Tan
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Hi Quantnet, I am from Vietnam, I am recently received a BA of Banking and Finance but I'm desperately want to become a Quant.
Here are some of my background information:
- Bachelor of Banking and Finance, 2012, GPA 6.9/10 (It's not because I'm dumb but because I didn't pay attention to many dumb subjects in my program such as Marxism, Leninism, Law etc....)
- Passed level 1 of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Exam in December 2012, with all subjects achieved more than 70% (I take this exam to offset for my weakness in GPA).
- TOEFL iBT 93, 2012.
- Related to Math: 2 gold medals in Vietnam Mathematical Olympiad when I was in high school (2006 & 2007). Main contributor and editor of “Olympiad Inequalities: Ideas and Tricks”, Intuitive Mathematics Press, the book was published in Canada in 2009.
- Based on what I learned from Quantnet, I have read a few books of Quant (“Option, Futures,….” Of John C.Hull, “A primer for the mathematics….” Of Dan Stefanica). Although I have written a few code of optimizing stock portfolio in MATLAB myself, I haven't taken up any serious programming till now.
My main question is, what the next steps will be to participate in good MFE program, should I
a) Spending another 3-4 years to pursue Applied Math/Computer Science in US College, and then apply for MFE later (2 more years), this is a costly decision for me.
b) Working as a financial analyst for a few years and as the same time taking GRE & teaching myself some programming and math stuff, and then apply for MFE program in in some university in Asia (based on Quantnet Guide, I currently aim for Nanyang Technological University or University of Chicago’s Singapore Campus) . But since GRE is the only relate-to-math certificate that I’ll get, will it be enough to be accepted in MFE program? If not, then what should I do……
Here are some of my background information:
- Bachelor of Banking and Finance, 2012, GPA 6.9/10 (It's not because I'm dumb but because I didn't pay attention to many dumb subjects in my program such as Marxism, Leninism, Law etc....)
- Passed level 1 of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Exam in December 2012, with all subjects achieved more than 70% (I take this exam to offset for my weakness in GPA).
- TOEFL iBT 93, 2012.
- Related to Math: 2 gold medals in Vietnam Mathematical Olympiad when I was in high school (2006 & 2007). Main contributor and editor of “Olympiad Inequalities: Ideas and Tricks”, Intuitive Mathematics Press, the book was published in Canada in 2009.
- Based on what I learned from Quantnet, I have read a few books of Quant (“Option, Futures,….” Of John C.Hull, “A primer for the mathematics….” Of Dan Stefanica). Although I have written a few code of optimizing stock portfolio in MATLAB myself, I haven't taken up any serious programming till now.
My main question is, what the next steps will be to participate in good MFE program, should I
a) Spending another 3-4 years to pursue Applied Math/Computer Science in US College, and then apply for MFE later (2 more years), this is a costly decision for me.
b) Working as a financial analyst for a few years and as the same time taking GRE & teaching myself some programming and math stuff, and then apply for MFE program in in some university in Asia (based on Quantnet Guide, I currently aim for Nanyang Technological University or University of Chicago’s Singapore Campus) . But since GRE is the only relate-to-math certificate that I’ll get, will it be enough to be accepted in MFE program? If not, then what should I do……