You have got to know why you study, for money or for fun. If you study for fun, be sure you can afford it.If you study for money be sure the university is worth it.

What would you choose between the 3 following offers all based in NYC, all 3 are as risk analyst with similar starting package:1. Cantor Fidgerald2. Citigroup3. MarkitThank you

Why would you be interested in Belgium?

Hey Jimmy,Thanks for your opinion. It is funny as the job offer i got is derivative pricing quant while i might get a more glamourous job as a research quant.

Let's say first offer is USD 100K and better offer is 120K.

Would you take a first very good offer or decline and keep searching for a better offer you know you can get but that could take 8 more weeks to find?Give your opinion please.

Go MBA if you want to be a manager, go MFE if you want to be a quant.I have a friend who chose MBA over MFE, now he is a successful manager but desperate for more quant content which is what he really likes.I chose MFE over MBA because I don't want to waste my life doing what I don't like.

Hi Can someone please relate me his experience with Grady Levkov.Thank you

<t>Hi SergeI am sure your math background is enough to get you into the best US quant programs if you can show that you had excellent grades in your quantitative class. I don't think the PRM and MS in actuaries are necessary to get a good quant position or to get into a US quant program although the...

<t>I got the UChicago offer but also got into CMU and Columbia MAFN for fall 2005.Friends are trying to convince me to deny the UChicago offer to join them at CMU or Columbia.They say Columbia is a no brainer because it has Karatzas, it is Ivy League and is in NYC.Or they say CMU is no-brainer brain...

I got accepted today by email. Good luck everyone!Freelancer

<t>In your situation, I would personally accept the CMU offer. (I also received the CMU offer but I chose to attend Uchicago) Life is too short, you don't have to waste your time working for a stupid manager. With your MS degree, you won't ever need to brownnose or bullshit to get the position you w...

Great! I think I will take the optional C++ class. How many full-time students are accepted every year? How many speakers come to UChicago every year?Faculty is brillant, but does it teach well? Or must you mainly learn everything by yourself in the textbooks?

<t>I am also a finance major from a business school, I look forward to learning a lot from the highly mathematical curriculum of UChicago. I just wondered if the theoretical aspect of UChicago would be considered as an advantage or an inconvenient for recruiting companies? How practical is the UChic...

<t>Talking about big names, how would you rank the following universities in terms of reputation only?Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)Columbia University (CU)New York University (NYU)University of Chicago (UChicago)How would you rank these same universities in terms of their respective finmath progr...