Baruch Quant Background Assessment Experience

[Abhijeet Avhale]

Hey guys. I am planning to apply for the Baruch MFE Program and want to prepare for the QBA test. I have a decent background in Mathematics and have studied finance as a hobby for the last few years. I want to discuss what level of questions are usually asked. Are there any sample questions available online? Or if someone had taken the exam before - how was the experience?

I find it easier to prepare for an exam by practicing questions. Is there any question bank to follow (perhaps from any book for each topic - calculus, probability, linear algebra)?

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[MikeLawrence]

Buy Dan Stefanica's pre-mfe books from fepress.org. If you can answer the stuff in there on a moments notice then you're ready.

 

[Abhijeet Avhale]

The two introductory books I found by Dan Stefanica are:
A Linear Algebra Primer for Financial Engineering
A Primer for the Mathematics of Financial Engineering

Both of these seem tailored for financial engineering applications. Are applicants only asked for applied mathematics? Are there any other books I could refer to?

 

[MikeLawrence]

A Primer for the mathematics of FE gives you all the finance knowledge you need as well.

If you go to fepress.org you'll find some other books- brainteasers/interview prep and probability stuff, those are good to cover as well.