Recent content by Andy Nguyen

Are you Italian? Unless you get into a top tier US program, I think European offers more stability over the US during this uncertain time.

Here are the list of 60 universities that get the letter from DOE about their funding cut. Not everyone has endowment the size of Columbia and it seems everyone is very afraid of the administration...

How is your applications process going?

Some of the nationality data is showing up on the Tracker. It already showing some trends. Members can set it in their profile once and it will show up in future application trackers. For existing trackers, they need to edit and update each one to reflect the data. Please DM me if you run into...

I have good news for you. https://quantnet.com/resources/columbia-university.2295/ Bad news is it happened 12 years ago.

As a rule of thumb, if you want to work in the US, go to the best programs program in the US. Same to the UK. It is impossible to do a program in Asia or UK and apply to the US jobs. US market for quant jobs is bigger than UK, Asia combined. Look at the Tracker to see profiles of people who get...

Have a game plan. Ideally, it should start 2 years before your intended enrollment date. Identify the programs, take the required courses, plan for GRE, take C++ and Python courses, build projects. Start looking at quant interview books, work on your applications, getting recommenders lined up...

6 admits out of 8. Congrats and thanks for sharing the results on the Tracker. It helps other members tremendously. My impression with NCSU and their good placement stat is that they turn its location disadvantage into an advantage by working closely with the regional employers in the...

The advantage of applying straight out of undergrad is that their math won't be rusty. The longer you stay in the work place, the more they resume you would not be able to keep up with the math. This is on you to prove otherwise. Some people take pre-MFE courses from Baruch and do well to show...

Hey @ecco Congrats on the admits. Please add these programs on the Tracker to share your timeline. Do you get admits elsewhere? I have some thoughts on your question but I want to see your Tracker to see your profile and what other programs you applied to.

You are going to limit your job options with Java. Please do yourself a favor and learn C++ and Python. For C++, be at least at the level of our advanced C++ course. https://quantnet.com/threads/how-quantnets-c-certificates-got-me-a-job-on-wall-street.33504/ For CS grads, unless they are from a...

First thing first, please add your admission to the Tracker. Thank you. You are going into one of the worst job market in recent years. Who knows what will happen in the next 2 years. There are some truth to what you hear specially if you read the reviews on QuantNet by recent grads. It's...

Given a lack of historical data on the conversion rate from the waitlist, it may be wise to take the best offer. Bird on one hand proverb comes to mind. Unless CMU gives you a decision by March 21, you are making decision based on historical data. CMU yield rate is around 60% meaning 40% of...

Programs outside of the US are not really focused on employment stats. Their stats are rarely updated. Overall, they don't have the infrastructure to collect, survey and tabulate the employment data. As a result, the salary data is very low quality. Here is the latest employment data for ETH...

Start with this https://quantnet.com/resources/categories/projects.9/