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You're comparing two different things though there is some overlap. The important question is what do you want to do? If you're interested in building data pipelines, predictive modeling, machine learning, etc then Data Science may be the way to go. Though there is some overlap in skills...

Unfortunately, there are only a few universities building their Data Science / Analytics programs the right way. I won't name names but you probably want to stay away from some of the programs popping up. It almost feels like a few years ago when MFE programs where popping up everywhere and...

Northwestern graduated its first class last year and the stats from their website show almost perfect placement by graduation. Have you tried contacting each of the students from that graduating class. ? You could probably find them on Linkedin. You should also check out NC State Analytics...

You know your situation best.. but from the information you've provided... you can always defer your MFE admission or even apply to other programs. If you leave the PhD program, I would imagine, they won't let you come back and finish up later. You need to figure out what's most important to...

Data Science and Big Data is all the talk these days. For folks interested in this field, I put together a list of all the major players in the Data Science bootcamp space. They seem to be clustered in San Francisco and New York . This list doesn't include any of the university programs...

The PerformanceAnalytics package could also be useful.. most of the packages have pdf tutorials on rcran. Also checkout r-forge

I thought this was interesting.. $800 for the book

I'm working on a project, where I have to recode / impute categorical variables. On a 2046 x 11 test dataset, R took somewhere between 15 - 30 secs on average. I recoded that part in Bash and it gets the same job done in about a second. That said, R does have its strong points : easy EDA...

This is not a deal breaker...I'm sure you could probably understand at least 75% of the book on a first read

At the very least, they should have tried to merged it with EE, instead of doing away with it.

Reprehensible...but entirely logical

I'll be in Chicago for this conference... any other quantnet folks going?

You are comparing Apples and Oranges. Two different programs, two different continents. You need to answer this question -> Where do you want to start your first job, post masters? Once you do, your choice should become apparent

Definitely interested if there will be an online option for the class

This will give you a bird's eye view of the industry, major players, areas, etc.. The Complete Guide to Capital Markets...

Saw this on HN, good read... A High Frequency Trader's Apology, Pt 1

For starters, these events could be helpful http://www.rinfinance.com/ http://datawithoutborders.cc/ There is probably a lot more going on in Chicago

My guess is that they offered you a standard contract+base $. Do you have other offers / better packages on hand to negotiate with? If you don't, are you ready to walk away if they don't change their mind? Funny story, a friend of mine once tried to negotiate his base salary on an offer without...

Famous for what? ... I'm curious

At face value CMU appears to have better exit opportunities than GTech. The CMU program has been around for more than a decade so they're running a well-oiled machine. As far as QFinance/US goes, CMU appears to have the stronger program but GTech is known for its excellent Engineering programs...

You might be better off taking another year and applying to schools with better career services and established relationships with potential employers. With either of the schools listed, it will be an uphill battle.

MFEs are a cash machine for a lot of schools. Doubt they'll be giving that education away for freee anytime soon.

Just curious, did you apply to UC Berkeley? Since you were competitive enough for CMU and Stanford, UCB is probably not outside the range of possibilities. Though each of the programs mentioned above have a certain profile they look for. That said, the placement numbers coming out of UCB is...

This appears to be happening more often. Jobless law school grads suing school Link

Check out eLance and oDesk

Interesting 60 minutes clip

Woot is another option

This may be what you had in mind Algorithm Trading Competition

http://depts.washington.edu/compfin/academics/courses/ AMATH 551 Foundations of Trading Systems

If that customer was not with the OWS folks, she should get a really good lawyer and sue. Where is Phoenix Jones when you need a super hero to come to the rescue.:D

What's your price range ?

Some places may hire you for what you're good at and then let you learn the finance part while on the job

He will be missed

Question #1 (statistics) You can also do a QQ plot where you compare the distribution against a normal distribution, draw a line through you the points plotted. If all your points lie on this straight line then your distribution is normal. This is gives you a visual of normality, also you can...

I like what Amazon has done with the kindle.. I'll probably be waiting for version 2.0 of the Fire. If history is any guide, v2.0 will come with a price cut and more features (..like a front/back camera). Mr Bezos, please slash the price on the DX

I read Dune back in 2001, it seems a re-read is in order. I've forgotten some of the more subtle plots/twists

It seems like folks are just reading too much into the rankings. Read the ranking methodology and take what you like from the ranking... you could look at it as a guide or absolute truth on every count. At the end of the day, the #1 program on your personal ranking should be the program that is...

This thread may add to this discussion.

If memory serves me right, Alia was more feared than Paul as she had tasted the Spice while still in the womb. I don't remember if she had to go thorough the Gom Jabbar test

Gom Jabbar The Reverend Mothers Duncan Idaho Alia Mentat training Fremen Paul Muad'Dib Spice I believe Scifi channel made a mini series a couple years ago. Really excited to see I'm not the only one who loves this classic

We should probably take this to a separate thread... I've read Dune and Children of Dune. Paul Muad'Dib was always my favorite character. Hoping to read the rest of the series in the not too distant future

I was interviewed by an SVP, and I thought it was a good idea to tell him since he brought it up. The roles are similar, Data Quant at the SF startup and Software Dev at BofA and the Seattle company

Sanket, I have been searching for fellow Frank Herbert fans

This is an MFE ranking and not a general university ranking

Company X and Company Y are San Francisco and Seattle based tech companies respectively

Is it always a good idea to tell recruiters the other companies you're interviewing with? I just interviewed at BofA and the recruiter asked if I have any deadlines they need to be aware of. I told them, no deadlines at this point but I'm also interviewing at Company X and Company Y.

I agree with this

You can never run from these students loans, but still I talk to people that didn't bother exhausting other options like grants and scholarships, before jumping on the loan bus.

comic relief

You are questioning someone's credibility while hiding behind a computer screen name ... very well played

You are entitled to your opinions but not to your facts. Can you substantiate the above claim?

It seems the ranking was done based on the data provided. One thing I'd like to know is who responded and who didn't

This would be a bit difficult especially if some program don't release their data.

I would also like to see the raw scores for each school

Have you tried applying for quant jobs or contacting recruiters? If you have, what type of feedback are you getting. If you haven't, what are you waiting for? Also, this is a good starting point

Since you seem to use R, you'll probably like the first book alain recommended better. The implementations in the second book is in python, and you'll have to handle a bit more math in the second book

why is Minnesota at the top of your list? .. curious

edge of your seat suspense..anticipation... whatever effect Andy was going for.. it is working. Very curious if there are any big surprises this year ... other than the number of ranked schools doubling to 50+

I noticed this too..by looking at the names on the website... seems like you have inside info about JHU.

You might want to PM the OP of this thread

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This is just a sample from NYU Math Finance. Your best bet is looking at profiles on linkedin, or checking out sites of schools with FE programs to see if the make their resume book available

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Right now probably not.. but it would be nice if an option like this existed. Back in undergrad days, I had worked with some friends on projects that probably could have been viable if they were brought to market. Anyway, everyone eventually got jobs, got on H1, the group disbanded and the...

In the widely anticipated Jobs speech, I was really hoping the President would pull out all the stops and come out firing on all cylinders. But this episode seems all like deja vu (basically a stimulus 2.0 that will give just a temporary jolt to economy). I was really hoping the Start Up Visa...

You may like the crowd at Hacker Dojo

If you can transfer into a top 10-15 MATH / CS Dept .. do it. If it costs you no more an extra year in College...in the grand scheme of things this will not really matter. If you're really thinking of transferring, inter-state / region transfers are probably easier. Have you looked at Univ. of...

Prof Ng is also doing a Machine Learning variant. I've signed up for the AI basic and plan to do the Machine Learning advanced.

Taking one Matlab course (if you can find it) will probably not make you very proficient at Matlab.. Doing a big project (2K to 5K lines using different modules) will probably be more helpful or go to Project Euler and solve every problem using Matlab. These suggestions may not be useful as you...

FYI.. Mark Joshi has an updated Becoming a Quant guide here

Seems like they read my mind ... I basically want the biggest screen I can get away with on a phone and the Galaxy Note 5.3' fits right up that alley. See another video here

I'm curious what folks are watching these days. I started looking at Numb3rs which I think is interesting. In the episodes I've seen, the protagonist used a combination of facility location algorithms, neural nets and some machine learning to catch the bad guy.:D

works fine on Ubuntu 11.04/chrome and imac/safari

Seems like PC manufacturers are making better quality computers these days... Before I migrated to Mac, I had been a PC user. My Gateway and HP laptops both died on me before they hit the two year mark

I also look at resale value... I just sold my 2 year old Mac Book Pro for 85% of the original sticker price. Try selling a 6 month old PC, you'd be lucky if you get half of what you paid for it

It seems like the Dems are running on blanks Government will stop deporting some illegal immigrants, allow them to work . Considering the last serious push on immigration reform was by GWB, the Dems probably won't touch the issue until they secure reelection in 2012

Also see Free Machine learning Intro by Prof Ng Free Database Intro by Prof Widom You can already download some of Prof Ng's machine learning videos from itunesU. Nice to nice stanford is offering some of these free courses online

I think the concept of 'credit' is a double edged sword... if only people bought things they could truly afford we wouldn't be in this mess. The last place I lived in, everyone dealt in hard cash as there are no systems that will track you / your SSN / credit history if you refuse to pay up...

MSCF ONLINE ....they emphasize the 'online' part

Hello 2008

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on U of Washington's Computational Finance program. It is basically a new program housed in the Applied Math dept which is top ranked. The program seems to focus on R and very little C++ (at least this is the impression you get from the website). It...

Your career services might be a good place to look first. Your location is probably an obvious disadvantage.

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Politics is also a career. These people will try to stay as long as they can. When they do leave, the exit opportunities are pretty awesome... six and seven figure gigs at consulting companies, think tanks, etc ... This happens around the globe. This is easier said than done You need hard...

This might be helpful The Big Switch: Reasons I Chose Baruch MFE

Some MFEs don't allow you to transfer-in credits. Also, you need to figure out which one ( Michigan FE+network or UCB FE+network) will help you get to where you want to go. What do you plan to do after graduation? S&T, Quant Dev, etc Where do you want to work? Midwest, East Coast, West Coast...

You are taking this off topic.... From your tone, it seems you're suggesting that illegals sit on their hands all day doing nothing and expecting handouts.

The children tend to become the victims here... deporting them would be tantamount to sending them to a foreign land they have no memory of and little or no connections to. The real choices that have to be made are never really that clear cut You call it "cheat", but some other people may...

First, I take it that you are familiar with the goals of the "Dream Act". So let's look at a hypothetical scenario here - some guys' parents moved to the US illegally with the entire family and he was 2 years old at the time.... fast forward 10 years later he realizes he's an illegal when he is...

iPhone 3GS ... looking to switch to Samsung Galaxy S II. If Samsung and which ever carrier they plan to use don't get their act together by September then I'll move on to iPhone 5

Just curious... do HH's have to pay to post jobs on sites like quantfinancejobs.com and the like? If they're just amassing resumes, there are probably better ways of doing it without posting phantom jobs.

Yes, it's a single python script.. I'm following links from the main page and going five levels deep to get the data. I'm currently using urllib2 and BeautifulSoup to get the links and eventually get to the data tags..five levels down. The url links are actually dynamic, so I don't know exactly...

I was wondering if somewhere here has experience doing cron jobs in python. I have a script that basically scrapes data from a website and writes the data to a file. The script should write about 60K records to file if everything goes smoothly, but this hasn't happened yet. After about 1000...

solution -> force all schools to inflate which normalizes things (of course, this will never happen). At school A the maximum GPA is 4.3/4.0 and school B 4.0/4.0. If John Doe's GPA from school B is rescaled to school's A standard he ends up with a higher GPA... but my guess is a good majority...

this thread was started a while ago : What is the true half - life of a bachelors degree? Interesting to see these topics keep coming up

Back in the day you could easily get by, get a decent job and raise a family with a high school degree.

Publishers, Universities and Authors should share blame for this. I walked by the bookstore a few days ago and saw an Intro to Economics book with a $265 price tag. To make matters worse, the book was produced for a particular professor/class. I learnt from the service reps that books like that...

I see people gaming this. Rent a book, extract the contents to pdf and then return book. Unless they won't let you return the book till your lease ends. This is just another very profitable business model... I see for some books, it costs up to half of the paperback price to rent for a few months

This article strikes the cord at the US problem... I have countless friends who left their H1 sponsored jobs and subsequently moved up North. Obviously, Canada is doing something right.

Joy, I was waiting for this .. lol :D

The blame goes around. These schools shouldn't have been given the authority to issue I-20's

http://www.slideshare.net/wesm/scipy-2011-pandas-lightning-talk?from=ss_embed

He's doing his PhD in Statistics at Duke.. from his talk this morning he's still the main developer

I'm at the Scipy conference and there is a panel discussion with Wes Mckinney (AQR , pandas author), Travis Oliphat ( Enthought, Numpy Author, Scipy Founding contributor), Henry Ward (Secondsight founder), Eric Weinstein (Natron Group, mathematician) as moderators. If you have any burning...

I think it's odd they have you do an internship at the end of the program. Shouldn't you be preparing to get into a full time gig at that point. Most programs have another semester/session after the internship period.

The cost of an education is one thing that has kept going up year after year after year even though technology exists to help reduce costs and make education cheaper. Maybe that's the real culprit here. The OP is probably going to extremes to get that free MS If someone somewhere is willing to...

I'm curious how this is possible?? Even biologist and chemists get to do some serious programming these days. One off case maybe?

As I understand it, a lot of these postings are phantom postings.. the jobs don't exist or are already filled

Okay, this is very funny

I'm no fan, but I actually think she should run for the nomination. This will put her ideas to the test.

Even ninjas can still learn a trick or two.

Your environment plays a big role in your development. If you're surrounded by rockstars and ninjas, chances are that you are more likely to become better yourself.

Living in NY for a entire year would probably cost you at least $20k in living+feeding expenses. Should this even be legal??

Everyone's situation is different. People have their reasons for doing these unpaid internships. It could be to break-in , connections, etc.

This is absolutely bare minimum.. website with relevant and updated info. Maybe you should also suggest the program director come read some of the comments here.

Got a good laugh reading the blog post. Some interesting quotes from the page

It seems you have your mind set on Fox. Well, provided you fully understand what you are up against / getting into. Some might say it could be a good idea to delay things for a year and make your profile stronger to enable you get into schools with better placement records.

This may just be some early warning signs. Have you looked on linkedin to see if you can find any Alumni? Just wondering, do they have any past stats on placement?

Just wondering what folks use for GUI development in python : wx, QT, GTK or traits

+1 Moving back to the long form of the programs review would be more actionable information for readers, which is a very good thing

Seems like we have some hard core folks here .. I've always though about doing homework write ups in Latex, but never summed up the courage to attempt it... so far just resume and research papers. This is why I started doing my resume / important docs in latex. PDF files will print the same...

Take those rankings with a grain of salt. Sometimes they are based on factors that don't add to students' experience/placements , etc

Japan regains the #1 spot with new system. http://www.top500.org/lists/2011/06 . The Japanese K Computer is also more powerful than the next five systems on the list combined. This is a very interesting trend, just a few years ago it used to be an All - American top 5. Now the US has only one...

I'm dealing with relatively sized data, but it's mostly text, and I'm having to clean / transform / parse and vectorize text . My entire db corpus has north of 35million tokens. I think this is a couple of GBs and counting. I'm curious what tools you use to get the job done. I'm having to do...

Once you get comfortable with Latex, you'll find that this statement is the other way around.

I'm interning at a start up where I'm experiencing the "joys" of extracting and cleaning data. Sometimes cleaning the data is half the work. I'm dealing with mostly unstructured data (text). I apply machine learning algos on the data

These are just bare minimum requirements. Options 1 or 3 will give you better background/ foundation, if you plan to do quant down the line.

Just think of it like you've just finished a 10+ week internship.. From my past experience, newbies are usually given a pass until they've spent at least six months at a firm. Seems like wrong timing for you. Anyway, good luck with finding the next gig. You've got some street cred now..

I have always wondered the same thing. Quantnet is probably one of the defacto Quant portals now. Though it had it's roots at Baruch, you'd think there'd be much more traffic from other MFE schools. Maybe there is, and folks don't put that affiliation out there.

Anyone have any personal experience with this Ubuntu netbook http://www.system76.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=105

Any Quantnet members going for this http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2011/index.php

You'll probably just use a student visa for your study... sponsorship comes after you graduate

This is mostly semantics

This is also a very good book. It approaches ML/DM from an R perspective http://www.amazon.com/Data-Mining-Learning-Knowledge-Discovery/dp/1439810184/ref=pd_sim_b_13

european countries like Germany, Sweden have 3-yr bachelors... Most of the places I've seen the 3 year degree mentioned, the school has specifically singled out "Indian 3 -year" degrees .. Not really sure why such discrepancy exists. I have friends who have gotten into top 10 US engineering...

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+1 UIUC maybe

Current : R, Python, mySQL, CouchDB, Linux, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server, SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner, JMP I do a lot of Data Mining / Machine Learning algos in R/ Python Previous exp : C, Java, LabView, Assembly, Actionscript 3.0, Flex

You can try out ubuntu on windows without the trouble of dual booting. Check out wubi http://wubi.sourceforge.net/

This brings to mind John Perkin's book http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/0452287081/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307095532&sr=8-1

I'm guessing most people probably have their summer plans down...if this came a month ago, he could have been flooded with resumes including mine

Dr Liew, I'm wondering the next time you plan to do this session?

Very interesting discussion so far. I would like to chime in with a few thoughts . I apologize beforehand as some of my thoughts might seem disjoint from the discussion thread. I am attending this certain state university that is trying to cut costs by all means because they are now receiving a...

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same here.. I bought the Baseball Hacks books and I have already picked up some SQL / R tricks . @Tsotne Please only recommend books you have read or studied with. If everyone recommended books they saw in passing on a library shelf , don't you think that'll have little or no credibility here.

This is debatable

I'm trying to convert an xml file to a mysql database table, but for some reason I'm running into roadblocks I've poured over online documentations / blogs but haven't been able to figure it. Any hints will be appreciated . I am on an ubuntu box 10.04, with mysql 5.1.41

If you are familiar with python, there is a mysql db interface that gives you access to mysql. Also you connect to C/C++/R from python

See the attached document.. some numbers from NSF on US international student population/concentrations. I still don't understand why the numbers are so skewed once it comes to graduate populations in top 10 - 20 engineering, math, physics or cs schools/ departments. Americans that want to...

More information about any particular program is always good.. but the new format puts out a lot less info about programs. A review is supposed to informative, and if someone cannot dedicate 20-30+ minutes on the older/longer format then maybe they shouldn't be writing a program review in the...

Have you tried to contact alum/current students through linkedin, searched through this forum and/or talked to the program to get their placement information?? You need to go to the program that is the "best fit" for your future goals

Are you an EU citizen? How good is your german? Though the course is in English , some knowledge of german would probably help in the job hunting..

The lessons will run for 4 hours / week for five weeks

For those of you interested, Hacker Dojo is offering a machine learning on Big Data / map reduce course. This is from the course description For more details visit http://machinelearningbigdata.eventbrite.com/ For folks not living close to the Bay Area, there is a teleconference option enjoy

400...this is a lot of people. IIT has obvious advantages with their location, but I 'm still at a loss as to why they choose to run their program with a non-chalant attitude as far as placement goes. How much would it really cost to enlist the services of 2 or 3 quant headhunters to help place...

Have you sought them out? Try searching Linkedin. Have you called the school to ask for placement stats?? You need to be proactive about this. A lot of subpar schools out there will happily take your money, but you have to make sure that you're maximizing your expected utility and ROI

These folks they are trying to bar are young and hungry....most of them will probably contribute in a positive way to society and probably pay more taxes since they end up in higher tax brackets... No point crying over split milk, if the UK doesn't want these folks they'll always find somewhere...

Are you aware of this http://www.quantnet.com/forum/threads/uk-govt-to-abolish-student-work-visa.5131/page-2#post-47995

I am also interested in joining this study group... I think this will be a great exercise if we end up building something

Where do you want to work post graduation?? This might help you answer your question..

I thought this was quite interesting.... entire movies compressed into single bar codes http://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/

Motorola introducing Xoom wi-fi only version to match iPad2 on pricing !!! http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0316/Motorola-Xoom-Wi-Fi-matches-iPad-2-on-price http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2011/0217/10-most-intriguing-tablets-of-2011/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab This is Pricing 101...

This is straight from the Stony Brook website, it seems they accommodate students that want to continue to PhD and state this fact openly in the SOP

Watched some japanese earthquake / tsunami videos on Youtube .... cars, buildings and people washed away in the blink of an eye ... very sad

You already have a degree from GTech. If as an AOR you can still take FE classes, or model you curriculum to be close to the FE concentration, then Cornell may be a more strategic move ... (location, brand, placement, etc )

@grimknight : Search for posts by @DominiConnor , some of his posts points to your above statement I feel like every time I apply to an opportunity on a company website, it goes into a black hole with a trash can sitting at the other end. @Andy Nguyen : it would be nice to have an sticky where...

Once you've refreshed the fundamentals: programming, C++,math, etc.. you should just reach out to headhunters rather than going the MFE route. @Andy Nguyen could probably tell you who the headhunters on QN are !! Also, explore this forum. There's a wealth of information on here. Good starting...

This will probably help http://www.quantnet.com/master-reading-list-for-quants/ . Does this mean that U Chicago doesn't require you to have at least decent programming ability to get admitted?? Does Chicago have a refresher program??

I recently discovered http://www.kaggle.com , and I'm participating in some of the competitions listed and just wanted to share. If you're interest in building machine learning and data mining algos , this is a good place to test / train that skillset. Be warned, you're competing against...

Maybe it's just me but I would at least like to have the option to see 100+ posts on one page...

I keep myself well versed in this sort of news and I have heard nothing.... Are you referring to news regarding illegals et al ? - this is always in the news

Where did you hear/read this??

@smile , you are correct on both counts. Back in the day (just a few years ago) when H1B visas ran out in one day, these Indian "body shops" accounted for more than 50% of the volume YOY. You would think some smart people in Washington would figure this out and stop these nefarious activites by...

Nice rant @Cjs.... sometimes it may feel like all the cards are stacked against you..but all it takes is one YES from an employer to show what you've got http://ofilispeaks.com/it-only-takes-one-yes/

If you intend to work in NYC, why would an NYC employer go through the trouble of recruiting an Oxford grad, when there are tons of local candidates around the corner?? Unless of course, you have something to offer that they don't

This will be a good place to start http://www.quantnet.com/master-reading-list-for-quants/

You can take a look at the Berkeley MFE website, they list detailed profiles for all enrolled/current students. This will probably help you guage what your competition is like. Other programs you listed like Rutgers (they have 3 or so different programs now), USC, Chicago have been discussed...

Sure Andy, I don't mind compiling a list , but I probably have just a handful of them. I'm sure there's a lot more that have posted over the past years. I feel like I've hijacked this thread

Hey Andy, We should have some sort of "blog roll" for quantnet ... so many members have quant related blogs / sites, and it's kind of hard to keep track of everything

After Round 1 , Watson is tied for the lead

I thought this was quite interesting. Reminds me of how IBM 'Deep Blue' bested Chess Grandmaster Kasparov a couple years ago Watson cleaned the house

This is very interesting... maybe it's time for current students to shed more light on the USC program Submit a Review

This is an assumption on my part. I would assume if you were able to contact the right people, you could at least find out why you were not competitive enough to be shortlisted for admission. disclaimer - I haven't applied to/ been rejected from CMU

How solid were your letters of recommendation? In your statement of purpose, were you able to sell your story on how your are a good fit for the program and how the program will help you achieve your goals going forward? Do you have any "relevant" finance / quant experiences/internships? How...

You should be flying or falling on your own merits 3+ years after MFE

With the recent happenings in North Africa and with some of the middle east in "revolution" mode...does $150 / barrel Oil look feasible in the next few weeks / months. If things get worse in Egypt and the Suez canal is closed...we'd be lucky if it doesn't get close to $200

I was wondering if anyone here has participated in any of these courses Statistics.com Course Catalog. I've looked everywhere and just found a few bad reviews from a couple years ago. It seems to be a cheap alternative (about $200 - $400 per course if you are a student) to learn new skills.

Spend some time reading past posts on this forum and also look at detailed profiles of admitted students. I believe CMU, Baruch , UCLA and UCB publish these on their websites. The answer to your question should become apparent.

Which ever path you take.. self education will play a big role in you achieving your goal. Take a look at the reading list Master reading list for quants, MFE Students

I thought this was interesting... Wearing glasses can improve job prospects

Your employer initiates the H1B app / process

Since you can't change much here, you have to show the ad coms that your score does not correlate with your English ability through your essays, Statement of Purpose, etc. I know people who aced the test but have difficultly putting together two to three coherent sentences at a time.

I will disagree with you on this one.. I have a friend who started to learn English at 20. Prior to that, she lived abroad and was fluent in French and Swahili. Fast forward five years, she now has a very good command of the language, even better than most Americans in my opinion. If you...

Some of the programs you mentioned don't publish their salary stats. Take a look at the figures from CMU, Baruch and UCLA to give you an idea. You can also try calling your top choice universities to get some hard numbers. Baruch MFE CMU MSCF Salary Stats UCLA Employment Stats 2009 Some...

What exactly do you mean by extrovert? Do you mean having a "frat boy" type personality or the ability "to work " a room full of people or not been afraid to talk to strangers? I was in your shoes a few years ago, and short stint in consulting did wonders for me. This can be very...

Why am I not surprised at this? Amazon pulls WikiLeaks plug. For a site that sold books that promotes pedophilia, airing some politicians dirty laundry should be the least of their concerns.

Some people have probably done worse and gotten away with a slap on the wrist. He should have found himself a very good lawyer.

Look at his linkedin page

This should be interesting WikiLeaks to target major U.S. bank next: report

You might want to give this a look Vedic Mathematics . I ran into someone who said it helped him hit a quant 800, after a string of low 700s, high 600s. You probably already know all the math..but you need to hone your test taking skills/strategies.