MIT MFIN vs CU MSFE

[Bowenvan]

I am a fourth-year civil engineering student from Canada.
I got admitted to the master of finance program at MIT(12-month, kind of sad but life cannot give you everything) and the MSFE program at Columbia University.
I have been to both New York City and Boston. I love Boston way more than New York. I am from Vancouver, and I really appreciate the quietness and the sense of community.
After graduation, I want to work on global development, project management and resource allocation on infrastructure projects. I feel like that the MIT program is a better fit for me.
I can do some programming, but I prefer talking to people. I get talkative sometimes.
But most of my friends recommend the MSFE program from Columbia. According to them, it is a better program(I guess, for quant analyst?) Also, it seems that Columbia has a unparalleled placement record.

 

[volmacro]

After graduation, I want to work on global development, project management and resource allocation on infrastructure projects. I feel like that the MIT program is a better fit for me.

Seems like MIT would be a better fit if you're aiming to do something less quantitatively heavy after graduation. MIT's curriculum is more broad, kind of like a CFA program, and may be better suited to the more varied nature of the work you're interested in. Columbia's is way more focused on quant skills and placing quant positions. I also think MIT's program would have more clubs and courses focused on emerging markets, which would go along with your interest in global development.

 

[Bowenvan]

Seems like MIT would be a better fit if you're aiming to do something less quantitatively heavy after graduation. MIT's curriculum is more broad, kind of like a CFA program, and may be better suited to the more varied nature of the work you're interested in. Columbia's is way more focused on quant skills and placing quant positions. I also think MIT's program would have more clubs and courses focused on emerging markets, which would go along with your interest in global development.

Yes. That's exactly what I am thinking. I am trying to get in touch with MFin students at MIT, and talk to my professors.

 

[Rafael F]

Columbia Financial Engineering or Financial Economics?

 

[Bowenvan]

Columbia Financial Engineering or Financial Economics?

I got admitted into Financial Engineering. If it was Financial Economics, there would be no hesitation for me to go there.

 

[Rafael F]

I got admitted into Financial Engineering. If it was Financial Economics, there would be no hesitation for me to go there.

By "there" you mean Columbia right?

 

[Rafael F]

I am a fourth-year civil engineering student from Canada.
I got admitted to the master of finance program at MIT(12-month, kind of sad but life cannot give you everything) and the MSFE program at Columbia University.
I have been to both New York City and Boston. I love Boston way more than New York. I am from Vancouver, and I really appreciate the quietness and the sense of community.
After graduation, I want to work on global development, project management and resource allocation on infrastructure projects. I feel like that the MIT program is a better fit for me.
I can do some programming, but I prefer talking to people. I get talkative sometimes.
But most of my friends recommend the MSFE program from Columbia. According to them, it is a better program(I guess, for quant analyst?) Also, it seems that Columbia has a unparalleled placement record.

Where did you end up going?

 

[Bowenvan]

I am going to MIT.