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hey,
i have posted on this topic a few times....but i am curious to know which you would recommend

i am trying to choose b/w Boston College's and Vanderbilt's MSF program

thank you
 
University of Phoenix has a good program. You should look into it.
 
yeah but Carnegie Mellon offers a Masters of Computational Finance which is super "quant" oriented and i have no desire to pursue a career in that area
 
If I had it to do again I'd go to Cal Berkeley after all that is where Jack Bauer went.
 
Vanderbilt is in Nashville. Unless you like country music I would stay away from that place.
 
well, let me phrase this differently

what are the best NON-quantitative masters of finance programs in the country?

so that automatically eliminates Princeton, CMU, and I think UChicago has one too.
 
TMurf Wrote:
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> Vanderbilt is in Nashville. Unless you like
> country music I would stay away from that place.


For the record, girls at Vandy are much hotter than BC if you're into that sort of thing...
 
I'm not sure why'd you want a MSF if you're not looking to do quant...Why not go for an MBA? What kind of jobs are you looking at? From my experience, if you're looking to be an economist, an MSF gets you nowhere but a TAs spot. You need to get a PhD to get anywhere. If you're looking to get into derivs, modeling, etc., get a computational / fin'l engineering degree. Anything else, get your MBA...
 
well, i was hoping to get both...MSF and the MBA later..
 
I think Illinois has a decent non-quant MSF. Also, I was under the impression that Princeton's program was relatively non-quant (or at least much less so that the mathematical fin/fin eng programs at NYU, Chicago, and Berkeley).

I was in a similar situation a while back. I wanted to go to a non-quant MSF, but I just couldn't find a program that really excited me.

So instead I'm starting an MBA in the fall at a school that offers both an MBA and one of these math fin/fin eng degrees. For my electives, I'll be able to take several math fin/fin eng courses. And with the MBA degree, I think I'll have more flexibility down the road (and won't get pigeonholed into some bond pricing job).

It depends on what your goals are, but I think that you could do pretty much whatever you want with a CFA and an MBA from a good school.
 
Vanderbilt has MSF graduates placed at morgan keegan and stephens. If you want to go the IB route at two of the bigger firms off wallstreet then vanderbilt's MSF is not a bad idea. However, the classes are offered only during the day - if you plan on working and taking classes that may be difficult.
 
Yea, I saw that on Vandy's career page but I thought BC has a better rep nationally and is a better school overall

plus I think Boston area offers more opportunities than Nashville or the surrounding areas
 
I dunno, I think Vanderbilt has repeatedly been ranked above BC. Last I checked BC was #40 and Vanderbilt was #30. But I would agree that Boston has much much better prospects than Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock and Birmingham combined.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 06:44PM by killamanjaro.
 
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