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Message: <blockquote data-quote="QuantNet" data-source="post: 91487" data-attributes="member: 2"><img src="https://www.quantnet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Buffalo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[panel]This review was submitted on 12/22/2009 by a student who studied full-time in the program from 9/2007-9/2008[/panel]Can you tell us a bit about your background?PhD in Management Science and Information Systems - University of Texas at Austin. Lots of Economics and Finance and Operations Management courses. GPA 3.8. GMAT 760 - 99 percentile in 2006. Previously I had done my BTech in Computer Science from IIT-Mumbai and MBA from IIM-Bangalore.5 years programming experience as a developer (SQL, Oracle, C++, OO). Life sucked. Got bored of programming. Some of my classmates from PhD program were earning $400K+ on Wall Street.Did you get admitted to other programs?Yes. Got admitted to others. Would prefer not to list.Why did you choose this program (over others, if applicable)?Liked the course content. Nice set of courses offered. Subjects which I wanted to cover. $10K tuition seemed to be a real bargain.Tell us about the application process at this programApplied. 6 weeks later got an email to pay $500 admission deposit.On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the accessibility of the faculty and staff?8Tell us about the courses selection in this program. Any special courses you like?Math Finance I & II (Hull + Luenberger).Numerical Analysis I & II (Matlab).Portfolio Theory.Fixed Income Securities.Complex Financial Instruments (Wilmott).Financial Modeling (EViews).Investments (Bodie).International Finance.Supervised Research - Citibank Yield Book.Other courses which were available but which I did not take:Management of Financial Institutions.Financial Policies and Strategy.Mergeres & Acquisitions.Financial Statement AnalysisOn a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the flexibility of the curriculum?7Tell us about the quality of teachingQuality of teaching was very good. Did not bother to contact the TA for anything. Most of the students study in groups, so you really need to find 3 or 4 people whom you feel comfortable studying with.On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the quality of teaching?9Materials used in the programHull.Investments, by Zvi Bodies, Alex Kane, and Alan MarcusInvestment Science, by D. G. LuenbergerAnalysis of Econometric Data, Second Edition, by Gary Koop“Wilmott introduces quantitative finance” by Paul WilmottLots of Course Packets - I think there was a course packet of 200-300 pages for each and every course.On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the practicality of the curriculum?8Programming component of the programMatlab.EViews.Citibank Yield Book.ProjectsOne individual project in Supervised Research (Yield Book).Group projects were there in every course.Career serviceFew companies come to campus. Most of the students move to New York City after graduating and start interviewing. They normally get jobs within 3 months of graduation.On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the career service for internship and full-time job?2What do you like about the program?Liked the course content and quality of teaching. The $10K tuition was fantastic.On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the value of the program for the price tag?9What DON’T you like about the program?The placement assistance could have been better. Citibank hires a few people every year in their Buffalo office. M&T Bank hires a few. BoA has got the Mortgage division in Buffalo. Most students have to move to NYC to find jobs.Suggestions for the program to make it betterNot much really. The program as such was great. The placement is the only thing that sucks.On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade your experience in the program?9What are your current job status? What are you looking for?Still spend most of my time programming. Some of my PhD classmates are now earning $600K+. Can't figure out how or why. Want to do quant work and earn big $.On a scale of 1-10, would you recommend this program to others?9Other commentsThe students are really smart and very cooperative. Really liked the program. Unfortunately my GPA dropped from 3.8 in PhD to 3.6 in MFE. Don't know why. Put in my best effort.Click <a href="https://www.quantnet.com/submit-review" target="_blank">here</a> to submit a review of your program</blockquote>

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