Hello, I am a new member -- so hello, everbody!
I am a rising 4th year at a public school in Virginia (hint, hint
) and I would like to inquire about gaining access to a quant related field simply with a bachelors degree. I am majoring in economics and have a math minor, but I have had to take a lot of maths to get that minor -- it would probably be a math major anywhere else.
My math skills/classes: Econometrics, ODE, honors calculus 3 (we studied literally everything you could image, including PDEs), basic real analysis, stochastic processes, derivative pricing math, linear algebra, and others that may not apply
My CS skills/class: C++ (I am not an expert, but have a working knowledge -- I would call myself proficient), Python (same with C++ -- I am not an expert, but defeinitely proficient). I have also worked with MATLAB, but very little VBA.
Finance/business skills: I know this is a bit less relevant, but I have taken a lot of finance/economics class, including the behavioral finance, theory of financial markets, and econometrics.
It seems that my skills line up with the skillset needed to enter into the industry, but I will only have a bachelor's degree. Would it be possible to enter into a quant related feild to get some training before I enter into a MFE program?
I would like to get out and work before I go to any graduate program for a variety of reasons, but mainly to make sure financial engineering is the right feild for me. My school has many top banks and boutique banks (such as D.E. Shaw) that recruit here and I think I may have a fighting chance to at least get past the first interview. So, what do you guys think? Can it happen?
Thanks guys! Sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere...I did search for it.
I am a rising 4th year at a public school in Virginia (hint, hint
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My math skills/classes: Econometrics, ODE, honors calculus 3 (we studied literally everything you could image, including PDEs), basic real analysis, stochastic processes, derivative pricing math, linear algebra, and others that may not apply
My CS skills/class: C++ (I am not an expert, but have a working knowledge -- I would call myself proficient), Python (same with C++ -- I am not an expert, but defeinitely proficient). I have also worked with MATLAB, but very little VBA.
Finance/business skills: I know this is a bit less relevant, but I have taken a lot of finance/economics class, including the behavioral finance, theory of financial markets, and econometrics.
It seems that my skills line up with the skillset needed to enter into the industry, but I will only have a bachelor's degree. Would it be possible to enter into a quant related feild to get some training before I enter into a MFE program?
I would like to get out and work before I go to any graduate program for a variety of reasons, but mainly to make sure financial engineering is the right feild for me. My school has many top banks and boutique banks (such as D.E. Shaw) that recruit here and I think I may have a fighting chance to at least get past the first interview. So, what do you guys think? Can it happen?
Thanks guys! Sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere...I did search for it.