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A little bit about me: I'm a math major at a top 20 private university in the US, 4.08 GPA not including this semester (grades aren't in yet), I've studied abroad in Moscow in a special advanced mathematics program, I've taken a number of advanced graduate-level courses in pure mathematics, I've had NSF-funded summer research positions at Penn State and Cornell (including this coming summer), I don't have any publications right now but probably will soon. I have two years left after this semester. My mathematical focus has been in algebraic topology but this summer I'll be looking into analysis on fractals--probably more relevant for finance, though I'm not sure how much fractals actually show up, if at all.
Oh, and I have a lot of programming experience: first place in a competition all four years of high school, internship first semester of college, and a few computer science classes with A+s.
My plan has been to get a Ph.D in mathematics and become a mathematician but I've been really looking into becoming a quant over the past year. I've already agreed to a research position this summer in mathematics, so I only have on summer left for an internship.
I'm basically looking for recommendations. If I wanted to become more of a front-office quant/trader, what is the best route for me to follow from here on out as far as internships and post-undergraduate education go? Would an internship at a place like DE Shaw (*if* I could get one) be of worth in this path? Where to go after I graduate? Is a Ph.D. in mathematics, likely with a focus on algebraic topology, even worth it if I want to become a quant, or is it better to go for an MFE?
Thanks very much!
Oh, and I have a lot of programming experience: first place in a competition all four years of high school, internship first semester of college, and a few computer science classes with A+s.
My plan has been to get a Ph.D in mathematics and become a mathematician but I've been really looking into becoming a quant over the past year. I've already agreed to a research position this summer in mathematics, so I only have on summer left for an internship.
I'm basically looking for recommendations. If I wanted to become more of a front-office quant/trader, what is the best route for me to follow from here on out as far as internships and post-undergraduate education go? Would an internship at a place like DE Shaw (*if* I could get one) be of worth in this path? Where to go after I graduate? Is a Ph.D. in mathematics, likely with a focus on algebraic topology, even worth it if I want to become a quant, or is it better to go for an MFE?
Thanks very much!