<t>Warning - not much thought behind this response - just threw some numbers in a routine I use....and provided what appears upon review to be incoherent babble....I've seen descriptions for Faure using loop lengths based on a prime number equal to the dimension size, and based on the smallest prime...

<t>Courant is a better location from the perspective of being in the city with the corresponding access, but Princeton is a commute away (1 hour on the local train).I feel they are the two best programs in an overall sense. And Courant applied math is great (not necessarily known/appreciated outside...

MS commodities (well, specifically energies) pretty much rules that market.....

<t>Rohitb,You seem quite attached to the word "even"....anyways...Princeton's MFin is entitled a "finance" program, as opposed to a quant/computational/math/whatever degree, but it's directly comparable and covers the same material. I'm not familiar with your foundation for the 2 schools that one ca...

<t>Sorry - been away for awhile....QuoteDo you know if ORFE students can structure their program such that the courses mimic those of the MFin program? MFin students can take courses in Econ, ORF, as well as their own department. Do ORFE students have full access to those courses too? What about job...

True - mathfinance wasn't around for awhile. What specific questions do you have?

Unfortunately I have none, beyond what I may have already posted. No familiarity other than possibly cruising the website eons ago coupled with some stereotypical and rather uniformed view of the school in general.

Of course NYU, with Courant, is tier 1 - isn't their applied math considered just about at the top (along with MIT)?

Obviously not worth a discussion, but from my little (3 schools) experience and my overall lifelong assumption, the scales are generally 10 points north:90+ as A80-89 as B70-79 as C60-69 as D<60 as F

<t>QuoteTo MathFinance: I don't think a direct reading of the admission rates can tell you much about the competitiveness/rigor of a program.Didn't intend to convey that; rather, I was responding to someone stating that two specific schools were the best and..."the rest are all equivalent. They have...

<t>Historically, math finance was more difficult. A couple of years back, math finance accepted in the neighborhood of 10-15%, while FE was closer to 20-25%. But math finance has been growing in size, whereas FE was always large - this may be narrowing the gap (no idea). Also, FE might be more attra...

<t>CMU has some nice techonology employed in NYC, whereby you can interactively (not sure how smooth it is though) participate in the courses being taught remotely (i.e. ask questions, etc.). But there's (for me at least) a little lost watching a lecture happen on a screen versus actually sitting in...

<t>Quotemy mistake: the FE is indeed the one starting mid-summer; as for math finance, are you talking about the Master of Arts in Mathematics with Specialization in the Mathematics of Finance? I'm not familiar with Anglo-Saxon academic programs, so how does an MA compare with an MSc?Yes, that's the...

<t>Agreed with most of what Atlas23 stated, with a few additions/modifications:Columbia FE is within the engineering school, and isn't equivalent to a masters in statistics. The masters in math with a specialization in math finance (i.e. Columbia's math finance program) essentially competes with the...

<t>QuoteThe problem with Princeton is that it is far from the real business life. I know that it could sound silly, but I prefer an University close to the Financial World such that New York, Chicago or London and their respective Universities.Regarding distance with respect to theory versus practic...