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I've already been accepted to UC Berkeley and plan to study CS & Applied Math. I believe my major selection will give me the background to do well in FE. In high school, I pursued research(Stats/CS project to prevent a medical condition from occurring(can't go into detail)) and internships(one at startup and other at a Fortune 100—contributed to a ML project) and competitions(AIME—2 time DHR qualifier, Platinum Medalist USACO, Awarded for research).
My question is primarily: what can I do starting now to get into a top MFE program like Cal Haas MFE or CMU MCF? And will attending Cal hurt me for getting into these top programs? Since it's a really difficult school and I don't think I can maintain a 3.8+ GPA. I really want to get into these top programs mainly due to the success of job placement from those schools. For example, Cal's MFEs get paid ~150k starting. Most other programs don't have this level success and many are even worse than Cal's Bachelors in CS who get paid ~100k on graduation, which would make getting an MFE worthless.
My question is primarily: what can I do starting now to get into a top MFE program like Cal Haas MFE or CMU MCF? And will attending Cal hurt me for getting into these top programs? Since it's a really difficult school and I don't think I can maintain a 3.8+ GPA. I really want to get into these top programs mainly due to the success of job placement from those schools. For example, Cal's MFEs get paid ~150k starting. Most other programs don't have this level success and many are even worse than Cal's Bachelors in CS who get paid ~100k on graduation, which would make getting an MFE worthless.