Fordham MSQF项目疑问

grassriver

LZ近期对Fordham 的 MSQF项目有了兴趣 不过看到好像对数学的前置要求很高啊  而且也没看到版上对这个项目的讨论 不知这个项目录取难度怎样 大家对这个项目有了解的吗

grassriver

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hangli2

http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/dcfc/index.cfm/2008/2/27/Fordham-University-MS-in-Quantitaitve-Finance-MSQF

陈大仪

我把楼上链接里的东西贴到这儿吧：
Fordham University MS in Quantitaitve Finance MSQF
Posted At : February 27, 2008 8:47 AM | Posted By : Dominic Connor
Related Categories: General, Forfdham MSQF MFE
We are hearing really bad things about their MSQF, particularly in the matter of being promised internships at the most impressive banks, but not getting them. Internships are of course very valuable, enough that it quite swamps the cost of the Fordham MFE, (38K +$1.5K).
We hear that Fordham is blaming current market conditions, which in its own way is even more damning, since this sort of thing should have been sorted out a long time ago, rather than naively relying upon late applications.
Competition for internships is intense, even in the best of markets, and only someone with no idea about how finance works would think that an unknown programme from a midscale university would command the attention of banks who get many applications for each position.
The fact that Fordham apparently doesn't even bother trying to teach C++ doesn't help, does it ? Of course, they may not have been naive, they may simply have not cared once they got the money.
This may be something of a first for me...
As a headhunter I get lots of people telling me about their MFE, MSQF, MSc, etc. and some of it is not great.
But before I encountered Fordham's MSQF, I avoided using my position to denounce an MFE as a waste of money and time.
This I feel must change.
If you are at Fordham, please feel free to contact me Dominic@PaulDominic.com, so that I can finally decide.

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grassriver

平时都没上过国外的这种网站。。。看起来好可怕的样子

grassriver

THX！有木有正面一点的评价呢。。。

vivienzju

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gail916

不会吧。。。。fordham有这么差吗。。。我也申这所，因为看中他在纽约，机会多。。。

yuan20081648

这个负面评论是从quantnet上一个自称headhunter的人来的，评论最早是2008年post。其中提到没有C＋＋的课是不真实的，项目有C＋＋ for finance专为finance应用开设的课程3学分。如果没有C语言基础还可以选择在第一年春季上Intro to C++。话说回来，项目本身的初衷也不是要培养trading desk的大后台做model的人，项目中已经有VBA，Matlab，SAS等中前台应用常用的编译工具。如果大家只是关心如何对quant finance model做应用的话，已经足够。今年的就业环境是最差的一年，很多大牛项目的毕业生也是待业中。确实保证intern的承诺似乎是很不负责的，但是总体环境确实很差，Obama上台以后对于街上的regulation更加严格， Job market 还会tough一段时间。纯从学习知识的角度方面看的话，这个项目是很值得去的，前提是你身不到大牛金工项目。在纽约虽然不保证能找到工作但是确实有很多和行业内部交流的机会。而且现在美国几乎所有投行entry level job（除了IBD）多少都需要点quant skill，这从美国50％以上equtiy的trading volume都是HIgh frequency trading就可以看出。这是行业发展的趋势，相信以后国内也会这样，多学quant方面的东西是没错的。

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