为一超牛牲口哥们问问，此牛收到牛津和斯坦佛的offer,都是经济金融方向的，不知道去哪了

ElementsAqua

So, how will other schools think about business-oriented SOP except Stanford and U.Chicago?

ahll

以下是引用andyjing在2007-1-27 7:44:00的发言：

I think Stanford prefers younger candidates.

They also prefer females to claim no discrimination and care for minority.

Actually, i don't think Stanford like Ph.D applicants as their main target of the program is to train Ph.D candidates for Finance or related Field Ph.D.

Say, if a Ph.D applis for finmath in Stanford, the ad committee mgiht wonder

1.Is this guy too old for financial jobs?

2. If he doesn't like his original research field, how could we expect him to be one strong finance Ph.D candiate at the end of the program?

Anyway, remember Stanford's program is not built for job-hunting, but mainly for academic ...

Same comments apply to chicago's program. Both of them r not business-oriented and poor career center ..

或许是这样吧

solinari

以下是引用ElementsAqua在2007-1-27 11:57:00的发言：

Really?? I in my Statement of Purpose place particular emphasis on my job-oriented career goals rather than academic...  What about that of those who get admitted?

It's totally ok to say u r job-oriented. I did so and made it clear that I would definitely go job-hunting after graduation. I got enrolled.

Further, most alumni went job-hunting instead of continuing phd.

solinari

以下是引用andyjing在2007-1-27 7:44:00的发言：

Anyway, remember Stanford's program is not built for job-hunting, but mainly for academic ...

Same comments apply to chicago's program. Both of them r not business-oriented and poor career center ..

....can you be more specific about the career center? I am wondering...

ElementsAqua

I learnt somewhere that all the graduates of FinMath found job last year or the year before last year. I personally prefer Stanford for the following reasons:

1. Fantastic weather and environment in California. Do your hear of so-called California Sunshine?

2. I believe FinMath at Stanford is an excellent program since it's based on one of the best GSBs and good Math Department. The curriculum is flexible and you can even select four of the six PhD level courses in GSB, such as Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory by Prof. Duffie(top scholar in asset pricing all over the world).

3. Stanford also has advantages in its worldwide brand and very strong alumni group. Someone says "You will realize brand is really a big matter when you're involved in business."

4. Somebody may view Stanford's location as a disvantage, but in my point this is not the case. My friend in US tells me that it's common for them to fly from south to north for interviews frequently; one should not be confined by location.

Stanford's FinMath selection for graduate candidates is very rigorous compared with other similar programs. I think it really deserves because of it's a quite good program. Depressed with my rejection... but... I know I'm not that eligible...

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solinari

谢谢哈

我只是对于上面那位说career service不好有点好奇……

至于ps里写自己是职业导向的，我再次肯定是没问题的，我朋友也是写以后要找工作的。嗯

hongz

pui

我怀疑lz说的是MS&E这个专业，不是Financial Mathematics

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Huangzizeng

S了拉,牛大现在不是很牛了.

wangxianming

stanford　MSFM不是早结束了，最早发offer的就是他家啊