USC MFE vs Poly MFE vs IIT MSMF

[LostCanvas]

Hi guys!
I could hardly make the choice among USC, Poly and IIT's programs, even though I've read a lot about them. My undergraduate major is computer science. EAGER to enter in quant field to work to live in US.

USC's MFE is relatively new without much reputation, also hard to find the job. Anyway, I think USC has the ability to make it a promising program, which could add weight to the program.

Poly has two sides comments, quite confusing. Being in NYC is a great advantage(or is it that great?), but Poly admits many students, which brings competition within them. Additionally, look at NYC outside Poly, graduates face cometitors from other TOP programs. All of these causes the program's future uncertain.
btw, the consolidation wouldn't likely contribute to the de facto improvement.

As far as IIT, I didn't do much research, taking it the same level as Poly.

Turn to quantnet for help. Thanks for any advice.

 

[diegosanaz]

I guess the first thing you need to do research on are placements. If you want to stay and live in the US that is the first stats you should be worried about. Second, what is your background and what are your interest? For example, I find IIT and Poly to be very different in the way that IIT is much more mathematical.

 

[LostCanvas]

I guess the first thing you need to do research on are placements. If you want to stay and live in the US that is the first stats you should be worried about. Second, what is your background and what are your interest? For example, I find IIT and Poly to be very different in the way that IIT is much more mathematical.

Firstly, thanks.
As I stated, my background is bachelor of computer science from the university in China. To me, both programming and mathematics are OK. It's kinda difficult to talk interest more specifically, but won't be a problem I think.

Placement is what really matters, and three programs are all not excellent enough to ensure that. So, could only try to get better understanding of them.

 

[Keith Tan]

you should be worried getting an admit to either any of these programs first.

 

[LostCanvas]

you should be worried getting an admit to either any of these programs first.

Do u mean these programs dont worth taking, just a waste of time and money? But sadly, that's all I've got at present and I once thought whether they worth.
Thanks anyway.

 

[Keith Tan]

no. these programs are highly competitive and it is not easy to get an admit from any of these schools. my advice is to get an admit first then spend your time researching which will be the best to suit your career goals.

 

[LostCanvas]

no. these programs are highly competitive and it is not easy to get an admit from any of these schools. my advice is to get an admit first then spend your time researching which will be the best to suit your career goals.

oohh, sorry for not making it clear that I've got admitted by them.

 

[diegosanaz]

Very good. Congrats. So you should be investigating what kind of career services they offer students and their placement stats. From what I understand, NYU Poly has a bigger class, so maybe career services are not of the best quality (this is just a guess though). Good luck with your decision, if I come across any usefull information I´ll make sure to post it here.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

They are 3 different locations, so keep this in mind and think about where you want to start your career.

 

[Keith Tan]

Congrats! IIT is right in downtown Chicago. So it's up to you - NY or Chicago. Not forgetting besides NY quant shops in NYC, there are also some located in NJ and CT stamford. Proximity to Boston as well.

 

[LostCanvas]

Thanks you all!
To be frank, I'm partial to USC at present, not much reasonable.
Thinking of three different places, CA is the worst and probably I'll have to migrate to east for jobs. Chicago and NY are both good. In other words, it depends on me cuz there're too many uncertains and varibles to determine which is best(even better).
In addition, how much would my programming background do help in my quant career, concerning different places?