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This is a Multiple-Choice poll.
I know it may not be a wise idea. Ranking should be an analytical task, not a result of popularity contest, but anyway I am going to do it for 2 reasons:
1. "Brand name" matters. AdvancedTrading.com also emphasises "Street prestige" in this way.
2. Intuition & impression matter. Aggregated numbers are convenient for auditing/dispute-resolution purpose, but it is not the natural mode of thinking, and they may differ from alternative rankng derived from more natural mode of thinking.
So ,assume Princeton and CMU are the indisputable top 2 among quantitative finance programs, and let's forget about other "value anchor/refernce point" (i.e. Quantnet ranking) for a while. Let's rank the following programs, by (average of) consensus:
Columbia MFE, Cornell (MFE concentration), NYU
Due to forum constraints, I have to ask for opinions about other programs in a slightly awkward way.
I know it may not be a wise idea. Ranking should be an analytical task, not a result of popularity contest, but anyway I am going to do it for 2 reasons:
1. "Brand name" matters. AdvancedTrading.com also emphasises "Street prestige" in this way.
2. Intuition & impression matter. Aggregated numbers are convenient for auditing/dispute-resolution purpose, but it is not the natural mode of thinking, and they may differ from alternative rankng derived from more natural mode of thinking.
So ,assume Princeton and CMU are the indisputable top 2 among quantitative finance programs, and let's forget about other "value anchor/refernce point" (i.e. Quantnet ranking) for a while. Let's rank the following programs, by (average of) consensus:
Columbia MFE, Cornell (MFE concentration), NYU
Due to forum constraints, I have to ask for opinions about other programs in a slightly awkward way.