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by ckelvin
December 18th, 2007, 8:44 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: MFE programs and comparison
Replies: 45
Views: 72789

MFE programs and comparison

QuoteWhat is your problem ?Freedom of speech. You can't just take your experience studying PRMIA as a standard of learning experience vs actual university learning process.
by ckelvin
December 18th, 2007, 2:27 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: MFE programs and comparison
Replies: 45
Views: 72789

MFE programs and comparison

<t>I agreed with you. This is just a general discussion. It is not fair to claim that which school/department/uni is not good in teaching. It is all about individual experience. Of course, we do not expect a lectuer to spoon feeding us. Also, some good distance learning programs like 7City and ...an...
by ckelvin
December 18th, 2007, 2:02 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: MFE programs and comparison
Replies: 45
Views: 72789

MFE programs and comparison

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeQuoteOriginally posted by: ckelvinMy emphasis is that teaching quality is very important from all aspects in the academic world, at least to all students. Again, not every subject students can spend their 90% time on their own. They will drown and die...And why...
by ckelvin
December 17th, 2007, 8:23 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: MFE programs and comparison
Replies: 45
Views: 72789

MFE programs and comparison

<t>Folks, I do not want to spark any debate here. we constantly get distracted from off topic of the forum.My emphasis is that teaching quality is very important from all aspects in the academic world, at least to all students. Again, not every subject students can spend their 90% time on their own....
by ckelvin
December 17th, 2007, 8:17 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: MFE programs and comparison
Replies: 45
Views: 72789

MFE programs and comparison

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeQuoteOriginally posted by: ckelvinQuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCSince I do not know which university has the best teaching staff so I would go to a school that has a brand, in this case most of us go to the well known schools.90% of learning comes from what yo...
by ckelvin
December 17th, 2007, 2:18 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: MFE programs and comparison
Replies: 45
Views: 72789

MFE programs and comparison

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCOne cannot entirely separate the growth of their brand value from that of their students.If somewhere is seen as good, then its alumni will do well. Also a well known school will have fiercer competition to get in, leading to a virtuous circle.It is certainly the ca...
by ckelvin
December 16th, 2007, 1:40 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: OpenQuant
Replies: 2
Views: 67882

OpenQuant

Any comment about OpenQuant? A trading platform using C#.
by ckelvin
December 16th, 2007, 12:43 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: MFE programs and comparison
Replies: 45
Views: 72789

MFE programs and comparison

<t>I have yet to form a hard opinion on ETH for MFE.Certainly it is not a bad place, and the alumni I've spoken to seem rather better than average, but it is not on my "top" list because of my own ignorance in detail about the course.>> If ETH Advanced studies in Finance is not good enough, do you h...
by ckelvin
June 26th, 2007, 9:13 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Master of Financial Mathematics - UNSW
Replies: 6
Views: 88600

Master of Financial Mathematics - UNSW

PM me.
by ckelvin
May 1st, 2007, 12:39 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: undergraduate financial mathematics vs MFE
Replies: 38
Views: 77870

undergraduate financial mathematics vs MFE

<t>I totally agreed. I posted some second year undergraduate questions to MFE students. They couldn't answer.If you ask me the probability, I would say more than 0.5.QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesQuoteOriginally posted by: LTrain2. My finmath degree (UC) was wayy beyond anything I could have...
by ckelvin
May 1st, 2007, 12:39 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: undergraduate financial mathematics vs MFE
Replies: 38
Views: 77870

undergraduate financial mathematics vs MFE

<t>I totally agreed. I posted some second year undergraduate questions to MFE students. They couldn't answer.If you ask my the probability, I would say more than 0.5.QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesQuoteOriginally posted by: LTrain2. My finmath degree (UC) was wayy beyond anything I could have...
by ckelvin
April 26th, 2007, 5:04 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: undergraduate financial mathematics vs MFE
Replies: 38
Views: 77870

undergraduate financial mathematics vs MFE

Frankly speaking, most of the required components of FE are undergraduate second year subjects. How much can one learn in year if you do not possess strong math background?I think undergraduate FE or FinMath graduates will flood the market in TIME.
by ckelvin
April 17th, 2007, 11:17 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: undergraduate financial mathematics vs MFE
Replies: 38
Views: 77870

undergraduate financial mathematics vs MFE

Many universities started to offer undergraduate financial mathematic majors. Will it impact on MFE?
by ckelvin
March 13th, 2007, 1:54 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: certificate in c++ programming
Replies: 7
Views: 78249

certificate in c++ programming

Anybody know any good certificate in c++ programming course out there?Thx.
by ckelvin
February 27th, 2007, 8:57 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Early 40s too old to become quant?
Replies: 66
Views: 87063

Early 40s too old to become quant?

QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeQuoteEarly 40s too old to become quant?Yes.All 40++ quants have to resign now...it is too old for them.
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