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Which program is a better fit? Please...

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Bowenvan

Bowenvan

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I am a fourth-year civil engineering student from Canada.
I got admitted to the master of finance program at MIT(12-month, kind of sad but life cannot give you everything) and the MSFE program at Columbia University.
I have been to both New York City and Boston. I love Boston way more than New York. I am from Vancouver, and I really appreciate the quietness and the sense of community.
After graduation, I want to work on global development, project management and resource allocation on infrastructure projects. I feel like that the MIT program is a better fit for me.
I can do some programming, but I prefer talking to people. I get talkative sometimes.
But most of my friends recommend the MSFE program from Columbia. According to them, it is a better program(I guess, for quant analyst?) Also, it seems that Columbia has a unparalleled placement record.
 
Bowenvan said:
After graduation, I want to work on global development, project management and resource allocation on infrastructure projects. I feel like that the MIT program is a better fit for me.
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Seems like MIT would be a better fit if you're aiming to do something less quantitatively heavy after graduation. MIT's curriculum is more broad, kind of like a CFA program, and may be better suited to the more varied nature of the work you're interested in. Columbia's is way more focused on quant skills and placing quant positions. I also think MIT's program would have more clubs and courses focused on emerging markets, which would go along with your interest in global development.
 
volmacro said:
Seems like MIT would be a better fit if you're aiming to do something less quantitatively heavy after graduation. MIT's curriculum is more broad, kind of like a CFA program, and may be better suited to the more varied nature of the work you're interested in. Columbia's is way more focused on quant skills and placing quant positions. I also think MIT's program would have more clubs and courses focused on emerging markets, which would go along with your interest in global development.
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Yes. That's exactly what I am thinking. I am trying to get in touch with MFin students at MIT, and talk to my professors.
 
Bowenvan said:
I am a fourth-year civil engineering student from Canada.
I got admitted to the master of finance program at MIT(12-month, kind of sad but life cannot give you everything) and the MSFE program at Columbia University.
I have been to both New York City and Boston. I love Boston way more than New York. I am from Vancouver, and I really appreciate the quietness and the sense of community.
After graduation, I want to work on global development, project management and resource allocation on infrastructure projects. I feel like that the MIT program is a better fit for me.
I can do some programming, but I prefer talking to people. I get talkative sometimes.
But most of my friends recommend the MSFE program from Columbia. According to them, it is a better program(I guess, for quant analyst?) Also, it seems that Columbia has a unparalleled placement record.
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Where did you end up going?
 
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