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Hello Quantnet People,
My name is Donny, a junior math major. Last semester was a career discovery process for me. I took 4 classes, attended careers fair, read tons of forums and articles, and I've made up my mind: I want to be a Quant ideally after my Undergrad. Be it the money, the utilization of math, the coolness, I'm making an inform decision. I DON'T want M&A, Private Equity, Wealth Management, I WANT quant.
So here I am humbly seeking the honest opinion of those helpful advisors in this forum. Here is where I stand.
Math / CompSci major from top 10 USnews.com school. (Not MIT, Stanford, Harvard).
3.47 GPA, Math about there. CompSci a little higher. (Yeah, I know this is the worst part).
Internationally recognized website teaching math.
Only a 2010 Math Modeling Contest Honorable Mention.
One summer internship involving Algorithmic trading, based in Singapore (but not too advance).
The academic stuff which I know won't show up on resume: A dozen or so Grad level classes: I know Stochastic Classes, Asymptotic Analysis, Functional Analysis, Distributed Algorithms and Quantum Information.
I would say intermediate C++, Matlab and Java. I can multithread.
I have three semesters to bring up resume up to par and I always have this impression that these Quants are always something special, Putnam winners, 3.8+ people, worked at technological firms Google and Apple. In fact, I recall once a picture Quantnet.com put up showcasing the ideal Quant. Well, I'm none of that. So as it stands, I'm far from that league and my possible options: 1. Improve GPA, 2. Enter the end of year math competition, 3. Write an iPhone App and 4. Mysteriously get an Erdos number of 4.
Given the parameters of the problem: What is it that I can do? I am sure of this though: I'm ready to put in all my effort in this one shot and that means no girls, no alcohol, damn no Facebook but occasional Starcraft 2.
My name is Donny, a junior math major. Last semester was a career discovery process for me. I took 4 classes, attended careers fair, read tons of forums and articles, and I've made up my mind: I want to be a Quant ideally after my Undergrad. Be it the money, the utilization of math, the coolness, I'm making an inform decision. I DON'T want M&A, Private Equity, Wealth Management, I WANT quant.
So here I am humbly seeking the honest opinion of those helpful advisors in this forum. Here is where I stand.
Math / CompSci major from top 10 USnews.com school. (Not MIT, Stanford, Harvard).
3.47 GPA, Math about there. CompSci a little higher. (Yeah, I know this is the worst part).
Internationally recognized website teaching math.
Only a 2010 Math Modeling Contest Honorable Mention.
One summer internship involving Algorithmic trading, based in Singapore (but not too advance).
The academic stuff which I know won't show up on resume: A dozen or so Grad level classes: I know Stochastic Classes, Asymptotic Analysis, Functional Analysis, Distributed Algorithms and Quantum Information.
I would say intermediate C++, Matlab and Java. I can multithread.
I have three semesters to bring up resume up to par and I always have this impression that these Quants are always something special, Putnam winners, 3.8+ people, worked at technological firms Google and Apple. In fact, I recall once a picture Quantnet.com put up showcasing the ideal Quant. Well, I'm none of that. So as it stands, I'm far from that league and my possible options: 1. Improve GPA, 2. Enter the end of year math competition, 3. Write an iPhone App and 4. Mysteriously get an Erdos number of 4.
Given the parameters of the problem: What is it that I can do? I am sure of this though: I'm ready to put in all my effort in this one shot and that means no girls, no alcohol, damn no Facebook but occasional Starcraft 2.