COMPARE NYU tandon MFE vs BU MSMF vs UW CFRM
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I am also in the same boat.. NYU has location advantage, but placement numbers are not encouraging. Not may international students from Fall 2016 managed to find internships. But Peter Carr can change the fate of the program.
UW - Seattle location disadvantage, good program, less tuition fee around 40K.. I heard that couple of professors (Program Director Doug Martin and Executive Director Bill Anderson) retired last year and the programs is in a transition phase.
Not able to decide.. Any suggestions please....
UW - Seattle location disadvantage, good program, less tuition fee around 40K.. I heard that couple of professors (Program Director Doug Martin and Executive Director Bill Anderson) retired last year and the programs is in a transition phase.
Not able to decide.. Any suggestions please....
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I also got offers from BU and Tandon. Can anyone give some recommendations? Thank you.
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@Wangzz @Daniel Luis @bhrunda - Thanks for your interest in NYU Tandon. I'm happy to help shed a bit of light on the program from a placement perspective. Please contact me directly at sara.tomeo@nyu.edu and we can discuss further.
I am also choosing from UW and NYU Tandon.
CFRM is under the Applied Math Department which is quite prestigious, so I believe the curriculum should be solid. The class size is small (around 30), so the individual student should get more dedicated and tailored career service and personal development assistance from the program. The extensive instruction of R language can be both good (be specialized in one language) and bad (R may be not as commonly used as C++). Seattle is really a good place to study and live in, however, there are not many job opportunities related to quantitative finance. As the placement statistics on CFRM website shows, there are not many big names and some jobs are not related. Location and placement (for fantastic and decent jobs) is the only drawback I concern in this case.
NYU Tandon has been changing since it introduced its new program director, career placement director and new faculty. The great location of NYC is advantageous. The large cohort gives us large alumni network but also more fierce competition. I was just wondering if only the top-ranked students from the program can grab the resources. I believe the program has huge potential, but I am not sure what we new students can achieve in its early period of transition. The program does not have a very good reputation in the past, and I heard that some hiring managers will have discrimination over Tandon (Poly), which I am quite concerned about.
I am also tilting between these two programs, and I hope I could get some advice by following this thread. Thanks.
CFRM is under the Applied Math Department which is quite prestigious, so I believe the curriculum should be solid. The class size is small (around 30), so the individual student should get more dedicated and tailored career service and personal development assistance from the program. The extensive instruction of R language can be both good (be specialized in one language) and bad (R may be not as commonly used as C++). Seattle is really a good place to study and live in, however, there are not many job opportunities related to quantitative finance. As the placement statistics on CFRM website shows, there are not many big names and some jobs are not related. Location and placement (for fantastic and decent jobs) is the only drawback I concern in this case.
NYU Tandon has been changing since it introduced its new program director, career placement director and new faculty. The great location of NYC is advantageous. The large cohort gives us large alumni network but also more fierce competition. I was just wondering if only the top-ranked students from the program can grab the resources. I believe the program has huge potential, but I am not sure what we new students can achieve in its early period of transition. The program does not have a very good reputation in the past, and I heard that some hiring managers will have discrimination over Tandon (Poly), which I am quite concerned about.
I am also tilting between these two programs, and I hope I could get some advice by following this thread. Thanks.
