How good of a grad school do you need to go to to become a quant?

[Saqib Ali]

I'm an applied math undergraduate at Georgia tech and I'm not sure where I'll be going to grad school. How good does it need to be to work in wall street or become a quant in general?

 

[IntoDarkness]

Ivy league

 

[Saqib Ali]

That sounds unfortunate. Do I need a PhD or is a masters fine?

 

[IntoDarkness]

must be phd

 

[Gavin L]

Stop teasing him/her!

 

[mhy]

MIT or bust

 

[Gavin L]

You guys....

 

[pingu]

I'm an applied math undergraduate at Georgia tech and I'm not sure where I'll be going to grad school. How good does it need to be to work in wall street or become a quant in general?

Stay in Georgia Tech and do Machine Learning.

 

[Saqib Ali]

But really, what do I need to do to become a quant?

 

[C S]

But really, what do I need to do to become a quant?

Listen to Pingu. To get good answers, you need to ask good questions. That's the best answer you're going to get, given your way of asking.

 

[Four]

You're asking others to hand an easy answer to you. There are no easy answers and the first thing you need to learn if you want to become a quant is how to teach yourself the things you need to know.

 

[pingu]

But really, what do I need to do to become a quant?

You didn't like my answer? C'mon... the answer to your question is right at your fingertips.