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  1. Superbowl XLIII prediction?

    The last 6-7 minutes were the only ones I watched :)
  2. No, I live in NY :)

    No, I live in NY :)
  3. Google Chrome

    I like it so far, it feels better than FireFox but not as great as IE. I have noticed that it has Vista look even on my XP, so I have to get used to having that small title bar in Chrome vs. all others in XP :)
  4. Columbia MSOR Operations Research at Columbia University/Financial Engineering at Ann Arbor (Michigan)

    Interesting choice of schools. It is hard to give advice without knowing the details. There is a similar thread on the subject in this forum. Consider all sides of each school like courses, location, tuition etc. Also, I don't think Michigan's FE has higher weight among FE programs than...
  5. Minor in Applied Mathematics vs Minor in Mathematics

    You definitely need to take Multivariable Calculus, but Numerical Linear Algebra is a better preparation than (the regular) Linear Algebra. If you follow the applied track, you might get some exposure to programming in C++ or matlab (or whatever else they might teach), which is excellent. I...
  6. Minor in Applied Mathematics vs Minor in Mathematics

    It seems to me that Applied Math has the same courses but with the word "applied" in front. If I were you I would choose the applied track since it should have more applications, not just pure math.
  7. pHd vs MSFE

    And Ph.D. is harder to get. If you enter an MFE you are almost certain you'll get the degree, but it is not true for Ph.D.
  8. OR PhD and master's for FE

    By the way, many students from the IE department at UF concentrate in FE, feel very comfortable about it and don't really care about Physics. Their major area of research is CVaR.
  9. PhD required for Stat Arb / Energy Trading?

    I want to stress the option of Ph.D. vs. MFE. Its been discussed elsewhere in the forum that Ph.D. takes a lot of effort and leaves you with not much income for many years, and only those who really want it should pursue Ph.D. In your case with stats background, you might have to learn many...
  10. MS Quantitative Methods and Modeling at Zicklin or MA in Economics at Hunter College

    Regardless of your concentrationi at Stony Brook (I'm assuming it was CAM), QMM won't be of much use to you. If you did some OR or Stats, then you won't learn much. QMM might be good for you in case you just want to study "anywhere" to keep your visa status. Economics is a better choice...
  11. What type of quant jobs I may fit in better?

    Well, "hot" areas are not necessarily those that require stats background. If I were you, I would be searching for jobs that have keywords "stats" and "PhD" :).
  12. OR PhD and master's for FE

    Well, I'm not going to argue against usefulness of the above since I'm a STAT/OR major myself. What I would like to point out is the amount of "need" of these areas in FE. Yes, there are things that can be done using dynamic programming, but they don't even come close to the amout of PDEs used...
  13. OR PhD and master's for FE

    Do you mean the difference between OR and IE? It is hard to say :) Some people might say that OR is a subfield of IE.
  14. OR PhD and master's for FE

    First of all, those who do Ph.D. intend to work in the area of their concentration. That is, Physics Ph.D.s plan on doing something related to Physics after they graduate, and OR Ph.D.s plan on doing something reated to OR. The difference is that Physics Ph.D.s sometimes work as post-docs...
  15. Quantitative Interview questions and answers

    Knowing Andy, anything > 0 is impossible :)
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