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Speaking as a current student at CMU, international students are 78% of the class. So, if you compare it with the placement statistics, it turns out that this is not a big issue. Of course, some of them found a job back in Asia or in Europe, but from my experience, only the smallest firms do not sponsor VISAs (at least for internships)
If the total costs are expected to be about the same, I would go with Courant. Extra 3 years for pursuing a PhD is not a bad investment if you like the subject. It will keep you afloat when times are bad, and make a lot more doors open. Just my 2 cents.
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Do you ever think of why the people who hold PhD still apply for the Financial math program in Courant? It is because they cannot find any jobs in street relying on their PhD degree. That might be cruel, but it is sort of the truth.
As far as I know, the PhD program in Courant is irrelevant to Financial math , and probably you will end up to take a MSE program again after you get a PhD as others did in Courant as you noticed. And it is not a extra 3 years , it might be extra 5 yrs or even more, depending on how well your project goes and your advisor's personality.
So unless you want to give yourself another possibility of academic road or your PhD thesis in Courant is closely related to the financial math, i don't think it is a good investment.
As far as I know, the PhD program in Courant is irrelevant to Financial math , and probably you will end up to take a MSE program again after you get a PhD as others did in Courant as you noticed. And it is not a extra 3 years , it might be extra 5 yrs or even more, depending on how well your project goes and your advisor's personality.
So unless you want to give yourself another possibility of academic road or your PhD thesis in Courant is closely related to the financial math, i don't think it is a good investment.
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