QuoteOriginally posted by: mitWhat is LWU anyways? part of waterloo?it's in waterloo and right next to u of waterloo but it's a separate university

QuoteThey changed the name in 1973 and picked wilfrid laurier so they could keep the same initials(and isn't wilfred a girl's name ? changing the "e" to "i" doesn't make it any less gay)Now you are making fun of one of the founding fathers of the great white north! FYI, wilfrid laurier is also the guy on the C$5 bill, which is worth a lot more now than it used to be ...my 2 pennies

QuoteIt is one of the easier schools to get into, not known for having strong admissions standards.Yes, I am starting to doubt my decision to choose WLU over Waterloo. I've been able to ride off the coattails of the business program which seems to regarded by some to be a good degree (have no idea why) on Bay St.It could be worse, though. My first co-op term was with TD Securities, Interest Rate Derivatives, BO. My second one will (hopefully) be with Deustche Bank, FO traders assistant working with derivative valuation. So not bad in that regard.QuoteHow is the WLU's job placement record? Very new graduate program, don't think its even had a graduating class yet. As undergrad program, not good it seems. The first class is about to graduate. Problem is, I think most people have no idea about quantitative finance when they are in high school. My belief is that most people got in because they liked math, but wanted to make money, lol. Only a bunch have a real desire to be part of the finance world, even less for the quantitative finance world. odd.I think for the first year, 10-15 people are in the program between the two years. A few (3-4) are going on to graduate work to actually become hard-core quants. The rest seem to struggling, especially since most, unlike myself, have no co-op experience and are pretty clueless about the finance industry in general. A shame really.As I said, I'd keep it in mind as a possible backup to the other great masters program since they can be competitive.

QuoteOriginally posted by: danfcookQuoteIt is one of the easier schools to get into, not known for having strong admissions standards.Yes, I am starting to doubt my decision to choose WLU over Waterloo. I've been able to ride off the coattails of the business program which seems to regarded by some to be a good degree (have no idea why) on Bay St.It could be worse, though. My first co-op term was with TD Securities, Interest Rate Derivatives, BO. My second one will (hopefully) be with Deustche Bank, FO traders assistant working with derivative valuation. So not bad in that regard..that's pretty good. Does DB have a floor in the big white?

QuoteOriginally posted by: danfcookQuoteIt is one of the easier schools to get into, not known for having strong admissions standards.Yes, I am starting to doubt my decision to choose WLU over Waterloo. I've been able to ride off the coattails of the business program which seems to regarded by some to be a good degree (have no idea why) on Bay St.It could be worse, though. My first co-op term was with TD Securities, Interest Rate Derivatives, BO. My second one will (hopefully) be with Deustche Bank, FO traders assistant working with derivative valuation. So not bad in that regard.QuoteHow is the WLU's job placement record? Very new graduate program, don't think its even had a graduating class yet. As undergrad program, not good it seems. The first class is about to graduate. Problem is, I think most people have no idea about quantitative finance when they are in high school. My belief is that most people got in because they liked math, but wanted to make money, lol. Only a bunch have a real desire to be part of the finance world, even less for the quantitative finance world. odd.I think for the first year, 10-15 people are in the program between the two years. A few (3-4) are going on to graduate work to actually become hard-core quants. The rest seem to struggling, especially since most, unlike myself, have no co-op experience and are pretty clueless about the finance industry in general. A shame really.As I said, I'd keep it in mind as a possible backup to the other great masters program since they can be competitive.I heard at least some of people in Waterloo's master program can not get internships. However WLU's undergraduate students can get internships in DB's trading floor. I am pretty sure Waterloo's students are smart with good trainig in quantitative finance than WLU's students. Life is UNFAIR.

QuoteOriginally posted by: akimonFYI, wilfrid laurier is also the guy on the C$5 bill, which is worth a lot more now than it used to be ...C$6 ?

Being a current undergrad in the Math faculty of Waterloo, I have never even heard of a quant-fin program at Laurier. And how you land sweet jobs like that will most likely be the b-school's connection more than anything. If you couldn't get into UW for undergrad math, I'm surprised you'd be a math-guy in the first place! Surprisingly though, a lot of the quant/risk/trading jobs available on Waterloo job boards are taken by the engineers. Us mathies are left to take CS jobs, or take an alternative and become an actuary...

QuoteOriginally posted by: Quantabe: If you couldn't get into UW for undergrad math, Not to start a ego fight, but I was accepted to UW math program with co-op (along with the other major math schools in SW), like I said in my previous post. I guess my reasons for choosing the financial math program was that I was equally as interested in finance as I was math and getting just a math degree only accomplished half of my goals.But I am surpised you didn't walk down the street when Dr. Scholes came to speak to us this year: News ReleaseI actually trained a UW student in my past work term though; she was coming in to take my spot: TD Securities Interest Rate Derivatives Operations. She might have been one of the first to come from UW too as they are not even listed on TD Securities Recruitment Calendar . I think as the importance of math comes into play in all areas of finance though, employers will be looking more towards math-based schools for not only quant, but many a variety of positions. UW could gain popularity very quickly on Bay St.

QuoteOriginally posted by: danfcookTD Securities Recruitment Calendar . I've got a complaint for you to pass along to your IT guys.When you click on "recruitment calendar" on that link, it opens up one of the worst sorts of pop ups where the toolbar is hidden as it's above the top of the screen so you can't close the darn thing.They need to fix it.

I believe we share some similarities. I was drawn towards finance (but that was when I was in 1st yr undergrad in Actuarial Science), and to be honest my academics hasn't helped much in terms of financial mathematics. Then again, neither do the engineers and as long as you're smart/talented things eventually work out nicely.And I was not informed of the speech at all, but mostly because I was on a co-op term in Toronto Personally, I know a LOT of people working at TD from UW. But they hire year-round and not just for summer, so maybe thats why we're not on the calendar because its a given? I actually landed a few interviews this term with TD Securities (one as Equity Trading Assistant, the other as Analyst-Credit Derivatives); In fact, I applied to your job as well but I got rejected. I opted to return to my insurance firm in the Corp Investments department and won't be going downtown Bay St this summer. Its not a direct lead to trading career, but at least it'd keep my options open for graduation.As from what I've seen, a LOT of firms are taking note of our math/eng nerds. Maybe it'll bring up the rep of your school too So where will you be heading for the summer?

okok, so conclusion is waterloo is the centre of the cosmo

Only for nerds

and for those who like to spend their time in the cow town