New Quantnet members say hi

[cnot]

hi, new myself. I only hear GRE. nothing about GMAT. Math 48 in GMAT. also 13 years in IT. financial exp only 2 though.

[Akino]

Hi. My name is Akino. I am completing my BBA in Baruch and going to MFE from this fall. I will take the refresher courses during the summer, so hope to see some of you in the classes!!

[Adam]

Hello, all.

Count me in for the incoming MFE class. My name is Adam Bloom. I'm currently working as an application developer at JPMorgan and looking forward to starting the refresher courses next week. Speaking of which, does anyone know what textbooks we're going to need for the summer classes?

[Andy]

Akino, Adam
Welcome and congrats on the admission.
Make yourself at home here. Post any question you have. I'll post the list of required books for refreshers and Fall courses as soon as I get it.

PS: Adam, send me a PM regarding your username

[hsingh.iitr]

Hi everyone. I am harpreet, currently an undergrduate in engineering at IIT, Roorkee, India. I am very ambitious about financial engineering. I am looking forward to apply for this program next year, most probably. My 3rd year of engineering will be starting from coming July 25th. Presently I am doing internship in Taiwan where I am learning about stochastic analysis and reliability analysis. I have been browsing global-derivatives.com for quite some time but didnt find it that user friendly for people who are new to finance and who are looking forward to gain some insight into this competitive program. But this forum seems to very inspiring and interesting. Hope people here are tolerant to some nascent financial engineering queries and are active in answering those queries. Happy learning :) .

Many Thanks,
Harpreet Singh.

[Andy]

Welcome to QN, Harpreet. You will find lot of support here for anything you need on your quest for knowledge.
I have been browsing global-derivatives.com for quite some time but didnt find it that user friendly for people who are new to finance and who are looking forward to gain some insight into this competitive program. But this forum seems to very inspiring and interesting.
Couldn't agree more :thumbsup:

Hope people here are tolerant to some nascent financial engineering queries and are active in answering those queries.
You can bet on it. At least you can count on me being active here ;)

[youjiubuzui]

hi, everybody,

i'm youjiubuzui. it's exciting to find a wonderful forum with such a friendly atmosphere. here is a little bit about myself: i just finished graduate study in applied math and statistics in johns hopkins. right now i'm actively looking for a job in financial service industry. the area where i like to do in my job is the research about derivatives. i 'm just so amazed by the black-scholes pde and interested in the vast variety of financial products. i'm equipped with some math and stat skills and elementary financial knowledge. hope to learn a lot from the forum. people here is talking about the delicate difference of disciplines. Does the difference lead to different job direction? maybe i'm just lack of knowledge for the financial jobs.

[Michelle]

Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I posted. Unfortunately, I couldn't apply to Baruch MFE this year due to my job's demands. I'm looking forward to joining everyone in 2008. ;)

[brij17goel]

Hey everyone
I am new to this forum . Just like how many have already mentioned-- Its a really active forum with lot's of friendly people around .. Just to introduce myself --
B.Tech ( bachelor's in technology) from IIT Roorkee, India in mechanical Engineering with C.G.P.A of 3.2. Did a summer internship in UC Berekley in mechatronics lab on modeling of flexible robotic arms and study of stiff differential equations. Currently i am working in GE, John F Wech tehnology center, bangalore, India. I am working as an engineer in the combustion team , doing the flow analysis and finite element modeling .

I am really interested in Financial Engineering and have already started with CFA level 1 exam preparation ..

[brij17goel]

hey evryone

There is one imp thing that i needed to ask . We always talk about what is offered in different institutions and which one is better. But being new to this field wanted to know that what exactly we do after these degrees . I mean i know that its a vague question but i have seen lot of guys saying that they want to be quant researcher .. So what are the other options available after these courses .. Like Sales is there or some other ..

2) I noticed Andy saying that C++ is very important , so is it some sort of basic language that all finance guys use after getting jobs??

3) We always talk about experience , so do you think that non relevant experience like mine( Engineer at GE , India) , could help me in future. I am currently just banking upon the GE's brand name -- what do you guys think about it?

[Andy]

Welcome to QN, brij17goel. And welcome back, Michelle ;)

2) I noticed Andy saying that C++ is very important , so is it some sort of basic language that all finance guys use after getting jobs??
3) We always talk about experience , so do you think that non relevant experience like mine( Engineer at GE , India) , could help me in future. I am currently just banking upon the GE's brand name -- what do you guys think about it?
1) C++ is the main language used for quant development. Depends on the job, some may use more vba/excel/matlab, but serious computation, modeling is mostly done with C++
2) Many people are without finance experience and they do fine. Don't worry.

[luo1951]

Hi, My name is Yan, a rising senior from a liber art college. I am a math major and business minor. I am very interested in the program but I have some questions that I hope somebody can give me some suggestions. I know a lot of students in this program have already had many work experience, so I am wondering if it is a good idea for me to apply to this program in my senior year without having any real work experience? Should I find a job and gain some experience before I apply? I am very intersted in finance and I really like this program, and seeing a lot of friendly people here really makes this program more attractive to me.

[srikbond]

Hello everyone!
This forum is really awesome. There is an aura of friendliness radiating all over this place, as opposed to the cold indifference to newbies, at other related forums.
I happened to stumble upon Baruch MFE by accident, while researching about MFE programmes. Staying outside the US, I was initially put off by the name of this school, as I was more familiar with the likes of CMU or NYU. But after going through the school's webpage and forums, I realized that the program and its placements are as good as those of its over-hyped peers. The best feature about this school which appeals to me is its close-knit student community and alumnus.
I am Srikanth from Chennai, India. I did my undergrad in Electrical&Electronics Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and graduated in 2005 with distinction. After that, I joined Borland Software Corp., Singapore, where I work till date. I have decent experience in programming with C++, Java, Matlab, SQL. Quant skills are good but I have not done any formal courses in finance.
I am thinking of applying for the Fall 2008 intake. My profile seems to be weak on the "relevant experience/finance knowledge" side, though I can justify a change in career as the motivation behind applying for this course. Any pointers?

[JuanFangio]

I like cars and want to work on an exchange.

Nice effort put into the website, congratulations. Still, it feels a bit foreign to non-Baruch students. Hopefully as new members come in, the interaction will create a more balanced environment.

[Andy]

Hi everyone.
Welcome to QN.
If you have a specific question pertaining to your individual situation, feel free to create a new thread under the one of our forums. That way, you will have more attentions to your questions.

I like cars and want to work on an exchange.
Where can you find the kind of cars that Juan drove ? Those F1 cars are like 1M+ each ;)
Nice effort put into the website, congratulations. Still, it feels a bit foreign to non-Baruch students. Hopefully as new members come in, the interaction will create a more balanced environment.
Agree. And having people outside of Baruch MFE program coming here is a great first step toward that goal \\:D/

[dstefan]

I like cars and want to work on an exchange.

Nice effort put into the website, congratulations. Still, it feels a bit foreign to non-Baruch students. Hopefully as new members come in, the interaction will create a more balanced environment.

Juan, welcome to QuantNetwork! The forum is growing and your thoughts on the various topics dicuessed here will be appreciated by everyone.

-dan

[Sascha]

Hi folks, I hope you'll forgive me for responding to questions a whole page back. ;-)

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, and Andy thanks for putting together such a useful site here.

To answer the question as to why I want to do the CQF programme as opposed to the MFE program, frankly I would *love* to do both.

I can not do the MFE right now since I would love to do Baruch, but do not have all that cash saved up. I also would like to get my foot in the door much sooner than 2 years considering I'm starting to get some grey hairs. Mostly this sense of urgency comes from the fact that I am transitioning from technology to finance and I want to be as aggressive as possible.

The CQF programme is about $16k and is only 6 months. It seems to have much higher credibility in the UK, but I've seen a few postings in NYC and talked to quite a few recruiters who seem to think highly of it.

For me the ideal Quant candidate should have a Ph.D in fluid dynamics, an MFE and a CQF and be under 30. Unfortunately that is not me, but I hope to get there through hard work and charm. Well, maybe just hard work. ;)

[SyedAfzal]

Hello QuantNet Community,

My name is Syed Afzal Hyat and I'm a rising senior at Boston University. I recently learned about the field of financial engineering and have since become very interested in it. I'm lucky that I found Quantnet, what an amazing resource you've set up here! I have a more specific question about the pre-requisites of the program but I'll save that for the questions forum. Go there and check it out, hopefully someone's got the answer.

[aspiringquant]

Hello,
To start with first of all, I would like to thank all the members for making this forum so resourceful. I am an international student from Nepal. I recently finished my undergrad with a B.S. in biochemistry and minor in mathematics. I have found financial engineering very interesting so I have decided to apply in Fall 08/09. Thus from the suggestion of the members and Baruch website, I recently took some more math classes. The math classes that I have taken are as follows:
Calculus I, II & III, Linear Algebra, Linear Algbera I(Graduate), Mathematical Stats I & II, Differential Equation, Multivariate calculus, Basic Probability (will take in Fall).
I have decided to self teach C++ n finance. I attended the info session as well.
Any suggestions will be truly appreciated.
AD

[Andy]

Hi guys,
Welcome to Quantnet. I hope this community will be your companion on your road to success.

Feel free to ask for anything outside of the wealth of info we have here. I just like to point you to the 2 important sources we have on our Wiki

Baruch - Quantnet Wiki (www.quantnet.org/wiki/Baruch) and Baruch FAQ - Quantnet Wiki (www.quantnet.org/wiki/Baruch_FAQ)
Add more to it when you find something useful.

[Ready]

Hi All,

Thanks Andy for a nice forum. I am a new member of this forum.

After looking at various options, I have decided to enter the quant area. So far I have 9+ years of IT exp mostly in Software development with Masters in Technology.

Now I am looking at CQF. I also looked at MBA program, but I am not sure if it is going to help me transition to Quant area.

Please suggest me.

Regards
RC

[blaqpoet]

Hi guys, my name is Mikaely, i'm from Togo( west africa). I'm just overwelmed by how everybody on this forum seem so knowledgeable but at the same time friendly and humble. Great website you guys have here. I'm applying to the program in two years.

[Andy]

:welcome: Welcome guys
Do ask questions. It's free and it doesn't hurt. ;)
As for the choice between MFE, CQF, MBA, it depends on what you plan to do with the degree after that, what your schedule and your background.

MBA requires some work experience as far as I know and does not require much quantitative background. You can get an MBA without knowing heavy programming (except some basic excel/vba skills) or math for that matter. A desired career path for MBA graduates seems to be an investment banker.

CQF seems to be the only choice for those desiring a quantitative finance degree with the convinience of studying online and at home. If you get your employer to pay for it, then I'd say go for it. Whether the CQF provides an instant payoff in form of a more lucrative job afterward reminds to be seen. The market demands for CQF at this moment in NYC is really slim. It may improve if there aren't enough MFE/MBA to meet the demands.

MFE is the best choice in my opinion but at the same time, it's not for everyone. It provides really rigorous training in math/finance/programming. At least, that's the case at Baruch. I can't say that about all other MFE programs out there.

In term of return of investment, I find MFE's payout is much better than all other options out there for me. For 9K tuition and 1.5 years of my life, job prospect and compensation are more than paying off the cost several times over.

Yeah, I came to this decision after seeing all the options there are for me. You should all do the same and see what's best for you. Whatever you end up doing, this community can provide you with much info that help you succeed.

[Ed]

I'm a new MFE student looking forward to starting next week. I've been working in the software industry for 13 yrs so I'm naive enough not to know what I got myself into.

Andy, thanks for a great site. (Is Andy really one person or is there a team called "Andy" running this thing?!)

[dstefan]

I'm a new MFE student looking forward to starting next week. I've been working in the software industry for 13 yrs so I'm naive enough not to know what I got myself into.

Andy, thanks for a great site. (Is Andy really one person or is there a team called "Andy" running this thing?!)

Andy is a team of one :)

You will meet him soon, Ed, he will be the TA for the AC refresher course!

[Bridgett]

Andy is a team of one :)

You will meet him soon, Ed, he will be the TA for the AC refresher course!

What shall we say about Andy? Andy Almighty?;)

[SekharNY]

Hi, I am an undergraduate student at Baruch College with a Finance major graduating in August 2007. I am thinking to get into MFE program a year later. In the meanwhile, I would like to learn C++, but need some suggestions regarding the best compilers to run the program that are available for free. I was used to some programming in Java, but going though most of the posted threads on Quantnet, I found out that C++ is the preferred language at Baruch.I need some suggestions regarding c++ compiler.

Thanks
Sekharny

[SekharNY]

Hi,

I am graduating soon from Baruch with a BBA in finance. However, I have to admit that I am addicted to quantnet since a month. I love programming so, I am planning to get into MFE program in the near future and hope to network with fellow seniors .

[alain]

Hi, I am an undergraduate student at Baruch College with a Finance major graduating in August 2007. I am thinking to get into MFE program a year later. In the meanwhile, I would like to learn C++, but need some suggestions regarding the best compilers to run the program that are available for free. I was used to some programming in Java, but going though most of the posted threads on Quantnet, I found out that C++ is the preferred language at Baruch.I need some suggestions regarding c++ compiler.

Thanks
Sekharny

Becoming addicted to Quantnet :D

[SteveTownsend]

The free Visual Studio Express Edition contains the latest Microsoft C++ compiler (8.0), and it is very well-behaved wrt the C++ standards (unlike earlier revisions). I am sure other people have their own favourites.

[SekharNY]

Thanks Steve

[SekharNY]

Thanks Steve

The free Visual Studio Express Edition contains the latest Microsoft C++ compiler (8.0), and it is very well-behaved wrt the C++ standards (unlike earlier revisions). I am sure other people have their own favourites.

Hi steve,

Thanks a lot for you quick response. As a new learner of c++, I downloaded Microsoft's Visual c++ 2005 edition. However, should I proceed learning this new language with MS C++ or are there other better options or what is the industry standard for compiling c++ programs?

Thanks in advance,

Sekhar

[SteveTownsend]

There is no industry standard for C++ compilers. The language itself, including the STL (Standard Template Library), IS standardized and the VC+ compiler in VS2005 conforms very well to that. I work exclusively on Windows systems, so my preference is for VC++, but other companies and developers use different compilers (mainly on Linux or Solaris in the finance world afaik), and perhaps others can speak to their preference and level of standards conformance.

When learning the language, make sure you stay aware of the distinction between language featuers and platform features. On Windows in VC++, you can create a program thread by calling the Win32 API CreateThread. That's a platform feature. You can also create a list of C++ objects using the STL vector class as a container. That's a language feature. You need to know both, but the language skills are transferable to different platforms, while platform knowledge are not.

[Richard]

I used to work on Windows but just started to work on Linux. GCC (GNU compiler collection) seems to be a free open source compiler that you can use to compile C++ code on Linux and other POSIX platforms. If you only use Windows, you can get a cygwin (kind of run Linux on top of Windows so you can run GCC within). Keep in mind, though, VC++ allows you to view/edit code in a much easier way if you are used to GUI.

Hi steve,

Thanks a lot for you quick response. As a new learner of c++, I downloaded Microsoft's Visual c++ 2005 edition. However, should I proceed learning this new language with MS C++ or are there other better options or what is the industry standard for compiling c++ programs?

Thanks in advance,

Sekhar

[rebornrich]

hello i come from China
i am poor at english but interestes in fe

[SekharNY]

I used to work on Windows but just started to work on Linux. GCC (GNU compiler collection) seems to be a free open source compiler that you can use to compile C++ code on Linux and other POSIX platforms. If you only use Windows, you can get a cygwin (kind of run Linux on top of Windows so you can run GCC within). Keep in mind, though, VC++ allows you to view/edit code in a much easier way if you are used to GUI.


Thanks Richard

[AMY LI]

Hi all:
I'm a new quant working in Pivate Equity field as a Financial Engineer in P.R.China. Since China just fully opened the financial market last year, and derivertives and financial engineering are quite new, I really need help from all of you. Hope I can help as well.
I majored in Computer Science as Bachalor, and got master degree of finance from the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Glad to see every one!:D

[Andy]

Hi there Amy,
Welcome to Quantnet. Tell us a bit about your work. What do you do at work ?

[darshan]

Hi,

I am a computer scientist and about to get a PhD in CS. I want to pursue a career in quant and thats why I am here. I want some help to bootstrap myself.

What is the first book you would recommend to me. I have decent knowledge about Probability theory but nothing about stochastic processes, finances. I know good C++ programming.

Please give some pointers to the right books which a newbie like me can pick up.

Thanks in advance.

[Andy]

Hi Darshan,
Welcome to Quantnet community where Quants meet Quants ;)

Here is a master list of books that are useful for quants Master list of useful Quantitative Finance books - Quantnet.org - Financial Engineering Forum (http://quantnet.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1336)

Start with My life as a Quant by Derman book and then work toward the bottom of the list.

[darshan]

Hi Darshan,
Welcome to Quantnet community where Quants meet Quants ;)

Here is a master list of books that are useful for quants Master list of useful Quantitative Finance books - Quantnet.org - Financial Engineering Forum (http://quantnet.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1336)

Start with My life as a Quant by Derman book and then work toward the bottom of the list.

Will this book give me a an intro into finance and the stuff needed to get into quant ? I was on Mark Joshi's Home Page (www.markjoshi.com) and he has recommended some other books. But, I am a complete newbiew....I know I can pick it up fast but I need the right resources. I don't even know 'F' of finance. Please guide me.

[AMY LI]

Will this book give me a an intro into finance and the stuff needed to get into quant ? I was on Mark Joshi's Home Page (http://www.markjoshi.com) and he has recommended some other books. But, I am a complete newbiew....I know I can pick it up fast but I need the right resources. I don't even know 'F' of finance. Please guide me.
Hi.
If you need some basic concept, I think,you can start from "Investment" by Z.Bodie.
Then some knowledge about statistics and quantative method, I think.
Hope this help:)

[AMY LI]

Hi there Amy,
Welcome to Quantnet. Tell us a bit about your work. What do you do at work ?
Hi, Andy:
We are a Hege fund, my job is mainly to construct potofolio by building some modles. Normally I use computer program and some numerical method to find the arbitrage oppotunity. I am really lack of experience and the good sence of the market., but we have the specific experienced stuff, who can give me some idea, then I need to implement it quantitatively.
:)

[Andy]

Awesome ! Shanghai will be an important financial market in the future. I'd better learn Mandarin ;)

[chris p]

Hello Everyone!

I'm quite new to the quant community as my MS degree is in Physical Therapy and I am currently a self-employed health care provider of out-patient Physical Therapy services specializing in orthopedic manual therapy. My long story short is that I don't have a passion for the healthcare field any longer and I need to make a change. I am quite passionate about the financial markets and am primarily self-educated with respect to econ, finance, trading, etc. I am going to enroll at a local community college for the Fall '07 semester in order to make sure I have the prerequisite requirements for the MFE program satisfied (i.e., Calculus, LA). I intend to apply for admission to the '08 class. As this is quite a shift from my current career, I welcome any helpful tips the community might have. I also hope to be able to contribute in a constructive manner.

Regards to all,

Chris Pandolfi

[Andy]

Hi Chris,
While I think health care will be in dire need long into the future, I'm impressed by your decision to make a career change. We are here to help.
You have a couple of months to prepare so I hope you get everything planned out. Take the courses and do well, then take GRE, write personal statements, get letter of recommendation, etc...you will have your hand full.

Are you taking courses at Suffolk CC ?

[chris p]

Yes, actually I was planning on registering at Suffolk. Are you familiar with it?

[Andy]

Yes, actually I was planning on registering at Suffolk. Are you familiar with it?
No, it's a guess. Suffolk CC is one of better known CCs out in LI. Are you planning to take all required courses in Fall ? Are you planning to study FT or PT ?

[Yuriy]

Yes, actually I was planning on registering at Suffolk. Are you familiar with it?

My advice would be to take as many math courses as possible, not just those that are required (for example, Differential Equations, Probability, Statistics).

[chris p]

This is the plan:

1) Calc I and Calc II in the fall and spring respectively
2) I have the stats requirement from previous coursework
3) Linear Algebra I'm hoping I will be able to take as part of the refresher course
4) C++ to be taken spring semester

Additionally, I will be taking the CFA Level 1 exam prior to admission to the program and will have finished the Market Technician Association's Chartered Market Technician (CMT) program by November, 2007.

Any suggestions?

Thanks ,

Chris

[Andy]

Regarding 3) Linear Algebra I'm hoping I will be able to take as part of the refresher course

I need to clarify that the refresher courses are only available to students admitted to the program. And those students supposedly have met the requirements.

I think what Yuriy said makes sense. A lot of students took the required courses undergrad so by taking a few of them now, you are on the lesser qualified of the pool. And I don't think taking CFA level 1 or CMT would benefit more than meeting the requirements. After you meet all the requirements, then having CFA or other certificates would help.

C++ would need 2 semesters in my opinion.

Definitely you should come to the open house as early as possible. Join the Online Admission Chat when it is announced.

First, read the FAQ at Baruch FAQ - Quantnet Wiki (www.quantnet.org/wiki/Baruch_FAQ)

[chris p]

Thank you for your insight. Perhaps I need to amend my spring courses to include LA. I don't see how I'd be lesser qualified if I take the math prerequisites now as opposed to having had taken them when I was in undergrad. As long as the admission requirements are met, the age at which one took the coursework should be irrelevant. Would you mind elaborating on that point? Also, the CMT and CFA Level 1 simply add depth to the application without any effect on the need to meet the admission requirements.

Thank you for bringing the Online Admission Chat and the Open House to my attention. I will look forward to participating in both.

[Andy]

I don't see how I'd be lesser qualified if I take the math prerequisites now as opposed to having had taken them when I was in undergrad. As long as the admission requirements are met, the age at which one took the coursework should be irrelevant. Would you mind elaborating on that point?
My point was that with your original plan of not taking LA, you will have less chance than those who do. And you are correct when saying that as long as you meet the requirements, it should be irrelevant of when one took the courses.
It can be said that the more recent, the better. I would suggest that you take more than the requirements. Take some calculus-based probability, ODE, PDE. And if you can squeeze time in to take the CFA and CMT, more power to you.

And don't forget about the GRE. Aim for 800 on the Quant part.
Best of luck.

[fixedincomenyc]

Hi Andy, et al

Just wanted to say hello - fine job you have done welcoming prospective students.

I'll mostlikely apply within the next year or so after I wrap up short-term career goals. Between now and then I'll be a regular here.

I'm planning to apply to four schools:

Princeton
NYU
ETH-Zurich
Baruch

How much emphasis do you guys place on professional vs academic recommendations?

Thanks

[Yuriy]

I agree with Andy about Linear Algebra. I don't think it is possible to learn the material in the refresher courses if you have never seen any of that stuff before. I am assuming they are called "refresher" courses because they are designed to refresh what we have learned in the past at one time or another or fill in the gaps in existing knowledge.

[Yuriy]

I did not know Princeton has a similar program :) I thought they had a track or something like that related to FE.

[fixedincomenyc]

I did not know Princeton has a similar program :) I thought they had a track or something like that related to FE.

Actually, good point. Princeton is ORFE. Baruch is FE. Definately have to read the fine print.

Thanks

[Raghavendra]

hi all .. i am just starting my FE... and hope to become a quant soon .. i am en electrical engg from india ... a big hi to quant community..

[chris p]

My point was that with your original plan of not taking LA, you will have less chance than those who do. And you are correct when saying that as long as you meet the requirements, it should be irrelevant of when one took the courses.
It can be said that the more recent, the better. I would suggest that you take more than the requirements. Take some calculus-based probability, ODE, PDE. And if you can squeeze time in to take the CFA and CMT, more power to you.

And don't forget about the GRE. Aim for 800 on the Quant part.
Best of luck.


Andy,

Thank you very much for your input. Your advice is very much appreciated. In your opinion do you feel taking the Level 1 CFA exam adds little net benefit to the strength of the app as opposed to taking the differential eq courses?

[Yuriy]

Actually, good point. Princeton is ORFE. Baruch is FE. Definately have to read the fine print.

Thanks

It all depends on the courses they offer and flexibility (thats why I chose Baruch and decided not to pursue a certificate in Finance from CMU's CompFin). If I were to go to Princeton, I would prefer more FE courses and less OR (like supply chain management).

[hiyaghosh]

hey hi.... i'm doin my electrical engi too.... wanna pursue fm after dis... can u send me some details of d best colls... estimated fees.. prospects of d cource... u're sop... stuff like dat... wil be a huge favour...

[Andy]

Andy,

Thank you very much for your input. Your advice is very much appreciated. In your opinion do you feel taking the Level 1 CFA exam adds little net benefit to the strength of the app as opposed to taking the differential eq courses?
I always think of the CFA as a bonus to one's credentials. MFE is unlike MBA or other business-oriented disciplines in that quantitative strength is highly valued. Passing CFA Level 1 does not show that you know math well or can write a thousand line of C++.
My feeling would be that you are better served taking math/programming courses than studying for CFA. That time would be better spent studying for a 800 GRE quant score.

If you have done all that and still have time to take the CFA L1, then by all means, do it. It will be like icing on a the cake.

[Yuriy]

I would personally like to have a CFA, but on top of MFE :)
I have a feeling CFA won't help much, but definitely would not hurt admission chances.

[Sumit]

Hi Andy,

I am Sumit Shah from India. I am currently work for SAP labs India and planning to join Baruch in fall 2008. Could you please tell me some bank or institution in US from where I can take education loan?

Thanks,
Regards,
Sumit

[Andy]

Hi Sumit,
Take a look at the Baruch FAQ. It has a list of banks that you can take loans with/without co-signer
Baruch FAQ - Quantnet Wiki (www.quantnet.org/wiki/Baruch_FAQ)

[Yuriy]

Andy, by the way thanks for the link :) I did not know there is Loan information in our Wiki :)

[Sumit]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the information.

Regards,
Sumit

[rees]

Hi, I'm rees evans. I was trained in pure mathematics (abelian harmonic analysis) and have been working in a variety of engineering and scientific fields for a number of years. I am interested in learning all I can about Financial Mathematics and how markets work.

[Ravi]

Hi Guys,

I am the newest member to join QuantNet, a little bit about myself:

Name : Ravi Sharma
Currently doing MBA with speacialization in Actuarial Science and parallely giving SOA exams
Aspiring to join the top league US colleges for Financial Engineering with in a year or two
I have a Batchelor of Commerce from Mumbai University , NM College.
I have around 3.5 years of Work Experience : Hewlett Packard - Financial Assistant; IBM - Co-Ordinating Procurement Analyst, Goldman Sachs - Intermediate Analyst.

I would require all the help and guidance of all you fellas.

Regards,
Ravi:tiphat:

[iRae]

hi all,
i am rae, a math major student, i am really interest in this program, so i am doing a small field research, now i have some difficulties in finding out the hot topics and future trend of this field...looking forward for help from you guys
thanks

[Andy]

Hi Rees, Ravi, Rae

Welcome to Quantnet. Glad to see you join us and hope to see you guys around. ;)

[Christophe]

Hi, I am Christophe and I am from France. I have 9 years of experience in software engineering and even though I have a joint degree in computer science and applied math(Maitrise), I have joined the field of investment banking about 18 month ago. I am considering enrollment in a graduate program such as a MFE or Msc Finance.

[dstefan]

Hi, I am Christophe and I am from France. I have 9 years of experience in software engineering and even though I have a joint degree in computer science and applied math(Maitrise), I have joined the field of investment banking about 18 month ago. I am considering enrollment in a graduate program such as a MFE or Msc Finance.

Interesting background. Are you working in France? Where do you want to do your graduate studies?

[Christophe]

Interesting background. Are you working in France? Where do you want to do your graduate studies?

Yess I am working in France as a contractor in Equity Derivative P&L-Risk Systems. I am considering either going to the US, or to London. Before going back to school, I might try to get a role as a it-quant, I'll see how thnigs work out.

Before entering any program, I'll need to rust off my math, I plan to take some evening classes.

[dstefan]

Yes I am working in France as a contractor in Equity Derivative P&L-Risk Systems. I am considering either going to the US, or to London. Before going back to school, I might try to get a role as a it-quant, I'll see how thnigs work out.

Before entering any program, I'll need to rust off my math, I plan to take some evening classes.

Just curious, why would you not consider programs in France?

Extra math classes (and good grades) are always a good idea before you emabark on such a program.

[Christophe]

Just curious, why would you not consider programs in France?

Extra math classes (and good grades) are always a good idea before you emabark on such a program.

1st, I am interested in an international career. I have already worked in the US in the past, and the way they work in the US and the UK fits me better.

2nd, you should know that most programs of that type in France are very theorical and very math focused, thus not very adapted to people like me who are coming from years of software engineering. The majority of these programs were created to train future researchers, it makes them very attractive if you whan to create mathematical models (this not what I am looking forward). I am much more interested in structured finance and pricing issues which make a MFE more attractive. I think the Engineering side of the MFE renders it more adapted to my situation than DEA programs that are taught in France.

So far I have found one program in France that could fit my needs. It is the financial engineering program that is tought at the University of Evry.

3rd if I choose to enroll in a program in London, most of them are also taught part-time, that will enable me to get more industry experience while getting higher education.

4th even if I get my degree in France, I will still need to go abroad to get the best oportunities simply because I did not go to a group A school (Polytechnique, Centrale, Les Mines...) as part as my undergraduate studies. The rule of thumb in France, is that no matter your experience or your skiils, if you did not go to a group A school, there are plenty of jobs for which you will not even go though the interview process.

[mfinabhi]

Hi Quants, I am kind of intimidated with the profiles of ppl here, But nonetheless I am a finance fanatic, Not Financial Engg but wud settle down for MS Fin, Its really an interesetin forum for all the quants studs as well prospective students, I did my Engg in Chem Tech (Please dont laugh) but I am working as a Business Analyst in Insurance domain plannin to do MS Fin in Fall 08. Gave my GRE n got 800 in Quant but jus 450 in VA :( ...
My Hi to All!!!

[Yuriy]

Hi Quants, I am kind of intimidated with the profiles of ppl here, But nonetheless I am a finance fanatic, Not Financial Engg but wud settle down for MS Fin, Its really an interesetin forum for all the quants studs as well prospective students, I did my Engg in Chem Tech (Please dont laugh) but I am working as a Business Analyst in Insurance domain plannin to do MS Fin in Fall 08. Gave my GRE n got 800 in Quant but jus 450 in VA :( ...
My Hi to All!!!

Hi to you too :) and welcome!

Not many people get interested in Finance from High School :) some get their degrees in other disciplines first.

By the way, who can tell me what was Dr. Shreve's major when he was an undergrad? :) Those who don't know will never guess.

[gaurav mishra]

hi everyone, my name is Gaurav and supposedly a prospective student of MFIN and I am here to explore and learn all about Quantitative Finance education and career......I hold a Master's Degree in Electronics Engineering from one of the so called top ranked univeristies.............

[Yuriy]

Gaurav welcom to Quantnet :) If you have any questions, just ask :)
Meanwhile, look around, we have a lot of interesting info posted on the website.

[ramnik]

Hey guys,
Hi! I'm Ramnik Arora from IIT (India) and pursuing my majors in Mathematics and Scientific Computing. I am currently in my 3rd year and will graduate '10.
My knowledge is almost zilch so I don't think I'll be able to contribute much as of now with anything other than occasional questions. :). Sorry!
Cheers,
Ramnik Arora
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ramnik/ (http://home.iitk.ac.in/%7Eramnik/acads/)

[Yuriy]

Ramnik, welcome to Quantnet!

It is not a problem that you don't know much about finance now :) when I was in my 3rd year, I was not aware of Financial Engineering at all. So hopefully by the time you graduate, you will be an expert. And maybe we'll help you a bit here in the forum. Finance has lots of areas to choose from. Ask questions, do research, and you'll figure out which path to go.

[iwantmfeadmit]

Hi all,

I am from India. A mech. Engg working in an IP (Intellectual Property) firm in India.

A CFA Level 1 candidate.

I want to pursue MS FE or MS F from a top university.

A big Hi to all of you.

[Andy]

Hello everyone,
A belated welcome from me to all of our new Quantnet members. Good to see you around ;)

[Yuriy]

Hi all,

I am from India. A mech. Engg working in an IP (Intellectual Property) firm in India.

A CFA Level 1 candidate.

I want to pursue MS FE or MS F from a top university.

A big Hi to all of you.

Welcome to Quantnet :) and Hi to you too :)

[mfinabhi]

Hi to you too :) and welcome!

Not many people get interested in Finance from High School :) some get their degrees in other disciplines first.

By the way, who can tell me what was Dr. Shreve's major when he was an undergrad? :) Those who don't know will never guess.
Thanks. I know the answer now.. Googled it..:D He did his Bachelor's in German n tat only two yrs as he had already completed his 2 yrs language course.
Huh...!!!

[Yuriy]

Thanks. I know the answer now.. Googled it..:D He did his Bachelor's in German n tat only two yrs as he had already completed his 2 yrs language course.
Huh...!!!

Yes, thats what I'm talking about :) He is very famous in the area of Mathematical Finance. However, Dr. Shreve was a German major as an undergrad. And then he did MS in Electrical Engineering and worked in the area of Stochastic Control (wrote a book on that as well). It was only after few years that he became interested in Finance :)

[SteveTownsend]

Yes, thats what I'm talking about :) He is very famous in the area of Mathematical Finance. However, Dr. Shreve was a German major as an undergrad. And then he did MS in Electrical Engineering and worked in the area of Stochastic Control (wrote a book on that as well). It was only after few years that he became interested in Finance :)

Linguist, mathematician - it's all symbolic manipulation. I was stronger at modern and ancient languages than at mathematics - I just did not see as good career prospects in languages, rather sadly.

[Yuriy]

Linguist, mathematician - it's all symbolic manipulation. I was stronger at modern and ancient languages than at mathematics - I just did not see as good career prospects in languages, rather sadly.

In my case, languages, history, literature can only a hobby. I don't picture myself dealing with anything else but numbers :)

[Timothy Sykes]

Hey everybody, I'm excited to talk some trader talk. It's to bring the trading and hedge fund community into the public consciousness that I've written my new book 'An American Hedge Fund'. Hope you guys enjoy it half as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Tim Sykes
Author, An American Hedge Fund (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0979549701/timothysykes-20)

[Jie Zhang]

Hello, everyone here~
I am Jie from China
Glad to be one of this community!

[Yuriy]

Hello, everyone here~
I am Jie from China
Glad to be one of this community!

Welcome to Quantnet :) if you have any questions, just ask.

[owais]

Hi to all its me owais doin my BS Financial Engineering!! good to see others FE students

[tintin]

hi my name is tintin, ;), and am a undergrad student at baruch majoring in math and eco. i am interested in the capital markets in general, trading/strategy, economics, mathematics, and programming.

[Andy]

Hi Tintin,
Welcome to Quantnet. We will, we will Quant you ;)

[Yuriy]

hi my name is tintin, ;), and am a undergrad student at baruch majoring in math and eco. i am interested in the capital markets in general, trading/strategy, economics, mathematics, and programming.

Welcome to Quantnet :) what do you think about getting into Financial Engineering after you graduate?

[karanganjoo]

hey everyone

I am Karan Ganjoo, final year student at the Department of Civil Engineering
I wish to apply for MS FE this year and am glad to be a part of this community.

[Vic_Siqiao]

welcome:)

[rajeevkasat]

Hello everyone

I am an engineering graduate with a good academics, and have a score of 1510.. But no work ex in quant.. finance or finance or anything related.. Do I have any chances of being admitted in MFE of BAruch?

[Dmytro]

Hello everyone

I am an engineering graduate with a good academics, and have a score of 1510.. But no work ex in quant.. finance or finance or anything related.. Do I have any chances of being admitted in MFE of BAruch?

welcome aboard, hope you'll find QN helpful.

it has become our standard policy, not to evaluate people's profiles or try to derive their prospects of getting admitted. firstly, it would be very difficult without knowing your whole story (which you'll be able to present in your application). secondly, no matter what we say, it has absolutely no bearing on the admission committee decisions.
the program has no admission quota, and the main admission criteria is that an applicant can succeed in the program.

to make a long story short - APPLY.

browse through our Education forum (Education - Quantnet.org - Financial Engineering Forum (http://www.quantnet.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=44)), you'll find a lot of helpful information (as you can guess, you're not the only person asking for such evaluations).

best of luck with your applications!

[Yuriy]

Hello everyone

I am an engineering graduate with a good academics, and have a score of 1510.. But no work ex in quant.. finance or finance or anything related.. Do I have any chances of being admitted in MFE of BAruch?

Yes! In fact, everybody has a chance. The sronger your credentials, the higher your chances are. Make sure you apply for next Fall.

[Prateek Bhatia]

Cheers everyone, I am Prateek from Mumbai,India.

I will be applying shortly to Baruch for the masters program beginning fall 2008.

Would love to get networking with you all.

[Dmytro]

Cheers everyone, I am Prateek from Mumbai,India.

I will be applying shortly to Baruch for the masters program beginning fall 2008.

Would love to get networking with you all.

welcome Prateek, and best of luck.

[pizilee]

Glad to be able to join QN. Nice to meet all gentlepersons here...

[prashar]

Hi,

This is Praveen. I have recently joined this forum and I'd be applying to few of the mfe programs and Baruch will be among the most coveted ones.
I have 18 months experience at Morgan Stanley's derivatives IT division and currently working for Lehman's risk management desk for equity and equity derivatives. I have decent quantitative experience and 800 in gre quant. Waiting for my toefl and then I'll apply to Baruch for sure.
Looking forward to getting advice from people here, should I face questions.

Thanks, Praveen

[SlothSid]

Hello everyone,
I'm Wxy from China. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics and want to continue my education in finance. And I like a graduate program with more in mathematics. Baruch is also a very good choice for me but the competition will be so strong. Can you guys just recommend me some articles and books in Financial Mathematics? Thanks a lot.

[Andy]

Welcome to Quantnet, everyone.
@Wxy: there is a master list here Master list of useful Quantitative Finance books - Quantnet.org - Financial Engineering Forum (http://quantnet.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1336)

[jimiquant]

I am James and wish to say Hello to this quant community.
I have been reading for 2 days now and I want to thank Andy for the idea and all that the participants for such a lively and entertaining forum.
Currently living in Charlotte, US. Have studied at Columbia U. New York (MS EE) and currently considering the Carnegie Mellon MSFE.

Cheers!

[Yuriy]

I am James and wish to say Hello to this quant community.
I have been reading for 2 days now and I want to thank Andy for the idea and all that the participants for such a lively and entertaining forum.
Currently living in Charlotte, US. Have studied at Columbia U. New York (MS EE) and currently considering the Carnegie Mellon MSFE.

Cheers!

James, Welcome to Quantnet!

Do you consider any of Columbia's programs?

[jimiquant]

Yurij,

I am considering Columbia as well but am still struggling between the cost difference, loyalty to my alma-mater, New York Vs the likes of Steve and the fact that I kind of now 2 professors Steve advised for their PhD.

[finssite]

Hello Everyone,

I did my undergrad in CS from Georgia Tech, have taken courses in Economics and Accounting and have broadly read on Finance. I plan to pursue a certificate in FE for developing a broad base in QCF and that I'm searching for online programs because I'm in India. In this regard, I've come across programs from Columbia CVN - Columbia Video Network (http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/cert/fe_cert.php) and Stevens Institute of Technology WebCampus.Stevens:: Financial Engineering (http://webcampus.stevens.edu/courses/financial.html) with the latter in my opinion having a more focused curriculum in Finance. I would appreciate the network's feedback on these programs.

I'll be applying to Ph.D. in Finance programs for 2009 and that leaves me around one year to do independent research towards writing an informed SOP. I'm looking for research ideas that I can work on and if possible generate a publication-level paper by late 2008. Till now, I've mainly worked on desktop and web-based business applications in several industries for different departments including Finance and Operations. I plan to apply the certificate courses to data modeling efforts and use Java and SQL to build experiments and think that the courses at Stevens, especially the Computational Methods in Finance course, would help me. I find the certificate program at Columbia to be more general than Stevens in terms of its applications to Finance and not as computationally inclined? It's not to say that Columbia coursework is any less broad or deep in its mathematical content but I'm not sure how applicable it's to my background and needs from the computational end. In this regard, I'm looking for online programs in FE that would teach me like a book of concepts and practices than theory and proofs because too much depth is best left to a Ph.D. program.

If you took the pain of reading through my post then I highly appreciate it and that if you see what I'm trying to achieve then please let me know your thoughts.

Thank You!
finssite

[Yuriy]

Yurij,

I am considering Columbia as well but am still struggling between the cost difference, loyalty to my alma-mater, New York Vs the likes of Steve and the fact that I kind of now 2 professors Steve advised for their PhD.

I am assuming you are talking about Dr. Steve Shreve :) I did a Math certificate at CMU's Computational Finance program, and was planning to do a Finance certificate but decided not to due to high costs (now it is about $6000/semester). Check the courses offered by the programs and see what you like the best. There might be the most optimal combination in terms of what you like divided by the amount of money spent :)

[hamjane]

hello everyone!
Nice to meet you here.I'm hamjane come form china.
I'm studing FE in SWUFE in sichuan province and i want to do my best to be a qualified MFE.

[Yuriy]

hello everyone!
Nice to meet you here.I'm hamjane come form china.
I'm studing FE in SWUFE in sichuan province and i want to do my best to be a qualified MFE.

Welcome to Quantnet! and best of luck! :)

[Eric Procs]

A Hello from Russia, Moscow to be precise. (although some say Moscow is a different kind of country form the rest of the federation, one thing in common though - its snowy and it is sunday). I am a 2008 applicant to Baruch - is it too early to do the "rate my profile" post? :)

[Andy]

I am a 2008 applicant to Baruch - is it too early to do the "rate my profile" post? :)
It's never too early or too late for that kind of post simply because we don't rate profile.
It's not too early for you to get your application ready. The first batch of applications arrives at Baruch about now. It takes a while from snowy Moscow to snowy New York.

[Yuriy]

It takes a while from snowy Moscow to snowy New York.

Andy, one correction :D, there no snow in New York and I don't think there will be any for the next few weeks :) by the way, compared to Moscow, New York is much warmer :)

[shi]

Hey everyone :D ! I just joined Quantnet and it seems like I will learn a lot here..
I'm planning to apply to FE programmes this winter
Currently working as an economist in a big accounting firm in Israel

[Lauren DeMarco]

I'm Lauren, a junior at St. Johns and plan on applying for MFE @ Baruch in 2009. Hopefully as I complete my BS in Finance this will help me approach my graduate work and further. Some of you have helped me a great deal already and I am very appreciative- Thanx lol Thats basically it.

[ramnik]

It's never too early or too late for that kind of post simply because we don't rate profile.
I understand why you would not "rate profiles"[really no one likes to infringe upon adcoms rights], but what about something of the nature of "help me make the cut" or "what should I do to improve my academic profile". I frankly believe that such posts("suggestions, what do I do to make my profile stronger") are very important and give direction to your application. I'm sure when you were outside you really did want to know how your profile could be made stronger, so why not help others now? Okay I'm trying to sugarcoat but the point is that the above statement stinks of hypocrisy!

[Rodney Chabuda]

Hey everyone. My name is Rodney and im starting college next year in south africa. im zimbabwean. your community is quite kul and i hop you will all help me out with wateva questions i have. i would like to be a quant. im going to be doing a degree in Economic Science majoring in Actuarial Science and Mathematical Statistics. its a 3yr degree so it will be very tight everything cramped up in 3yrs rather than the normal 4yrs. to those who already made it, my curriculum however doesnt have comp sci courses so i want to ask how imperative it is for me to do comp sci courses at undergrad level? can i do it at masters level from scratch? should i also try doing it part time outside of my curriculum?

[dstefan]

I understand why you would not "rate profiles"[really no one likes to infringe upon adcoms rights], but what about something of the nature of "help me make the cut" or "what should I do to improve my academic profile". I frankly believe that such posts("suggestions, what do I do to make my profile stronger") are very important and give direction to your application. I'm sure when you were outside you really did want to know how your profile could be made stronger, so why not help others now? Okay I'm trying to sugarcoat but the point is that the above statement stinks of hypocrisy!

The ``rate profile" and ``how to improve" posts are very different in nature. The first type basically asks for either encouragement and a weak promise for admission, while the second one, if phrased properly, asks for advice.

Most people here are in no way qualified to give a meaningful answer to the first type of post, therefore we discourage it.

As for the second one, if it is not disguising a ``rate profile" post, and is meaningful, it might elicit responses, depending on how busy people are.

Of course, not using strong words like ``stinks" and ``hypocrisy" might be a good idea :)

[dstefan]

Hey everyone. My name is Rodney and im starting college next year in south africa. im zimbabwean. your community is quite kul and i hop you will all help me out with wateva questions i have. i would like to be a quant. im going to be doing a degree in Economic Science majoring in Actuarial Science and Mathematical Statistics. its a 3yr degree so it will be very tight everything cramped up in 3yrs rather than the normal 4yrs. to those who already made it, my curriculum however doesnt have comp sci courses so i want to ask how imperative it is for me to do comp sci courses at undergrad level? can i do it at masters level from scratch? should i also try doing it part time outside of my curriculum?

Welcome!

For the Baruch MFE program, in particular, you would need at least one semester of C++ to be admitted. This may not be the case for other programs. Taking a class outside the curriculum could work.

Good luck!

[Rodney Chabuda]

thanx for the info. but is my line of curriculum good enough (ie Actuarial science and Mathematical statistics) or maybe another line of curriculum is better (like majoring in Computational Maths and Mathematical Stats). my other questioon is on MATLAB. how powerful is it. can it be used as a substitute for C++ for me to do FE in the future. MATLAB vs C++.

Welcome!

For the Baruch MFE program, in particular, you would need at least one semester of C++ to be admitted. This may not be the case for other programs. Taking a class outside the curriculum could work.

Good luck!

[Eric Procs]

By the way I was ironic when I wrote "is it time for "rate my profile" post, which is the way newbies "introduce" themselves on some other forums such as global-derivatives'.

[Andy]

Eric,
No need to feel apologetic. We provide help whenever we can.
Funny you mentioned about posts on GD and how the very first post is "Rate my profile/chance" ;)
New members here seem to take the time to familiarize themselves with the community and come up with more specified questions.

[odunayo]

Hello, my name is Odunayo, an IT auditor interested in switching to financial engineering. I posted a thread on the forum but it appears it hasnt generated enough interest. pls i need your advice. thanks

[Hao Lam]

Hello everyone, I'm Hao from Madison, which is in WI, not NYC.
Just want to say 'hi'.

[muagrawal]

hi everyone,

I am Mukul Agrawal. I am working as a software engineer in India. I completed my B.Tech degree in Industrial engg from IIT Roorkee in 2006. I am applying for FE programs for Fall 2008.
Just wanted to say hi to everyone :)

[zhangmoumou]

hello everyone i'm zhangxx from shufe ,shanghai ,china.
nice to see everyone here .
i'm planning to apply for a mfe degree in 2009 fall.

[TimZ]

I am Tim, an Executive IT Financial Recruiter for investment banks and hedge funds throughout the tri-state area. Always feel free to contact me: tim@wtechco.com

[Andy]

A big hearty welcome to all of our new members. I hope you can make this community an active one by participating, not by merely lurking ;)

[Bonita Squires]

Hello there all,
I am a physics graduate student at the UW Madison campus and am very interested in a quantitative analysis. I am not graduating for a couple of years and am interested in finding an internship. I am hoping to obtain work experience that will be complimented with additional coursework before I graduate. I am currently a dissertator, but have ample time to take an additional course each semester and during the summer. I am really excited to find the gaps in my knowledge and start gaining some directly applicable experience. Thanks so much for this sight. I can't wait to see what advice everyone has!
Cheers,
Bonita Squires

[srramaraj]

Hi everyone,

I am Ramaraj from India. Working in a Mutual Fund. Would like to learn quant techniques and use them in my day to day investment activity. I am also an ardent programmer mostly on Oracle database with PB & VB. :)

[Yuriy]

Hello there all,
I am a physics graduate student at the UW Madison campus and am very interested in a quantitative analysis. I am not graduating for a couple of years and am interested in finding an internship. I am hoping to obtain work experience that will be complimented with additional coursework before I graduate. I am currently a dissertator, but have ample time to take an additional course each semester and during the summer. I am really excited to find the gaps in my knowledge and start gaining some directly applicable experience. Thanks so much for this sight. I can't wait to see what advice everyone has!
Cheers,
Bonita Squires


Physics and Nuclear Engineering? :) Awesome!
How serious are you about getting a job in finance? physics majors are ones of the most successful on Wall Street.

[Anton Slepnev]

My name is Anton, I am a PhD student at MIPT, Moscow, Russia, with specialization in applied maths.
Interested in statistics, probability, stochastic processes, mathematical modeling, IT (of course).

I am working for an asset management company as a senior developer, developing a front-office system.

Greetings to all of You, hope I will have good discussions here!

[lindsay]

I'm posting here so the welcome message at the top will hopefully go away. I'm in Maths/FE at York in Toronto, finishing April 08.

[Aravind]

Hi guys,
I introduce myself as Aravind and I wanted to say Hi to all of you guys!

[Andy]

Hi to all the new members.
Glad to see you all here. We are getting close to 1500 members really soon.
Some of you guys are throwing me off with your use of real names and screennames. Most people here uses first name as username. (I know. We are different from the rest of the forum space).

To request a username change, please post here Username change request thread - Quantnet.org - Financial Engineering Forum (http://www.quantnet.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1395)

[Andy]

Hey all, brief intro...

Was in the Baruch program but for a second -- unfortunately, work and family has me tied down and unable to commit to the program's demands. Still, I've been continuously studying math/quantitative finance on my own for several years now, and continue to follow what's going on in the field... it's in my blood. ;)

Wish I could be there with you guys!


--eli
Nice to finally meet you today, Eli
The program is just getting more demanding time/effort/braincell wise
Definitely keep us in the loop despite all the craziness called work/life that going on with you.

[John H]

Hello everyone,

Nice to see you here Rodney. I'm also from Zimbabwe initially, although I have lived in Sweden all my life.

Usually I only lurk around on public web forums, without writing much, but Quantnet's friendly atmosphere inspired me to at least say hello. :)

I'm 25 years old, and work full time as a test engineer for a major Swedish tech company. During 2008 I intend to wrap up my BSc in mathematics. As I also happen to have most of the credits needed for a bachelor of economics, I'm leaning towards having that finished during 2009, or thereabout.

My plan is to work for perhaps 3 years, learning more about [mathematical] finance on my spare time, and then apply to a couple of foreign MFE programs when I've got more work experience, my degrees finished, and enough money saved.

Quant wise my current projects include a portfolio management application in Excel, and reading Energy Risk: Valuing and Managing Energy Derivatives (http://www.amazon.com/Energy-Risk-Valuing-Managing-Derivatives/dp/0071485945/). Power modelling seems to be an exciting field for the coming decade.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!

[Andy]

Usually I only lurk around on public web forums, without writing much, but Quantnet's friendly atmosphere inspired me to at least say hello. :)
Quantnet lurkers UNITED !
That's my 2008 New Year resolution for Quantnet ;)
Welcome to Quantnet and Happy New Year, John H

[nachi]

hi....i am nachiket...fourth year engineering student from IIT Madras,India.Hello to all quant net members.....

[QuantNeeds]

Hi, I am an undergraduate senior about to graduate with Finance and Management Science, Minor in Math. I am considering applying for fall 2008 programs or potentially working for a year and applying for fall 2009. I am interested in taking some time to look for funding and scholarships.

[Sachin]

Hi,

My name is Sachin and have graduated in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology.
I have round about 3 years of work experience in financial domain- as an Assistant Manager in CitiGroup and now as an Associate in MSCI. I have worked on a lot of analytical products for consumer banking and benchmark indices using statistical packages. I hope to further my quantiative skills with the MFE course.

[Lugh]

Hi to the Quantnet forum from Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Lugh

[AhHa]

Just registered, stopped by to say hello. Hmmm, seems you have to have more than 50 characters in a post.

[dcifrths]

Hi guys,

i happened on this forum in a fairly random way and have andy to thank for it...

i was searching the internet for free CDX.NA.IG historical data and google lead my to Andy's data cleaning post that used that exact data set.

from there i've found some great links and posted a few thoughts.

my background:

- Int'l Affairs & Econ double major from george washington university class of '02
- Economist for the deparment of labor (though really statistician studying health care/pension coverage data)
- MBA from washington university in st.louis w/ MathFin concentratin (1 of 4 out of 260 MBA students to take/complete this course series meant for MSFin / PhD candidates)
- Investment Associate for top 3 hedge fund in Client Service Analytics
- Now unemployed and interviewing...

...which leaves me much free time to build my historical data spreadsheet in excel and ask questions about the global economy that i find intriguing.

i actually have no association w/ baruch university or MFE degrees...

but i would love to learn more excel and can use matlab and read code (in terms of maths), but have no real VBA ability or ability to get matlab to communicate w/ the internet or other programs by myself.

so hopefully i can get some learning going on here as well as get some smart opinions on trade ideas.

thanks andy and all.

Barron

[Andy]

Hi to the Quantnet forum from Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Lugh
Hi Lugh,
By your avatar, I guess you are Daniel J. Duffy who wrote a bunch of C++ books for FE ;)
Welcome to QN.

[Lee]

Just saying 'Hi'.
Physicist by training (Dartmouth).
PHB by day.
Not in trading, but providing the tools for fast market data and exchange access.
Based in Colorado - home office in NYC.
Looking forward to seeing what's going on here.

[weirluo]

Hey everyone,

I work for a hedge fund as a quantitative risk analyst.
I studied software engineering for masters degree and has a PhD in applied Mathematics.
I am located in Melbourne but is planning to move to either NY or London within a couple of years.
I worked in a consulting firm as an econometrician and then an openration quant at an investment bank before this job at which I focus on quantitative finance modelling.

make friends and feel free to chat through bloomberg. shoot me an email for my bloomberg id.

cheers

[kplxh]

Hi everyone in Quantnet. I'm William, and working as Software Test Engineer in Beijing China. But I am interested in Financial Engineering, so preparing to apply this MSFE. Need your adives and teach. Thanks!

[dukelampard]

Hello everyone, I'll be graduating this spring with a B.Sc in Maths from the Ohio State University, and I'm contemplating pursuing a master degree in Financial Engineering. Thanks to all of you who devoted your time to putting this very useful source of information together and happy new year!!

[petri]

i should get rid of that annoying thingy at the top so here goes :D

my name is petri and i'm currently in the mfe program at cornell. i'm currently looking for a summer internship in a quantitative trading/modeling type of position. i'm very interested in algorithmic trading.

for now i play poker for a living and have written programs to model various parts of the game, but actually playing bores me for the most part and running bots is illegal, so i'm hoping to do similar things in finance.

[Andy]

Hi everyone,
Welcome to Quantnet.
I hope to get to know all of you in a more casual level. If you are currently working in NYC area, send me a message and maybe we can get together for a drink or something.
I'm looking forward to extending my professional network and knowing more about my Quantnet members is one of my New Year resolutions.

P.S: I'm glad to know that the annoying reminder message works. Apparently, not everyone got annoyed by it. Maybe I should put some more bold, flashing letters in it ;)

[anoopRN]

Greetings all,

anoop from India...will be graduating early may from th National Inst. of Technology Karnataka with a degree in Electronics & Communication Eng...algorithms, applied math and simulations using C++ , Matlab have been a major part of my undergrad curriculum....First interested in math finance when i came across Kelly's criterion while reading sum papers by Shannon on noisy channel communications...
I've trained at Siemens, Reliance Retail and Ansaldo Energia...
Having grown up in the middle east and india, i've observed the growth of commerce in these two very disparate regions...different ideologies focused on achieving similar aims!
1470gre; 790quant;680verbal;5.5awa
Applied to Baruch for Fall 2008...
I'm all for Andy's concept of professional network extension through this forum,
happy new yr!

[foquant]

Hello All,
I've read forum posts for a while but have just now joined. Quick background - I have a BS in Finance and an MBA, I work in the M&A field on the buy-side, but not in NY.

My relevant interests outside of work fall into the areas of financial modeling and automated trading. I have traded on a discretionary basis personally for a number of years, and have worked with equities, options, and futures.

In order to implement algorithmic systems I have started studying C++ and MATLAB. I've also been revisiting Calculus and related financial math. I run a blog that helps me keep some notes together, although it is a newer site so the content isn't all the way there yet - I took an older site down and decided to start from scratch.

[Lesya]

Hi,

I'm from Toronto, Canada, originally Ukrainian.
I have Masters degree in Applied Mathematics and worked as software developer for 8 years.
Planning to make career move from IT to Financial Engineering. Recently I became CQF delegate.

[sanjay]

Greetings from Washington D.C.!

Short summary of my background:
- bachelors in Math/CS and a masters in CS
- been doing personnel (behavior) mathematical modeling and simulation systems using C++ and Java for the past 14 years
- last 4 years been more involved in building and validating an enterprise-level Agent-based simulation system using stochastic behavior
- been doing trading (equities, options) at a personal level
- very interested in world markets

Hope to learn from all of you!

[jcchien]

Hello all,
I'm happy to see this website about QF. And, I wish to learn something more from here.
It's so great and cool QF community , guys......

Introduce myself here.
I graduated from financial engineering master program.
Now, I'm working for a securities co and especially for trading desk.
My job is to measure risk from financial market.
But, I'm just a junior.

Josh

[Andy]

Hi all,
Very glad to see your first post here. Hope to see more of your posts.

Sanjay, I have a similar background like yours.

Josh, which FE did you graduate from ? Are you working in NYC now ?

[jcchien]

Hello Andy,
I did study FE Program in Polytechnic University from 2005 to 2006.
Now, I have come back to work in my homeland, Taiwan.
But, I still am waiting for a chance to get a job in NYC if possible..............

ps.I'm NYGiant fans ,too when I was in NYC to watch NFL in TV.
I miss NYC' life about everything, especially in Food.

Josh

[alain]

Hello Andy,
I did study FE Program in Polytechnic University from 2005 to 2006.
Now, I have come back to work in my homeland, Taiwan.
But, I still am waiting for a chance to get a job in NYC if possible..............

ps.I'm NYGiant fans ,too when I was in NYC to watch NFL in TV.
I miss NYC' life about everything, especially in Food.

Josh
Why did you decide to apply at Polytech? did you like the program at Poly? Why did you move back to Taiwan?

[jcchien]

I just did want to go NYC to study when I decided to study abroad.
Poly is one choice. Frankly, poly didn't offer much staff in programming and mathematics course, like stochastic calculus and martingale theory....
Poly just gave me conceptual theory in Financial engineering field.
After, I did work on programming and mathematics by self..........

Because of family, I have to back work first.

[Mark Lewis]

My name is Mark Lewis and my firm is www.marklewisinc.com (http://www.marklewisinc.com)
We specialize in quantitative developer and Financial Engineering roles throughout the USA and have extensive experience in the financial arena past the usual Big Banks and Hedge Funds that are available to most folks with a little investigation and research -
Our goal is and always hs been to match extraordinary talent with extraordinary opportunity - almost 50% of our revenues come from retained searches for firms that are not interested in being bombarded with resumes of the average but seek the resumes of the difference makers.
I hope to assist you in your quest and am happy to answer any questions you may have regardless of the content -
Thank you -

Mark Lewis

[Andre]

Hi. I am Andre. I am a CFA charterholder with an academic background is in economics and mathematics. I have 12 years of work experience in areas such as derivatives valuation, quantitative fixed income portfolio management, asset allocation, and hedge funds. I am currently applying for MS in financial engineering/ financial math programs (depending on school.)
I am looking forward to getting different prospectives from people.

[Bauce]

Hi Everybody,

I joined because I am very interested in becoming a quant. I am currently working as an Associate Engineer and have a Bachelor's in Electronic Engineering. I would like to get my Master's in Financial Engineering and I'm looking for the best schools to attend. Before attending school though I plan to read a lot of the recommended books for quants.

[Tony Rinaldi]

I actually just heard of Financial Engineering today! I'm currently working on my BS in EE and minoring in business. I intern at an engineering design firm in the city and someone mentioned Financial Engineering so i spent the rest of the day researching the career and fell in love, its exactly what i can see my self doing. My EE curriculum is basically all math science and programming and i was always interested in finance. This site is an incredible help to people interested in this career. I'm really curious about the transition however from an EE who only has work experience in that field and limited finance knowledge (only from an intro class) to pursue a career in finance. Thanks again!

[Andy]

Hello Andy,
I did study FE Program in Polytechnic University from 2005 to 2006.
Now, I have come back to work in my homeland, Taiwan.
But, I still am waiting for a chance to get a job in NYC if possible..............
NYC is very unique and I hardly see myself living anywhere else. Taiwan is a fine place to work and besides, it has many betel nut beauties ;)

ps.I'm NYGiant fans ,too when I was in NYC to watch NFL in TV.
I miss NYC' life about everything, especially in Food.
Josh
You'd better watch the NFC championship game tomorrow. GO GIANTS !

[Brad Wilcox]

Hello, I am looking into quant as a possible career shift to avoid academia and have more fun and make better $$ than the altenatives at this point. My MSc in Engineering Physics is complimented with a year of a PhD in nuclear medicine imaging physics (withdrew last year). I am currently a research engineer at U of S in Saskatoon's Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, where I also take an advanced Stats (Time Series) course and an intro to finance. I've ordered Joshi's quant text and plan to give myself a year to prep before deciding whether to start applying. I like to program and have experience with big data sets and modeling but am a hack as a code pump by professional standards.

Looking forward to your posts and learning more on this site!

[John]

I did study FE Program in Polytechnic University from 2005 to 2006.
Now, I have come back to work in my homeland, Taiwan.
But, I still am waiting for a chance to get a job in NYC if possible..............

Hi Josh,

I just came back from a two-week vacation in Taiwan visting relatives. I have forgotten how beautiful the our homeland was. Regarding jobs in NYC, have you started applying? send me a message if you wish.

[writankar]

hi all,
i have been a software consultant for almost 3 years now. have completed my B.E. in EEE from VTU, India. Looking forward to joining Fall 2008 for the MFE. thanx a ton to you wonderful people out here for taking this great initiative for a creating a platform for interaction. Looking forward to it eagerly.

[Swarup Karavadi]

Greetings all,

I have been working as a Programmer Analyst for the past seven months. Have a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engg. from Andhra University, India. I Graduated from college about 10 months back. Am genuienly interested in math and soft computing. Lately I've developed a strong interest in finance. Unfortunately, my work profile doesn't give me any scope to pursue my interests :cry:. Hope to pursue my interests by taking up financial engineering. I intend to join the FE course by 2009. Meanwhile, I've started preparing for the course already :D. Looking forward to be a QUANT :tiphat:.

Regards,
Swarup Karavadi.

[Jerome]

Hi Everyone:

It is nice to find this place and know friendly people here!

This is Jerome. I am interested in becoming a quant by studying in a MFE program. I studied Electrical Engineering in both undergraduate (B.A.) and graduate (Ph. D.) programs. After that, I have worked for 2 years in an academic institute, mostly investigating new methods to analyze and improve digital signals. My tools of daily work are C++ and Matlab. I learned about derivative products from courses in university.

What I don't know is if, for a person with engineering backgraound, studying in a MFE program will be necessary to step in Quant field? Besides, in what way will age affect the career of a new quant because I am in my early 30s?

I have not read through all the info here but, at first glance, I think they would certainly be very helpful. Thanks for your experience sharing here!

Jerome

[alain]

Hi Everyone:

It is nice to find this place and know friendly people here!

This is Jerome. I am interested in becoming a quant by studying in a MFE program. I studied Electrical Engineering in both undergraduate (B.A.) and graduate (Ph. D.) programs. After that, I have worked for 2 years in an academic institute, mostly investigating new methods to analyze and improve digital signals. My tools of daily work are C++ and Matlab. I learned about derivative products from courses in university.

What I don't know is if, for a person with engineering backgraound, studying in a MFE program will be necessary to step in Quant field? Besides, in what way will age affect the career of a new quant because I am in my early 30s?

I have not read through all the info here but, at first glance, I think they would certainly be very helpful. Thanks for your experience sharing here!

Jerome
my advice is, with your background, start interviewing. You will learn the finance part on the job.

[sharkmfe]

Hi,

Am Sharmada. Working as a risk manager in India - Looking to pursue my MFE in 2009 and gonna begin working towards the same.

[EricFleming]

I concur, you may be strong enough now to land a role on Wall Street. Feel free to reach out to me. eric.flemingATexemplar-partners.com

[EricFleming]

I'd be happy to talk to you about your background. eric.flemingATexemplar-partners.com

[EricFleming]

Hi Everybody,

I joined because I am very interested in becoming a quant. I am currently working as an Associate Engineer and have a Bachelor's in Electronic Engineering. I would like to get my Master's in Financial Engineering and I'm looking for the best schools to attend. Before attending school though I plan to read a lot of the recommended books for quants.
This is what I am currently recommending to PhDs looking to get into Wall Street:
Standard & Poor’s Guide to Money & Investing
Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews By Timothy Falcon Crack
Options, Futures and other Derivatives By John Hull
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance By Emanuel Derman (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/002-7781532-6044005?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Emanuel%20Derman)
How Would You Move Mount Fuji? By William Poundstone
Brain Teasers By Kiran Srinivas
Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing Cambridge University
Financial Calculus : An Introduction to Derivative Pricing By Martin Baxter (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/002-7781532-6044005?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Martin%20Baxter), Andrew Rennie (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/002-7781532-6044005?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Andrew%20Rennie)
C++ Design Patterns and Derivatives Pricing (Mathematics, Finance and Risk) (http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Derivatives-Pricing-Mathematics-Finance/dp/0521832357/ref=sr_1_1/002-7781532-6044005?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189803994&sr=1-1) By Mark S. Joshi
Elementary Probability Theory (http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Probability-Theory-Kai-Chung/dp/038795578X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7781532-6044005?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189804129&sr=1-1) By Kai Lai Chung and Farid Aitsahlia
Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales By Chris Rogers and David Williams
Introduction to Stochastic Integration By Kai Lai Chung, R.J. Williams

[EricFleming]

i should get rid of that annoying thingy at the top so here goes :D

my name is petri and i'm currently in the mfe program at cornell. i'm currently looking for a summer internship in a quantitative trading/modeling type of position. i'm very interested in algorithmic trading.

for now i play poker for a living and have written programs to model various parts of the game, but actually playing bores me for the most part and running bots is illegal, so i'm hoping to do similar things in finance.
give me a call and I will see what we can do regarding internships. What do you play, Texas Hold'Em?

[juicyj]

I hear on the board all the time about interviewing, but find it difficult to obtain one. I'm finishing up a PhD in Computational and Applied Math, but have only been able to get one interview. I've applied online all over the web for quant positions. Does anybody know a better way?

[EricFleming]

I hear on the board all the time about interviewing, but find it difficult to obtain one. I'm finishing up a PhD in Computational and Applied Math, but have only been able to get one interview. I've applied online all over the web for quant positions. Does anybody know a better way?
don't apply online, it's a black hole of resumes. Give me a call and I will see what I can do.

[Nahed]

Hello from Montreal,
I wanted to thank all the quantnet members... the threads are very helpful. The forum helped me a lot when making my school choices.
I applied to the MFE at Baruch this week...hoping to have a positive answer.
I'm actually working in Montreal at CDP Capital ( www.lacaisse.com ) in an Index and Quant team.
Cheers,
Nahed <-- ( for those who are asking themselves Nahed is a girl name );)

[Andy]

Hi Nahed,
With the pic, I don't think anyone will mistake you for a boy ;)
Welcome to Quantnet and hope to see you around.

What index you work with ? Credit/equity ? And what your job entails ?
And good luck with the Baruch MFE admission.

[Nahed]

Hi Andy !!
(i added the pic after my posting ;))
Our main activity is equity index replication (Cash and Synthetic) and find solutions for the indexes that are difficult to replicate for reasons like low liquidity of stocks, abscence of futures contrats on certain indices :-k......
We are also responsible of : hedging currency risk for the other PMs in the department, portfolio transitions, alpha transport... We use Python to automate our activities.
I have been working on enhanced indexing strategies to minimize the tracking error of portfolios....

Nahed...

[Jerome]

Hi Alain:

Thanks for your suggestion. It is indeed something that I should think about. I thought it would be difficult for people who have neither related experience nor related degree to enter the quant industry. But you are right, I never know if I don't try.

Hi Eric:

Thanks for those informative links! I will take a look at them. In addition to guidance to enter finance industry, I am interested in hearing people who actually work in industry talking about their life as a quant and their perspective for their career.

jerome

[arsaryan]

The maze is too dark
or the maze is too bright..!!

But I have my dreams .....
safe in my sight.

The Sun has to rise
with all its lovely light...
or I'll bring in the Moon..for if it's a pitch dark night....

And 'll never accept a death
without a passionate fight.....!!!

......dedicated to all those of us who find themselves lost some where in this beautiful maze of Quantz..

[imfe]

Hi Everyone,

I will really appreciate some feedback regarding University of Toronto program. What are the job prospects in US/Canada/UK after finishing the program?

Also, since they don't require GMAT or GRE, what are my chances if I have a strong software background in addition to academic background in engineering and finance?

Thx.

[alain]

You will contact somebody in that program. We have no idea.

[Andy]

Hi imfe,
When I applied to Baruch mfe in 2006, Toronto was one of the most popular programs then. A lot of people talked about and applied there. I haven't heard or seen much discussion about it the last 2 years.
I guess U Toronto program falls out of fashion just like many thing in life. It's a good program and makes sense if you live in Canada and want to work there but with the number of competitive program in US (specially the NYC area), location is why most people choose to go to Baruch, nyu, Columbia, etc...all are close and known to Wall street.

[kenneth ho]

Hello everybody, i am the sophormore at Baruch College and majoring in Finance and Investment. I gonna take a MFE at Baruch,too. Please someone who knows how to prepare yourself success to attend this program in your undergraduate time tells me that.

[Tom Badgerlock]

Hi folks, I'm a mathematics graduate who wants to get into a good financial engineering/applied finance masters program. Hope to get some useful info here as well as contribute some of my own (if possible!).

Nice to meet all of you!

[monilkhare]

hey .. this is Monil from Delhi, India .. i found the community interesting .. joined! :)

[Allen]

Hello everyone,

My name is Allen and I'm new to Quantnet and I'd like to formally introduce myself. So, "Hello World".

[knguyen]

Hello,

I am a recent convert from CS. Currently in my first year PhD. I just took my GRE a few days ago, and hopefully I will be able to get in a good places even though it is a little late now :(

[KalMirza]

Hi All,

I've been hunting high and low on the web for information on starting a part-time phd program in fe. Basically i want to keep working and get a phd. sounds easy enough, but nothing, nada, until I found this site.
:smt024

Awesome posts. Interesting posts. Its bookmarked and now I've joined.

Hopefully I can find some good guidance here...:prayer:

Eric Fleming, I've been reading your posts all over the place and I like, any suggestions on part-time phd fe programs?

[Andy]

I don't think there is any part time phd program in fe. Most requires fulltime since Phd is academic not professional degree.
Do a search on "fe phd program". I posted a long list of those programs not long ago.

[Glebko]

Hello everyone!

My name is Gleb. I am a new applicant for FE. Applied for Fall 2008 and now sitting and waiting (biting my nails). I am looking forward to joining the quant community.

[evil]

hey I'm glad I found this forum.....my other method to finding other quants around the world was searching for "quantitative analyst" in facebook and adding anybody as friends who showed up on that list :)

Alright my name is George, pretty new to the quant field after studying physics and marketing majors in my undergraduate, realised I couldnt do really much with that, I enrolled into a masters in quantitative finance at university of technology, Sydney. .... Now i'm regretting I should of chosen a finance major...ah well

[randgen]

Hi everyone, I should be graduating this summer with a phd in engineering/applied math, and have been exploring opportunities in the financial sevices industry -- specifically, quant research. This community has been a great source of info. Thanks,

[Newcomer]

Hello everyone ..I am a new comer to the world of Quants, I just found about this field few days ago, and I think I found myself a new passion :-) besides Golf :-). I hope to see you all around the forum.

[chauraj]

Hi Folks,

I have been working long in the IT and for quite some year in the IB and now looking forward for the transition in the quant fields. Thanks for having such community.

[Iulian]

Hi all,
my name is Iulian and I work as a quant developer. I have 2 MSc and a PhD in applied math.

Iulian

[robertkh]

Hi everyone. My name is Robert and I'm near the end of my junior year working on a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. I found out about Financial Engineering not too long ago, and the more I read about it, the more intrigued I am.

[Dave]

Hello everyone, my name is Dave and I am currently studying FE myself up in Canada!

First of all my congratulations to the student body at Baruch for creating and maintaining such an active and informative forum...=D> motivates me to start one at my school.

I'm currently enrolled in a MA/FE program at York University/Schulich Business School and I did my undergrad in Engineering at the University of Waterloo. I'm thinking about writing the GRE this summer in order to apply to some MFE programs in the States (Baruch has definitely gotten my attention).

I'll be posting questions periodically, hope you can offer your inputs in the future!

[Chihhao Ma]

hi friends,

Thanks for my friends tim introduce me to this webside and also thank you all to give many advise.

Albert:D

[CKit]

Hello. I am just joined this forum. I am doing PhD in finance in US and my background is EE. I plan to focus on financial engineering/ risk management. I am also searching for internship and reading on the current good topics for my thesis. :)

[Denis Wang]

Hi,Folks.
My name is Denis,currently doing my MBA in US.I had my undergraduate degree in B.eng in industrial design.And I found the FE program right after I started my MBA program(Finance concentration).More I discovered about Financial engineering,More I felt that is somewhere which my strength and interest is.Since then I started preparing to apply MFE program.

So I will be the real quant after 2008.

It's really nice to be with people who share the same interests and dreams

[Steve Wilson]

Hi all. Brand new to this forum and MFE type stuff in general. Currently an actuary with one test left trying to figure out if I need more of a mathematical challenge in my life...

[stelios]

Hi everyone i'm Ibrahim,i'm currentl