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by attentive
June 2nd, 2004, 6:32 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Final Round Interview OPTIVER
Replies: 6
Views: 195586

Final Round Interview OPTIVER

<t>Vijaypotukuchi, don't get discouraged. I think 9827579 was just suggesting you to search for existing threads.Hmm, I just did that and in fact I could not find anything about final round interview with OPTIVER. Existing threads were just discussing about the tests. So, I think your thread is vali...
by attentive
May 31st, 2004, 8:36 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: A visit to NYU & Columbia – My Impressions
Replies: 101
Views: 203186

A visit to NYU & Columbia – My Impressions

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: Cellbschool tuition comes to 100K for 4 semesters.I am not sure your calculation method is but you seemed to imply that their tuition is around $25K/semester.If understand correctly, the right number is $16K/semester (<URL url="http://www-1.gsb.columbia.edu/students/tui...
by attentive
May 25th, 2004, 6:36 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: A visit to NYU & Columbia – My Impressions
Replies: 101
Views: 203186

A visit to NYU & Columbia – My Impressions

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: krystle920Btw, what do you mean by not getting priority in other things? What are these other things?One example: let's review past topics regarding career centers at Columbia MFE as well as other FE/FinMath programs and try to assess whether their approach has been as ...
by attentive
May 24th, 2004, 3:24 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: A visit to NYU & Columbia – My Impressions
Replies: 101
Views: 203186

A visit to NYU & Columbia – My Impressions

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Cell> I met some people from Columbia MBA and it was easy for them to get housing. Do you think the bottleneck is with SEAS and not UAH? Your suspicions are correct. Actually, it's not even SEAS, it's IEOR. UAH assigns limited housing to each division of every school, I...
by attentive
April 28th, 2004, 1:34 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: How does a PhD engineer transition into quantitative finance?
Replies: 1
Views: 189486

How does a PhD engineer transition into quantitative finance?

<r>I think you can get some good advice from DrNo (<URL url="http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=16&threadid=16289"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm? ... adid=16289">http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=16&threadid=16289</LINK_TEXT></URL>). He is appar...
by attentive
April 26th, 2004, 5:44 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Please any help..... Hull Papers
Replies: 2
Views: 189691

Please any help..... Hull Papers

This looks like the the first one you're looking for:http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~amackay/ ... TREE1a.pdf
by attentive
April 26th, 2004, 4:36 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Columbia MSFE update
Replies: 31
Views: 193974

Columbia MSFE update

krystle920, I also received the admission decision through email. Probably you should contact Tiffany Simon to find out the status of your application. It's possible that you are on the wait list.
by attentive
April 26th, 2004, 3:35 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Columbia MSFE update
Replies: 31
Views: 193974

Columbia MSFE update

krystle920, I also received the admission decision through email. Probably you should contact Tiffany Simon to find out the status of your application. It's possible that you are on the wait list.
by attentive
April 26th, 2004, 12:57 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Conell V.S. CMU
Replies: 17
Views: 192410

Conell V.S. CMU

<t>Quote... oddly enough, have never met or heard from anyone who did MIT's program, maybe because they all end up doing a PhD ...As far as I know, there is no separate Fin Engr/ Math program at MIT. Their program is a specialization/ option for an MBA program (one must be an MBA student there in or...
by attentive
April 22nd, 2004, 9:40 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Columbia vs Cornell MFE
Replies: 7
Views: 190278

Columbia vs Cornell MFE

<t>zilch: I have not made my final decision. I just do not think that I can make a fair judgment considering so little that I know about Cornell. My knowledge about Cornell from published articles, web sites, and rumors is just skin-deep. I would be more confident if I can get more insider insights ...
by attentive
April 22nd, 2004, 7:21 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: U of Chicago Financial Mathematics
Replies: 8
Views: 190511

U of Chicago Financial Mathematics

<r>Ahnjoong, you should find the following page interesting. He is an alumnus of UofC's FinMath. The following page documents the common questions (and corresponding responses) that he got from applicants.<URL url="http://finmath.uchicago.edu/~dennis1/questions.htmlIn">http://finmath.uchicago.edu/~d...
by attentive
April 21st, 2004, 9:15 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Columbia vs Cornell MFE
Replies: 7
Views: 190278

Columbia vs Cornell MFE

<r>... also, in several articles Cornell MFE is often mentioned to have a tight relationship with CTC Manhattan (<URL url="http://www.ctc-manhattan.com/">http://www.ctc-manhattan.com/</URL>), a research group that provides large scale financial solutions to businesses. If this were true, meaning Cor...
by attentive
April 21st, 2004, 8:18 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Columbia vs Cornell MFE
Replies: 7
Views: 190278

Columbia vs Cornell MFE

<t>zilch: Have you decided anything yet? I am also in the same position. I don't know how much these programs differ in terms of placements. I am hoping anyone can shed some lights on this matter. With so few Cornell-related topics in this forum, I started to think that placement isn't necessarily C...