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Hi Andy,

I am pursuing a double MS in CS and Data Science from top 10 program CS in the US. What are some ways I can learn from to make myself more competitive? I am missing the financial aspect and am worried that would make me less competitive. I am learning mental math, stats, and looking at practice interviews. What else can I do to prepare better? I want to become a buy-side quant. Thank you.
Andy Nguyen
Andy Nguyen
My suggestion is for you to read as much as you can here. There are many Ask Me Anything (AMA) threads here from practicing quants who share their wisdom. Read books from our Master Reading List.
blondeydoesquant
Hi Andy!

Just got into USC MFE program, however, I do not know how respected this program is in the field. It is pretty hard to find a lot of information about it except a few times it is mentioned on here. Do you have any insight on the quality of the program and if it is worth pursuing? Thanks.
Andy Nguyen
Andy Nguyen
Looks like you should be helping us with some data. Yes, we haven't had much success getting any relevant data from the USC MFE program over the years despite many attempts to contact them. It would be great if you can share even the basic info with us so we can furnish the data on their entry here. USC Financial Engineering program
angelos
Hey! I read your comment about garbage MFE programs.
I am hoping to get into the PhD Program in Applied Mathematics (Quantitative Finance) at Stony Brook. Would you call that a garbage university too? Should I not apply there?
bigbadwolf
bigbadwolf
No, it's not garbage. Stony Brook is a solid second-tier school. If that's the best offer you get, take it. Plus it's probably funded. Also note that many of the universities that have garbage MFE programs have perfectly sound math Ph.D. programs.
T
Hi Andy,

I was wondering if you knew much about UCL's MSc in Computational Finance? I can't seem to find much about it, especially since it's a fairly new program. If you happened to know anything about its merits and reputation, I'd appreciate any such insight.

Thanks!
Andy Nguyen
Andy Nguyen
Yes, there are few info on the program since it's rarely discussed here. Maybe reach out to current/past students of the program on LinkedIn to see if they can provide any insight.
T
tsinghhhhh
Alright thank you, will do!
LaurenJames
Hi Professor Abbott,

I'm a high school student who is really enthralled in the world of finance. I just watched your MIT OCW video and absolutely loved it, so I wanted to reach out to thank you so much for sharing such a good lecture (and for posting the spreadsheet/documents online). I think the idea of pursuing HFT is really exciting, so I'm trying to learn as much as I can as early
LaurenJames
LaurenJames
as possible just because I genuinely think it is super cool. I've read Natenberg, Hull, Murphy and Malkiel and am working my way through Damodaran's valuation book now. I'm going to attend Carnegie Mellon in the fall (so I appreciated the joke about your boss' quantitive competence :)), and wanted to reach out to thank you for making, and posting, such a
LaurenJames
LaurenJames
G
Hi Andy,

Have you heard anything about the UZH ETH quant finance program??
Would appreciate to get an advice, whether it is worth living 18 months in Switzerland and spending ~36K. The goal is to stay either in Switzerland or go to London (citizenship from non-eu country).

Many thanks!!
EternalLines
Hi Andy,

Just to be sure, the username that we registered at QuantNet will not be used as the official name of candidate for the C++ programming certificate. am I correct to say so?

Many thanks!
M
Hello Andy,

I have recently become much more active on QuantNet and was wondering what are we doing to increase the number of reviews for all the programs that we have on the website here. One idea is talking to someone is the departments of these programs and ask them to ask their students for a review? Not the best, but I think this a problem we should address to help this forum grow.

Thanks,

Michael
Andy Nguyen
Andy Nguyen
Hi, thanks for the message. I would love to get more reviews and i have tried various approaches over the years. There is little incentive for students to write a review, even it helps our readers tremendously. If you have other ideas, I'm all ears.
M
Michsund
Hey, maybe we can post to some alumni who care more about there program now then they did as a student ?
Andy Nguyen
Andy Nguyen
Michael, we are still working to get more reviews. It becomes very important as a deciding factor for many students.
S
Andy,

Over the last month, I have been working on my finals for University of London (there finals are in September in October), in addition doing a python bootcamp at Rutgers. As a result, I haven't been able to put in more time on this course. I was hoping to extend once possibly twice, to insure I am able to get the most out of this course.

Would this be okay?

Very Best,

Steve
Andy Nguyen
Andy Nguyen
Please use the remaining time to complete as much as possible and discuss your best option with your TA when you are near the end. It will make much sense then.
billionaire
Hi Novak,

Congrats on winning US open few days ago :)

Just joking.

I am also born in Belgrade and also relatively new in Quant world.

I have read your post and would like to connect with you.
O
Dear Sir, thank you very much for your MIT OCW VaR Lecture. I am very much interested in the spreadsheet "MC stuff 2020.xls" to understand better the notes.
Would you mind sending me the spreadsheet please?
My email is olivia_0930@hotmail.com

Many thanks and kind regards,
Olivia
Ken Abbott
Ken Abbott
It’s posted
O
OliviaX
Hi Sir, i just checked my email and don't seem to receive your posting. May i ask where did you post it please?
Thanks,
Olivia
A
Hi Professor,

Thank you for your MIT OCW VaR lecture.I would love to walk through your "MC stuff 2010.xls" to solidify my understanding.I request you please send the spreadsheet "mc stuff 2010" to

anandvajravelu@gmail.com

Thanks
Anand Vajravelu
A
Hi Prof. Abbott, I am one of the following who really really liked your MIT VaR class.I hope I understood things as intuitively and insightfully as I am also in risk/banking, hold the FRM and ms in stats.

I'd also like to ask you for the spreadsheet "mc stuff 2010" as the others :) Lucky that I know who to thank to.(And I will bring a stone (of course some really far future)) :P

1112.yang@gmail.com
Best, angelina
D
Hi Ken,

Thank you for your MIT OCW VaR lecture and I am yet another person who drank from the firehose and would love to walk through your "MC stuff 2010.xls" to solidify my understanding. It would be very much appreciated if you are willing to share it again.

Best,
Dan
dr_hops@yahoo.com
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