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It's ridiculous how off-topic this thread is... Denis reminds me of my 10-year old self when I thought Einstein was magnitudes greater in achievement than any other scientist ever born. Re: languages, CANTONESE IS NOT NEEDED, even in Hong Kong, unless you're planning to do something extremely...

Thanks billy. Assuming that the employers in Asia on average have no idea what Baruch is, I guess I have to think really hard about where to work for the 2-3 years following MFE and the chances of getting into a good firm to do cool stuff

Re: recognition outside the NY region (particularly Asia) how much will the school matter assuming one has 2-3 years of relevant working exp?

I am extremely interested in attending the Baruch MFE program, and have applied to the following schools' MFE/MFin/MSCF programs: Baruch, MIT, CMU, Columbia, NYU, Cornell I would like to ask if my reasoning to attend Baruch has any flaws (eg in the facts), given the hypothetical situation...

awesome video! thanks for linking

Can you list the main topics of your math courses? 2 years vs 2 summers of research experience are completely different =D Yes, UofT MMF favors fresh undergrads, because they still remember their math.

As I'm learning C++ I want to start developing stand-alone apps with GUI and everything. As the title states, is there a standard OS in industry?

roni: I'm not sure about 'C++ How to Program', but I've read Walter Savitch's Problem Solving with Java I believe and he's pretty straightforward, hence I'm sticking to the same author. Connor: You mentioned trying to implement financial applications after going through Absolute C++ to...

Hi, I'm learning C++ on my own and at the moment I'm going through Absolute C++ written by Walter Savitch (one of the C++ books recommended on the Master Reading List). I've done some Java before, so I'd say around half of the book looks pretty familiar and I am assuming with some persistence I...

@goodstudent: hey thanks for the advice, i looked at your profile and ours indeed concur a lot in the quantitative parts. Do you have any suggestions on how to go about brushing up programming? Many programming books I've attempted to go through just seem impenetrable not because of the...

Hi everyone, I'm a long time reader but first time poster. This coming fall, I will be applying to all of the top 10 schools rated in 2009 QuantNetwork Ranking, with particular interest in MFin @ Princeton, MSFE @ Columbia, and MSCF @ CMU. Education Bachelor of Math, expected April 2011, Univ...

Hi, I'm currently enrolled in the Pure Math/Finance program at University of Waterloo http://www.ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/0708/MATH/pure_math.html and I'm graduating in April 2011. I'm interested in working in the Global Markets divisions of banks, so I am thinking of applying to the MFE...