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Baruch MFE Baruch MFE student wins ``Solve-a-thon at MIT" trading competition and $10,000

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Song Wang (Baruch MFE'16) won the Solve-a-thon at MIT trading competition organized by WorldQuant and a cash prize of $10,000 for achieving a score of over 100,000 (calculated based on alpha generation) in less than two months. Out of over 700 participants, the next highest score was 55,000, and only 7 participants ended up with a score above 5,000.

In addition to Baruch, the following US universities had competitors with winning scores: Columbia, RPI, Yale, Princeton, MIT, University of Maryland.

MIT Technology Review article: Talent Is Global; Trading Can Be Taught
 
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