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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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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 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...

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...