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I would go with the scholarship - in the long run, the degree name will mean little compared to your experience. Do you actually believe having Princeton vs CMU MSCF on a resume will be the reason someone turns you down? If they did you wouldn't want to work for that firm anyway. With the scholarship, you'll have a comfortable, debt free life for a few years post graduating cause you won't be making your FU money in that time period anyway. Unless your parents are bankrolling you and they're made of money, CMU is the most reasonable option. The only other reason to turn down CMU for Princeton is if you're interested in PhD programs afterwards... I definitely think the Princeton program is more intellectual in nature and will set you up better for that if that's in the cards.

[QUOTE="Prospective Quant, post: 242819, member: 34669"] I would go with the scholarship - in the long run, the degree name will mean little compared to your experience. Do you actually believe having Princeton vs CMU MSCF on a resume will be the reason someone turns you down? If they did you wouldn't want to work for that firm anyway. With the scholarship, you'll have a comfortable, debt free life for a few years post graduating cause you won't be making your FU money in that time period anyway. Unless your parents are bankrolling you and they're made of money, CMU is the most reasonable option. The only other reason to turn down CMU for Princeton is if you're interested in PhD programs afterwards... I definitely think the Princeton program is more intellectual in nature and will set you up better for that if that's in the cards. [/QUOTE]

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