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UW CFRM vs UCLA MFE

  • UW CFRM

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dopepanda

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So I have accepted UW CFRM program before, got everything I need, and am waiting for school to start. I was also placed into UCLA MFE's waitlist and got an email asking for my interest in attending this fall. I am wondering what are the pros/cons comparing these two programs?
I have done some research and got an impression that cfrm is more towards risk with more hard skill course set, and ucla mfe is more towards finance/business. If I want to go for trading after I graduate, which program would be better?
If UCLA were to offer me a position, and should I choose to accept it, I will have to go through visa applications all over again lol.

Background information about myself:
International Student;
Bachelor: U of Michigan Computer Science and Data Science double major, math minor;
Work: 1.5 years in Financial Data company as Quant investment software product manager, 0.5 year in Private Equity as Assistant Investment Analyst;

Would love to hear some honest advice, not just related to program selection, but also career development, work-life balance, etc.
 
hi sorry if my question if unrelated, but it seems that you already in quant industry already, what is the purpose for going back to school
 
^ Masters will not help you get into trading and you already went to UMich, a well regarded school and a quantitative discipline. If you want to go into trading you just need to apply and pass interviews.
 
ferdyanggara said:
hi sorry if my question if unrelated, but it seems that you already in quant industry already, what is the purpose for going back to school
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my first job experience is more of a product manager for a software that provides people a platform to back test and simulate their strats so I consider it a more tech related experience? Second one is more vc/pe related and there isn't much on stocks and derivatives, etc.
 
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