Johns Hopkins U Financial Mathematics
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There was a thread about it on here awhile back. The primary complaint was that the program is relatively new and thus not really well-known. Also the faculty seems to consist of several members of the applied math department, many of them with seemingly little interesting in financial math (few practitioners), along with an advisory board.
My uneducated guess is you would be able to get jobs at Bloomberg, since Bloomberg himself went there 
On a more serious note, I have not seen any discussion about the program on qnet. My view is most of us look at it like a NCSU or USC etc. I do think there should be more discussion about these programs, however the audience of qnet focus on NY programs.
Re the JH program. I do like it is 1.5 years with an internship component. However, I could not find any information about placing stats, not even for internships.
On a more serious note, I have not seen any discussion about the program on qnet. My view is most of us look at it like a NCSU or USC etc. I do think there should be more discussion about these programs, however the audience of qnet focus on NY programs.
Re the JH program. I do like it is 1.5 years with an internship component. However, I could not find any information about placing stats, not even for internships.
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This http://www.quantnet.com/forum/threads/john-hopkins-mse-financial-mathematics.2503/
I agree there are little info on little known programs and these programs don't help themselves with the kind of investment their put in their website and the lack of info there.
I agree there are little info on little known programs and these programs don't help themselves with the kind of investment their put in their website and the lack of info there.
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How did you find out about this program and decide to apply to it? This must be one of the mysteries that I always want to know. It's not like there is a website called "Unknown quant master programs you should apply to" or anything like that.
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The reason I applied is because of the overall high rank of the university itself...and it's a 1.5 year program that allows time for intern...
btw...MSFE in UIUC is also a new program..what's your comments on UIUC compared to Johns Hopkins?.
Not to answer for him, but I actually got emails from JHU, UCLA, Berkeley, and I think Princeton or MIT about their respective programs. They got my email from when I took the GRE.
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I knew it. I think the practice of ETS selling out their test takers' email address to programs has just started recently (3,4 years back) and looks like a lot of programs have caught on with this marketing trick.
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Actually, ETS asks you at the end of the test if you want to send your scores to programs that could be interested. You have the choice to refuse. I said yes and received emails from various engineering programs (USC, Cornel, JH, ...)mainly in Bioengineering. I don't know what ETS does if you respond by "no" to that question. I assume (and hope) they don't share your scores/emails in that case.
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I've applied to Johns Hopkins as well and am reviving this thread.
Has anyone else been to this program before to share their experience?
Johns Hopkins was listed among the programs in the IAFE.org website and it seemed to cover a lot of the coursework offered by other top-ranked universities. Although this is a very new program without much placement information, my logic was that Johns Hopkins would look to invest and bridge the gap with other schools soon given their reputation as a highly-ranked national university. Would I be incorrect to make such a judgement?
Has anyone else been to this program before to share their experience?
Johns Hopkins was listed among the programs in the IAFE.org website and it seemed to cover a lot of the coursework offered by other top-ranked universities. Although this is a very new program without much placement information, my logic was that Johns Hopkins would look to invest and bridge the gap with other schools soon given their reputation as a highly-ranked national university. Would I be incorrect to make such a judgement?
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It's reasonable to be cautiously optimistic but what you hope these programs should do and what they will do are not always the same.
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thanks for the quick reply Andy. Would it be possible to also include the JHU program in the tracker?
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Done.
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That's the case to a good number of other programs. Some will try to diversity their incoming class, others will just take who can pay the most.
It's nothing new. Even Asian-Americans have trouble compete with non-resident students
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...ut-asian-americans-at-california-schools.html
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Hey people,
I got an offer from JHU as well with 25% tuition waiver; same as a post i read somewhere else. Is there anyone on the forum with this degree from JHU? I know this is a relatively new program, so not very hopeful on that. But I am having to choose between Rutgers or JHU. I do not really care about Rankings to be honest, the program just needs be a good fit for me. Rutgers is very mathematical and programming heavy. JHU on the other hand has a 50/50 mix between Finance class and Maths class, and very light on the programming component. My question is this..
Is it better to have a math, programming heavy degree..or a seemingly more balanced course. I am assuming most people do this particularly program for the $$, so any help regarding employers preferences would be great!
I got an offer from JHU as well with 25% tuition waiver; same as a post i read somewhere else. Is there anyone on the forum with this degree from JHU? I know this is a relatively new program, so not very hopeful on that. But I am having to choose between Rutgers or JHU. I do not really care about Rankings to be honest, the program just needs be a good fit for me. Rutgers is very mathematical and programming heavy. JHU on the other hand has a 50/50 mix between Finance class and Maths class, and very light on the programming component. My question is this..
Is it better to have a math, programming heavy degree..or a seemingly more balanced course. I am assuming most people do this particularly program for the $$, so any help regarding employers preferences would be great!
Make sure to let your future employers know you're doing it for the $$.
Seriously though, balance is not particularly important; everyone's coursework will look more or less identical. If you know how to network, Rutgers has the location advantage. If you're anything like the Rutgers guy who came down to NYU to network with Goldman, you're probably on the right track.
Seriously though, balance is not particularly important; everyone's coursework will look more or less identical. If you know how to network, Rutgers has the location advantage. If you're anything like the Rutgers guy who came down to NYU to network with Goldman, you're probably on the right track.
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talked to a few people..here's my take...apart from quantnet and advanced trading magazine, no one has seriously bothered ranking these programs as of now. So maybe if someone is looking for a Job in wallstreet, a good program from a lesser known college will still have more connections and employers might be aware of rankings. Otherwise, looking at getting "jobs" in general, a better known college is easier to sell, ceteris paribus.
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Dear Andy:
JHU was ranked top 20 in Quantnet the first time last year, does it means JHU began to catch up with other top tired program after its program ran for about 5 years. Or is it still regarded as new in the financial industry. Since the Quantnet ranking for 2015 has not come out, could you tell a little bit how will JHU's position change.
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