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yea andy, i went by the email way. but i am not sure if they would bother to look at that even. seems they want official documents only, i have given them the links to official ones (school website) too. thats all i can do... and waiting starts. thanks all for the help! :)

yea... you can actually tell from online systems nowadays, you don't even have a chance to upload "other" documents...

the problem is that the universities don't even require mailing. they ask for scanned transcripts, i don't even have a place to upload that thing. if going by a package, i would definitely include as much as i can.

Hi all, I have submitted few applications and this question just pops up in my mind. So it seems that most universities just ask for official transcript, which in my case, is a list of subject a, grade a, subject b, grade b... I really wonder if admission committee can understand much from...

I heard before >75% is good enough for admission.

I think you are still young enough:). For options, I would suggest you to try to apply for an internal transfer to quant related department in your company. If your quant skills are not strong enough, doing a quant finance related master in India should be good. I am not from India, but I...

I have talked to some of my friends around this week, it seems that possibilities with a PhD in SG is quite limited. The PhD sponsorship comes with three years bond after a study period of 4-5 years. So..., 26+5+3=34, and competition for faculty positions here is getting worse... I expect it to...

Thanks all for fast response. @euroazn and Connor: I was thinking of MFE to get me an entry level job in quantitative finance. I have plan to grow as a risk management specialist. I think I used the term wrongly, I think quant positions nowadays require a PhD, at least a headhunter told me...

Hi all, so I kinda got some sponsorships from my government for a PhD study at CMU (funded). And you know I have been thinking about quant, so I am struggling between the two. I have been thinking these days and going by heart, I like quant better. But I think I need to be realistic also, I...

I think I did post similar questions in one of my older threads, questioning models. Just my 2 cents worth, I think the real key thing is lack of ability or perhaps motivation to really understand/interpret what the models/equations represent. Just like physics, we know where math modelling...

Hi guys, so I am applying for next admission year. Anyway, I am just a bit curious if my current background can actually lead me to a junior quant position right away. I don't mind < market price salary as long as its higher than my current pay - 3k+ SGD, which I really don't think is a problem...

Hi all, would like to apologise for my messy posts around the forum lately at first. So finally, I have decided to move to quant finance and apply, I am mainly looking at MMF at U of Toronto, possibly some decent UK schools. I guess my low GRE (310+800) is killing me off for US. Would like to...

T510 seems appealing to me after a quick glance at Lenovo website. I had a T42 previously, sweet time with it, it still lasted three years with abuse. I gave up after three years warranty coz of motherboard+lcd panel failure.

Thanks dude for the info. Bad news about my GRE, I actually took it two years ago and with not much preparation, I got 800q and 310v, writing 4. Anyway, for MFE, I don't really have a plan for US so the score is kinda useless so far. Just a bit curious, I don't know if I should just try one...

Hi all, just a bit curious about how GPA is calculated in US and Canada. No offence, but it seems to me that my school in Singapore has tougher GPA calculations and I don't know if this would put our students to disadvantage when we apply... I am in top 15% of my cohort, out of 800 engineers...

I am not from finance, but I think my research field is kind of moving from NN to SVM. NN has been around for quite some time, but seems that not many really understand the principles behind beyond neurons. SVM comes in as a very 'scientific' method for machine learning. Basically the idea of...

Factorial of 4=24:)

oops sorry it should be 63 for ques 2, I added the used 2 accidentally. i love this kind of ques:D.

ccdb? Do correct me if i'm wrong:)

Hi all, I have been acquiring help from Quantnet and I think I should also contribute:) I am just suggesting to have a math thread for all our hard core math guys to play around. I hope it would also be useful for those attending quant interviews. Two small questions to start with: I saw from...

Thanks all for the fast response, Connor in particular for giving me guidance since my first post here:) Just to make things clear, I don't mean that $ is all for me. So I am about to finish my master in Singapore, and I am kinda looking for a good career direction to go into. Certainly it has...

Hi all, please pardon me for asking another stupid question (in title). So I am close to making a decision of either staying in engineering research / moving to mfe. And I will just be very frank, yes, money is important to me now. The main reason I don't feel like staying in engineering is also...

Hi Connor, what do you think about my fit with actuarial science and move to finance? It seems that I should be as quant as possible. Frankly I don't see big problem for me to pass the exams. Another possible option: an actuarial graduate program overseas (in Singapore context), pass all exams...

Hi all, I think my previous posts have all my details so I will just go straight to my question here. I think I posted something similar on the Columbia page, but might be the wrong place to ask (sorry admin for the troubles, you can just delete that). An engineering master holder in research...

Hi all, just a funny or maybe a common question nowadays. A bit of my background, a computer vision + robotics researcher in Singapore. Considering MFE and have done some readings. But might not get much as I don't have formal econs/finance background:P I am reading Martin Wolf's book on the...

Thanks Andy for your advices. I did think and study in these few months. Should have a clearer picture of what the whole thing is about. I guess I am in a better position to comment now. Just a bit of my status updates here, I am currently doing research in computer vision, but more machine...

Thanks dude for the info. Feeling much better:P Just another minor question here, to see if I am right for MFE. I really love maths and programming and would love to apply them to finance, so academically it seems to be a good fit. I am quite a technical person. Besides, I would really hope...

Hi all, just happened to find out this website before going to work. I am actually planning a career switch from computer vision research to fe. Have done some studies online on the admission requirements, it seems that I have some missing parts from the requirements of those big unis including...