So I emailed the course about what types of backgrounds they consider, as it seems like they are willing to consider people who didn’t come from pure maths, stats, applied maths or physics depending on the content of the course.
My question is mainly do you think an Economics background would be considered? Or are they likely to just through the application out the window without reading it too hard? They didn’t want to tell me which is a bit annoying but I guess consistent, it’s a business at the end of the day.
For context, I had a robust education in Econometrics (using linear algebra and taking it all the way up to panel data. Both least squares and maximum likelihood methods, as well as studying cointegration methods). Martingales, Brownian Motion and random walks are all things I’ve been introduced to. The course was also very heavy in calculus so I have familiarity with some pretty tough integration problems as well as ODEs and PDEs. We’ve been introduced to things like Taylor Series Expansions and Eigenvectors but without having to fully derive them. Is that enough or would I come in and instantly be completely out of my depth?
Do you know anybody who’s come from an Economics or Finance background who has gotten into the course?
It’s not the end of the world, as I’ve already received an offer from RMFE which is still a great second option, but I’d like to try maximise my career impact if I’m paying £45k
My question is mainly do you think an Economics background would be considered? Or are they likely to just through the application out the window without reading it too hard? They didn’t want to tell me which is a bit annoying but I guess consistent, it’s a business at the end of the day.
For context, I had a robust education in Econometrics (using linear algebra and taking it all the way up to panel data. Both least squares and maximum likelihood methods, as well as studying cointegration methods). Martingales, Brownian Motion and random walks are all things I’ve been introduced to. The course was also very heavy in calculus so I have familiarity with some pretty tough integration problems as well as ODEs and PDEs. We’ve been introduced to things like Taylor Series Expansions and Eigenvectors but without having to fully derive them. Is that enough or would I come in and instantly be completely out of my depth?
Do you know anybody who’s come from an Economics or Finance background who has gotten into the course?
It’s not the end of the world, as I’ve already received an offer from RMFE which is still a great second option, but I’d like to try maximise my career impact if I’m paying £45k
