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Have you taken any other Statistic classes? Do you know what is covered?

Not going to quote everyone - but thanks everyone for helping me with Cantonese vs. Mandarin. I was given Rosetta Stone - Mandarin (Level I-III) as a gift for Xmas, so we'll see how it goes! :)

Is it specifically the city of Hong Kong, or is it Cantonese is spoken in cities in China? I heard Cantonese in cities, Mandarin in suburban areas.

not trying to hijack your thread here, however i have the same question but coming from an American. is it considered 'valuable' to be an American in FE whom also speaks Cantonese (Mandarin is mentioned below, but isn't Cantonese more preferable?)

that's interesting. Ernie Chan mentions this in his book (Algorithmic Trading), however, i remember him saying it hadn't quite worked. i suppose he wrote the book 2 years ago now, i wonder if technology has just advanced that fast...

simple google search http://stattrek.com/Lesson2/Hypergeometric.aspx

i did this when i was 16 with my birthday money. i started with $100, which i invested in some video lectures online which taught me how to use html / flash for building web sites. from this, i built roughly 8 web sites ranging from $500-$1000 with that money, i invested in some molds for...

thanks for the link, i'll watch it later. the only familiarity i have with it is i've watched a few of ralph merkle's lectures, one specifically through singularity on nanotechnology. i forget what sort of affiliation he has with it, though. if you have time, you should watch that lecture as...

i personally was taught that X is your total number of successes, and n was your total number of trials. and your probability was of course X/n

what is instrumentation engineering? also, it sounds like you may want to look into programs such as operations management, industrial engineering, operations engineering, or systems engineering.

the use of equations below is mind boggling.

you could definitely be right. iirc, i was least confident with this answer. i've never gambled in my life so i know nothing about odds, spreads, etc.

1.) i would choose twice every two years. i read this as my salary is x, and my options are 2x, 3x, and 4x. therefore i would choose 2x due to time-value-of-money, risk of inflation, etc. 2.) $50? 50/50 so should be 2 to 1? 3.) small hand to big hand. 4.) no idea 5.) short JPMorgan...

Sorry. Finals week. :) Thanks - I was just confused of what sort of environment these off-campus programs have. It's also very interesting, as you said, others are located right next to another.

after visiting my school's career office they gave me a packet to help guide me with drafting my resume. on the back there is a list of "suggested words to use", which of course contains all from the list andy posted. however, i think if you don't use them you seem less "polished", unfortunately.

how were you granted access? you're not a student/faculty member, correct? can anyone (joe schmoe) just walk into the lecture rooms and take a seat? that sounds risky.

anyone can get in?

can anyone put an approximate value on trade between the two countries? or perhaps even data on chinese exports, and % of exports to foreign countries? this is interesting to think about..

i'm an I.E. sophomore, so i can't really comment on finance or computer science. i have only taken basic c++ as of now, and will do some more coding in the future. i am minoring in economics. math is math no matter where you are in my opinion. as far as internships go... fairly non-existent i'd...

good luck! let me know if you transfer to u Pitt

i was finally able to add valuable input to a thread :D

i could be completely wrong here so just take this as an idea. you are stating that the normal distribution's tails are too thin. could you use the t-distribution? it is very similar to normal, however, its tails are thicker. they say to use t-distribution when CLT theorem doesn't apply (when...

i really hope 3D TVs don't catch on. i may be the only person i know that hates the 3D idea. i don't even like 3Ds in the cinema.

I don't like the 5 minute shower, nor 15 minute lunch part.

Sounds like someone couldn't get an interview

I want to date models and drink from bottles

... what is 'African Debt'?

give an example of an action that was too fake for you

I could see that too. Maybe not the average American, but perhaps the older population, and believe it or not there is still a market of people who don't have computers yet -- though I'm not sure how you would market to them.

Thanks for posting this, sir. Edit: What type of experience do you suggest?

E. apparently be more selective in their admission process. you'd think this caliper of student would know a more mature way of handling this situation. e.g., talk to someone at school about it and handle it internally.

random unrelated/sumwhat related question: is there any way of finding average salaries 3yrs out, 5yrs, 10yrs, etc.?

I think as China continues to acquire more wealth per capita, Hong Kong will see the benefits of this financial increase. Additionally, if financial markets are getting more and more quantitative, this can only help them as well.

no one believes it could be Hong Kong?

i think asians get the stereotype because it's true within reason, but it's not natural. take my friend who was born and raised in china for example (whom i met in my calc 3 class ;-) he is hands down the best student in the class. it is not because he has super powers. it is because he was...

i don't understand how trading derivatives affects the price. can someone explain?

why would an undergraduate degree in computational finance be bad? doesn't it get you the same placement the master program would? i guess you could argue that you would have less options if you didn't enjoy the computational finance work, but i don't think that would stop me personally.

I feel like it's moreso classic Americanism at work. You have to do whatever it takes to win. These consulting agencies know what the schools want to hear, the student does not. A non-Harvard graduate doesn't know what to say to appeal to the Harvard graduate deciding if he/she is worthy. I saw...

Operations research students are good candidates for MFE programs due to the curriculum but Im not sure how possible it is to get there directly without the masters.

It makes more sense for you to get into the best master of finance or mba program that you can. why do you want to do financial engineering specifically?

no apple products for you guys?

Thanks for the excellent work Joy =D>

Man... if I had a nickle for every time you posted this. ;-)

yah yah yaaaaah

just do well no matter what

sounds like life in general to me

what exactly do all of those postions do?

Ah. Do they do this every year? I'll be better qualified then. (only recently joined the site). Thanks a lot Andy!

I'm guessing as an undergraduate student of industrial engineering this is way out of my league?

what does this mean for the world exactly? what can these computers be used for, and what can even faster computers be used for? on a somewhat related note, i read this article not too long ago. what are your thoughts on it...

to whoever posted it -- sorry i didn't fully read baruch's web site about the bonuses. side note...... anyone here find it interesting that the government recently changed legislation that all student loans will be through the government now rather than through private banks? 99% sure this...

this sort of goes along with my strong feeling that 17 is just too young to be making a large decision like this. or perhaps our education system is so bad that we are not prepared at 17 to make a decision like this. i went to a private school so everyone in my class went to college. i was the...

the book from the master reading list 'how i became a quant' would probably help in this situation

joy, me too! i was only asking you to please ask questions regarding that because i'd like to hear about it. in your original post, you said that you would possibly ask (i took this as meaning you may or may not).... please do!

i would be interested in thoughts on current finance politics that you were 'possibly' consideerring. also just his thoughts on the future in general with finance, and quants.

personally i would pick columbia simply because it's not virtual courses

it's OK, china can buy all of us

maybe talk to a local college about their database design courses and buy the textbooks they use to teach it.

yeah it's considered "imaginary engineering". i think most of those feelings toward it are due to how new it is.

you should consider industrial engineering. i know, i know - it's engineering - but not nearly the same as the other fields. it is what i am doing. i will be taking up to the same math level classes as a math major, with some other classes such as economic classes, human factors, efficiencies...

sorry, that's my fault - i wrote it too fast. it was mostly an introduction saying "hey, this is my plan, this is what i want to do, what are your thoughts/opinions". my best bet is to contact CMU about how much c++ i need, but i feel weird contacting them as a freshman and saying oh hey i'm...

i am currently a freshman of engineering and will be majoring in industrial engineering [which is supposedly the #1 major for FE]. here are the courses that i will be taking that will be good for FE: calc 1,2,3 prob & stats 1,2 micro, macro, and int econ matrices and linear algebra i can take...