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Hello everyone!
My name is Ansa and I am a rising third year Mathematics and Physics double major with a minor in Data Science at Northeastern University. For some background about me, I currently have a 3.7 GPA that I hope to get close to a 3.8 by the time I graduate. In terms of mathematics/programming coursework, I have completed ODEs, Linear Algebra, Calculus 1-3, Probability and Statistics, Group Theory, Applied Linear Algebra (Graduate), and some data science courses. I have also taken many (probably less relevant) physics courses including a scientific computing course. I am registered to take a graduate level probability class this fall and can fit two more graduate courses in my schedule, one of which is a mathematical modeling course. All of my professional experience is research experience involving scientific computing or machine learning in physics and biology. I am in a mathematical/computational modeling co-op from now until the end of the year (6 months total), and plan on doing another co-op of the same length. I currently plan on doing a PhD in Applied Mathematics, and am interested in quant research. I am technically in a PlusOne program (take graduate courses as an undergrad, get a masters in 1 year), but I don't plan on finishing it after undergrad.
I have some questions about quant and internships:
1. My current experience is not at all finance focused, what can I do to look better to employers when applying for quant internships (I do have one finance project on my resume but it is terrible and I plan to remove it)? What should I do to prepare for interviews?
2. Is it worth trying to get a quant internship for my second co-op, or should I keep doing research to help my graduate school applications?
3. Even though this is not the plan, would an applied math masters be enough to get into quant research (I've heard PhDs are heavily preferred but I'm not sure)? What about an MFE?
4. What skills should I spend a lot of time developing?
I also would like to mention that I am by no means completely sure what I want to do in the future, but I've been interested in quant for some time now (and academic research). Thank you so much in advance for any advice! Here is my resume.
My name is Ansa and I am a rising third year Mathematics and Physics double major with a minor in Data Science at Northeastern University. For some background about me, I currently have a 3.7 GPA that I hope to get close to a 3.8 by the time I graduate. In terms of mathematics/programming coursework, I have completed ODEs, Linear Algebra, Calculus 1-3, Probability and Statistics, Group Theory, Applied Linear Algebra (Graduate), and some data science courses. I have also taken many (probably less relevant) physics courses including a scientific computing course. I am registered to take a graduate level probability class this fall and can fit two more graduate courses in my schedule, one of which is a mathematical modeling course. All of my professional experience is research experience involving scientific computing or machine learning in physics and biology. I am in a mathematical/computational modeling co-op from now until the end of the year (6 months total), and plan on doing another co-op of the same length. I currently plan on doing a PhD in Applied Mathematics, and am interested in quant research. I am technically in a PlusOne program (take graduate courses as an undergrad, get a masters in 1 year), but I don't plan on finishing it after undergrad.
I have some questions about quant and internships:
1. My current experience is not at all finance focused, what can I do to look better to employers when applying for quant internships (I do have one finance project on my resume but it is terrible and I plan to remove it)? What should I do to prepare for interviews?
2. Is it worth trying to get a quant internship for my second co-op, or should I keep doing research to help my graduate school applications?
3. Even though this is not the plan, would an applied math masters be enough to get into quant research (I've heard PhDs are heavily preferred but I'm not sure)? What about an MFE?
4. What skills should I spend a lot of time developing?
I also would like to mention that I am by no means completely sure what I want to do in the future, but I've been interested in quant for some time now (and academic research). Thank you so much in advance for any advice! Here is my resume.
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