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Surprised to see that people are complaining of bias. According to Baruch's materials, they are winning trading competitions repeatedly. IAQF competition (1st in 2016, 2015, 2nd in 2013), the RITC trading competition (1st place in 2016 and 2012, 3rd place in 2013 and 2011, 4th place in 2014)...

They dont need to shift to other locations, likely handle this by structuring into a management company advising multiple hedge funds under that threshold

Another stereotype. An MBA is not going to stop us from doing what we want to do. I did bump into a few PhD's who had anti-MBA bias. Some were convinced and worked with me and I lost few battles :)

Certainly interested. Early december is filling in fast though, with all the holiday parties. I second the grand central location.

A line similar to this appears on most PhD programs I browsed through: "The program aims to train scholars who go on to conduct original research as faculty members of leading global institutions." It is interesting that these guys are not interested in catering to practitioners. What are...

Congratulations on your progress sofar. I would encourage you to try for an internship on a trading floor for next summer, to get a better understanding of the landscape. I see that you are already thinking ahead in terms of MFE and PhD, so an internship should expose you to enough mentoring...

Good points, GoIllini. I went through engg undergrad myself, and I understand the approach. If there is enough evidence of this, then I would go with it. In my experience, I noticed that Banks, Hedge Funds and PE companies are clustered around NY area and few Quant/Prop trading firms around...

Couple of points to consider: 1. A P&L generating role can be more financially rewarding than a risk-control function 2. An execution role on broker side might give you more understanding of market-micro structure to help you develop your own models for later 3. If you eventually want to trade...

UT Austin ahead of UPenn? I did not go to either school, but I think you are ignoring the brand value of UPenn out of the equation. Especially, if you want to be in financial services, the network from UPenn should help you a lot more than UTAustin or Ga-Tech, dont you think?

I am not sure how recommendations help, but having a profile with clear branding helps recruiters and smaller companies (small Hedge Funds / PE shops / prop trading firms) find you quickly. Also, linked-in is a good tool to keep uptodate with your secondary network. I did hear about few...