internationals that graduate from a US College are eligible for the I year OPT. However, the new law is that within that 1 year you MUST not be unemployed for more than 90 days otherwise you lose you F1 status. The OPT extension which just came into effect recently, allows "certain"...

maybe the individual doesn't want to be straddled with tons of debt by the time they graduate, if they're not paying out of pocket

Got a kick from the March 4 Daily Show episode... The Daily Show Full Episode | Wednesday Mar 4 2009 | Comedy Central Apparently Jim Cramer will be a guest on the Daily Show on Thursday...should be interesting

I'm trying to code up an application in VB to pull information from password protected sites. Say I want to pull my balance from my account or information from my scottrade account, etc...I know you can parse tables in websites with the aid of web query, but I have hit a road block, and would...

what's the verdict????....seems like there'll be quite a number of Baruch folks in the top 13

provided they don't file for chapter 11 protection...the stock could be a steal ...no

This site gives a breakdown of companies applying for H-1Bs and green cards for the past couple of years, the Microsofts, Satyams, IBMs, Oracles are at the top of the food chain http://www.myvisajobs.com/Top_Visa_Sponsors.aspx http://www.myvisajobs.com/

She could try head hunters.....I know some folks sending out about a hundred resumes a month, and still they haven't landed anything

It wouldn't hurt if James Simons divulges his black box strategy for his Medallion Fund. In a year where most funds finished with double digit losses, his Medallion Fund was up 80%.... http://www.iimagazine.com/Alpha/Articles/2088123/FEATURES/Medallion_Glitters.html

Thanks for your insight.. As per the points you made, would a fresh enlistee be stuck with responsibilities in point 2 throughout their time (four years), and are there usually opportunities to rise along your vertical to take on more roles that actually utilize your skills in the Air force as...

lol...i feel you...

I remember blowing through a bunch of my college courses finishing with 100+ points due to extra credit and all, but that only earned me an A, also I had a couple of painful 88's and 89's and of course that earned me a B. If I recalculated my GPA based on A+,A,A-,..etc criteria, I would...

How is it possible to get a GPA of over 4.0 ? At my university you could only get an A, B,C, D, F .

Another good resource is the ACM programming competition problem archive. Each problem set has about 8 problems and the time alloted is about 5 hours. I found it exremely helpful for interview preparation/ skills consolidation by doing progamming marathons with couple of buddies...