<t>2 of my friends got admitted into top UNIs' PhD programs.One is bsc actuarial science studentpassed 6 SOA exams before graduationGPA of 3.8(first Hons)4 letters of recommendation(one is from the dean)GRE maths subject,97-98 percentiles(not very sure, at least 97)<<go to HarvardThe other one is Bs...

<t>I 'm about to have my GRE maths subjectI use Cracking the GRE Math Test as above-mentionedIs 910 considered full mark?(one of my friends got 910, I initially thought 890 was the best score.One of my friends got 870 and was admitted to Harvard PhD programMay I ask a question, how important is the ...

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quant=> exotic derivatives trader

<t>UST's BSc in QF housed in the B-School is getting its first or second batches of gradates this year,<true, it's master's programme housed in the math dept hasn't even started the first semester yet....<also true Not many from cityu's undergraduate FE got quant jobs bc the overall school reputatio...

DY is absolutely right That is what is happening in HKpeople are pushed to study CFA, FRM, master and PhDeveryone wants to get into ibankI guess people want to try their luck....even bachelor of arts graduates....There is nothing to lose btw, there are not many quants in HK...

<t>I think HK quants are not underpaid..A friend of mine studied hku actuarial science and graduated in 2004He didn't pursue his career in insurance industryHis starting salary was 100K usd (2004) ( worked for an insurance company and felt underpaid ,then switched to UBS as a junior quant)but of coz...

I 'm not saying there are only 3 open positions in total in hk each year. I mean the ibank I mentioned only.

<t>I was told there were 5000 applicants for 3 quant positions, only 50 out of 5000 secured an interview and 3 were hired ,all are PhDsthe market is really competitive, u know. Chinese University and UST offer Bsc quantitative finance, HKU, UST, CITYU offer mfeeven actuarial science students look at...

CMU and NYU?It seems to me that their masters cover everything we need to know

I wonder why some FE students are Phd in ecomomics, finance....what do u think?thx

<t>I 'm studying at macquarie(UG) ...I 'm about to graduate and certainly wouldn't do my Master at macqaurieMacquarie is good, it is just that they don't offer quantitative financeHigh school maths is certainly not enough for financial maths, even for the most basic courses...In my first year, we ha...

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I have basic c++ knowledge, like quick sort, overload, class, linked listbut I haven't used c++ for a few years....I want to brush up my c++, learning from the very beginning...any texts for c++ for beginners and pricing derivatives?thx in advance