Princeton MFin Princeton Master in Finance admission results

[josephron]

Lol man your social trust way too low. These are all very valid concerns raised. But let me give a detailed comparison: First of all, this idea that small class size helps for career development is wrong because even if MIT has four times the students, it just factually has a much larger team for career development. I wouldn't index to this smaller class size things--important if you want a rec from a professor for a PhD. On top of that, you are always competing with everyone from every school and every program (graduate or undergraduate) for these jobs, what employers think is important. Finally, Princeton is famous for having a very heavy undergraduate focus as a school and the same cannot be said for MIT, which has a much more developed pipeline. One other thing is MIT has more industry lecturers and this can translate directly to jobs.

Again, none of this is to say you can't get a good job from both schools, in fact if you look at job placements from this year, you see they are similar: At MIT you have Blackstone, Citadel, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, at Princeton you have Balyasny, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and Barclays. So for the top roles they are similar, but it is also just a fact that in terms of having a good reputation for being a very quantitative school in an engineering sense, MIT cannot be beat. Both schools have great ML courses. But I think that employers have some bias to the signal that MIT sends above almost any other school. Curriculum wise, look at the the core requirement for MIT Financial Mathematics or Adv Math Methods in Fin Engineering which is done in Matlab, Analytics of Finance, Advanced data analytics in Finance. Also, of course Princeton have well-designed CS courses--but it is also just a fact that the school has a more theoretical bent. It is an amazing school, but these things cannot be totally ignored since we are comparing two really top and similar programs.

What I say shouldn't be taken the wrong way. You cannot go wrong with either program. We are really all at the end of the day drawing at straws comparing two such elite places.

You basically are saying the job outcomes are the same...so how can you possibly say one is clearly better than the other?

 

[steventhird]

You basically are saying the job outcomes are the same...so how can you possibly say one is clearly better than the other?

You should read what I wrote.

 

[dbzgoku]

I have actually spoken with alumni from both schools. At the end of the day, it depends on what you want and where you want to head to. If your dream job requires more corporate finance exposure(Asset management/PE/Financial modeling), then MIT should do the job. However, for quant finance roles, Princeton has a better reputation. Also, MIT is focused towards people without prior experience while Princeton does have a good number of experienced folks. However, IMO if you have a strong programming and math background then you can definitely get placed at the top companies even if you don't attend either of these programs. But Princeton does offer you the finest quantitative finance education and there's no doubt about that(and so does MIT for theoritical finance). Also, I believe the peer group at Princeton would be more experienced and stronger as the program is super selective. You should do well in life and career even if you attend MIT, so best of luck mate!

 

[celiaaa]

NYU MSQF. Are we able to accept it and pay the deposit, and accept another university later on? (of course forfeiting the first deposit)

I have the same question. Any thought on deposit?

 

[jzm]

Hi! Here's a WhatsApp group for incoming Princeton MFins, if you wanted to join It'll be nice to meet everyone! Princeton MFin 2021

 

[chasitychen]

Got my offer a few hours ago! I was on the waitlist and thought I would 99.99% be rejected since the April 15 deadline is very close. So excited!!

 

[udays]

I have my math assessment for the Princeton MFin program coming up. Does anyone know what kind of topics I should expect to be tested on? Thanks!

 

[DarthVaderrr]

Following as I have the same Question.

 

[watttss]

Same here, don't know how/ if to prepare

 

[CathyDai]

How do you guys feel about the test?

 

[DarthVaderrr]

I felt it was of moderate difficulty, dont think it required much prep if you had the relevant math background.
Also, felt they were quite generous in providing the 90 mins time limit for just 12 questions.

 

[clownish_trust]

I felt it was of moderate difficulty, dont think it required much prep if you had the relevant math background.
Also, felt they were quite generous in providing the 90 mins time limit for just 12 questions.

Same here. I was worried a bit but better than expected.

 

[DarthVaderrr]

@clownish_trust @CathyDai Did any of you get an interview invite?

 

[Satoru]

I haven’t received anything yet. I guess successful candidates would score more than 9 or 10 out of 12. I got a full score on GRE Q, but this assessment was a disaster for me…

 

[DarthVaderrr]

Oh ok I did get an interview invite today but the slots available are only of tomorrow and day after tomorrow

 

[CathyDai]

Oh ok I did get an interview invite today but the slots available are only of tomorrow and day after tomorrow

I haven't heard back anything either... Do you mind sharing your background?

 

[DarthVaderrr]

@CathyDai DM'ed you, prefer to not post it here to remain anonymity.

 

[another_yy]

@CathyDai DM'ed you, prefer to not post it here to remain anonymity.

Hey bro do you mind DM me as well? Haven't heard back since math test here

 

[DarthVaderrr]

Hey bro do you mind DM me as well? Haven't heard back since math test here

Done. As an FYI for everyone, the email says they have shortlisted around 100 people but not sure if they have sent invite to all 100

 

[uneconomical]

Done. As an FYI for everyone, the email says they have shortlisted around 100 people but not sure if they have sent invite to all 100

Hey! Do you mind sending me a DM as well of your profile, because I haven't heard back yet either.