MS Finance - Quantitative Finance Track - U Buffalo

[PrakharT]

Hi all,

I have been accepted into MS in Quantitative Finance at U Buffalo. I really want to know about this program in terms of academia, placements and chances of internship... Please let me know about the program.. Thanks!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

I don't have any new reviews an outdated one
https://www.quantnet.com/threads/review-of-suny-buffalo-master-of-finance-program.9939/

 

[PrakharT]

Thanks Andy! Even in tracker, there's no Buffalo's name. Why is that so? I think, it should be added..

Can anybody help me in this regard?

 

[PrakharT]

@wayoung
@Azamat Bagatov
@Ken Abbott

Guys, can you help?

 

[Ken Abbott]

@wayoung
@Azamat Bagatov
@Ken Abbott

Guys, can you help?

I don't know anything about this program. Sorry.

 

[ygmwy]

@wayoung
@Azamat Bagatov
@Ken Abbott

Guys, can you help?

Sorry, I didn't even know they had such a program.

This is what they had on the website:

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I would give them a call, and post up your findings. But honestly, $20K annually is a lot to pay for a program that most of us never heard of. Chances are, if you get a job, it won't be in quant, or on Wall Street. That is a bad sign.

 

[Azamat Bagatov]

@wayoung
@Azamat Bagatov
@Ken Abbott

Guys, can you help?

You HAVE to get in touch with director of the program and current students there, get all your questions answered and have no doubts before you make a decision. Don't worry how that would look. Depending on how they handle your questions, you will know the scene there and how much they care.

 

[PrakharT]

@Ken Abbott - No problem!
@wayoung - I've applied to some other colleges as well but my mathematics grades are not good so, I am scared about my future. Even I know that Suny Buffalo is not that good in Quantitative Finance but still I applied because of my bad grades. If possible, can you please comment on https://www.quantnet.com/conversations/profile-evaluation.18258/
@Azamat Bagatov - I'll definitely do that but still it's really difficult to find their MSF group. Can you comment on https://www.quantnet.com/conversations/profile-evaluation.18258/

 

[Roshan]

Hi PrakharT
I got the acceptance from Buffalo for MS in Finance (Quantiative Finance Track) program.
I too have doubts regarding the curriculum of the course, placement and internship chances at Buffalo.

As you got acceptance 2 months back, did you find any info regarding these doubts?
If yes, please share with me. I am too confuse to take decision about Buffalo.

Only plus point I have is buffalo's cheap tuition and living expenses.

 

[ygmwy]

I'm sorry. I must have been unclear in that post. I never actually applied to Buffalo. I was just saying that the best place to find information might be by contacting Buffalo directly. I don't have any connections there, nor do I know anything about them. But that alone scares me. Many schools are realizing that quant programs are just a big cash cow, and thus, make programs that award degrees, but rarely yield jobs. I think Buffalo falls into this category.