Yeahhh long time lurker haha. Thanks for the response. Interesting about the reviews – I saw them and was suspicious/curious when I saw many were anonymous but that answers my suspicion with that.
Example from COMPARE - Cornell Financial Engineering VS Yale Asset Management:
"If you're planning on doing quant research (even if it's at a AM fund), going to cornell and having access to the excellent ML/CS courses will help you a lot more in the long term than whatever AM-specific coursework you might have in the yale program.
I think Cornell is miles better than Yale for anyone who is looking to do modern quant research; You're getting access to NYC + the brand name difference isn't really that big (in finance anyways) + you'll leave cornell with a more marketable skillset IMO"
Wasn't sure if I agreed to this take, but I'm kind of looking to be proven wrong. I think there's a lot more to AM (non-purely-quant stuff) that just isn't the focus of many MFE progams that Yale leans a little heavier into. I also saw the Yale program is unranked. I'm presuming because it differs a lot from the Financial Engineering and MS of QuantFin degrees and a direct comparison would be unfair?
Also this: (Yale Asset Management)
"Tbh just looking at the cirriculum, it’s an absolute joke"
I figure I should dismiss it. After all, the program was created by Toby Moskowits and David Swenson with a lot of name brand industry involvement. But curious if this sentiment exists due to bias of "more quant = better" for people who want the quant research roles or there was something to be aware of.
