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Hi everyone,
A program which caught my eye recently is Columbia Business School's MSFE (MS in Financial Economics). As someone who's also open to exploring the QR pipeline, while wanting to keep slightly unconventional paths (Fundamental Research, for instance) also open, would this program make sense?
For slightly more context: I'm from India, T-1 Engineering undergrad, CFA Level III Candidate, ~18 months of internship+full time experience at D.E. Shaw in an operations role. Guessing from where I come, and having been "indoctrinated" by the CFAI, one could reasonably say that the weightage I'd give to developing a very solid foundation in economic theory in order to build a career as a QR would be pretty high (but then again, this is purely based on my interactions with QRs and analysts of the Firm in NY, happy to be corrected on this point or if anyone feels the other way around).
Broadly speaking, its flexible course structure, rigorous academics and its location in NYC were the first to catch my eye. Diving deeper, a lot of the alumni I've spoken to when performing my due diligence have secured good opportunities, especially in QR due to the nature of the courses offered by this program. What makes it stand out even more to me is students being allowed to take courses across different schools within Columbia, which to the best of my knowledge isn't offered by other Columbia programs like MAFN or MFE.
I'm curious about the reason behind this program not being ranked on QuantNet, and the lack of any recent reviews on QuantNet about this course. I'd love to know if I'm missing anything or not being able to see the whole picture here.
A program which caught my eye recently is Columbia Business School's MSFE (MS in Financial Economics). As someone who's also open to exploring the QR pipeline, while wanting to keep slightly unconventional paths (Fundamental Research, for instance) also open, would this program make sense?
For slightly more context: I'm from India, T-1 Engineering undergrad, CFA Level III Candidate, ~18 months of internship+full time experience at D.E. Shaw in an operations role. Guessing from where I come, and having been "indoctrinated" by the CFAI, one could reasonably say that the weightage I'd give to developing a very solid foundation in economic theory in order to build a career as a QR would be pretty high (but then again, this is purely based on my interactions with QRs and analysts of the Firm in NY, happy to be corrected on this point or if anyone feels the other way around).
Broadly speaking, its flexible course structure, rigorous academics and its location in NYC were the first to catch my eye. Diving deeper, a lot of the alumni I've spoken to when performing my due diligence have secured good opportunities, especially in QR due to the nature of the courses offered by this program. What makes it stand out even more to me is students being allowed to take courses across different schools within Columbia, which to the best of my knowledge isn't offered by other Columbia programs like MAFN or MFE.
I'm curious about the reason behind this program not being ranked on QuantNet, and the lack of any recent reviews on QuantNet about this course. I'd love to know if I'm missing anything or not being able to see the whole picture here.
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