diegosanaz
BU MSMF
- Joined
- 9/3/12
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Yes, I am a recent grad form the program (just finished coursework last month).
Proximity to a financial city is great for networking. But to be honest, most of the times I preferred to do informational interviewing over the phone to not cast too much of a nuisance in the interviewee.
I have to add, I did have at the first semester doubts about the program. If you go deep enough into my postings at QuantNet, you will see that during my first semester at BU I applied to Columbia MA in Stats and got admitted. I decided to stay at BU and I do not regret my decision. I had great experiences with professors. For instance, I would be multiple times over 30 min with a professor in his office to discuss a project. One professor, Andrew Lyassoff, sometimes would give extra lectures to review some of the content during Fridays and Saturdays if he felt the students were not following the lectures (yes, his course is very very hard). Of course, there are many points in which the program could be better, but be sure that it will only be as good as the dedication you put into it.
I would be happy to answer any private messages for any question.
I would not go as far as to say that is a maker or breaker, but prior experience and networking means a great dealThe program has a decent reputation in the industry but your prior experiences, networking matter a lot (in fact this is the maker or breaker when it comes to placement)
On the good side, the program director will make anything to get you placed if you go to his office and ask. Once I came to his office about a job posting I found online that I wanted, he made a phone call and got me the interview (I tried this one second time, but did not get as lucky). However, there is not a lot of active recruiting from companies on campus, so the career fair is not great. Getting an internship I would say it is harder than getting a job. Again, I might be biased in my view on this matter since I was a student that already had very relevant work experience.If possible , can you please throw some light on how effective the career service at BU is?
Proximity to a financial city is great for networking. But to be honest, most of the times I preferred to do informational interviewing over the phone to not cast too much of a nuisance in the interviewee.
I have to add, I did have at the first semester doubts about the program. If you go deep enough into my postings at QuantNet, you will see that during my first semester at BU I applied to Columbia MA in Stats and got admitted. I decided to stay at BU and I do not regret my decision. I had great experiences with professors. For instance, I would be multiple times over 30 min with a professor in his office to discuss a project. One professor, Andrew Lyassoff, sometimes would give extra lectures to review some of the content during Fridays and Saturdays if he felt the students were not following the lectures (yes, his course is very very hard). Of course, there are many points in which the program could be better, but be sure that it will only be as good as the dedication you put into it.
I would be happy to answer any private messages for any question.