金融数学硕士选校急求 ETH or LSE or IC

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1. 這也太懶了吧........換個地方發問還不改名字........

2. This question is indeed......IC vs ETH.

3. Why you want a master in financial mathematics again, after (法国某工程师学校读了金融数学)?

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金融数学小雷雷 发表于 2016-4-6 17:51
因为题主法语太差，毕业后没打算在法国工作。。。在法国读的工程师又不是ENS和X两个到哪里都可以通吃的， ...

If you really want to go to London, take IC.
(ever considered their MRes in Stochastic Analysis instead given you had a master already?)
IC is definitely a well-regarded school in London, and also in HK. The only downside is.......it is expensive.

ETH is a very good school, but the location is the concern.
(don't make me wrong.....it is a very good school, and it has a very strong reputation in EU. If you has a European passport, a job in Zurich is a walk in the garden after graduating there....but if you are an international, it is a tough fight. Look at their placement record, things are not bad, but it is far from safe. What can be said is, a job in Frankfurt or other European city is safe. Her reputation in far east will not be a problem after working a couple of year in a related role in Europe, since at that stage your CV are likely to go to the recruiting team more directly, and people in this subfield of finance all know what ETH is.)

For obvious reason, LSE MSc Fina Math is out of the discussion when talking about this topic.

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金融数学小雷雷 发表于 2016-4-6 18:18
Thanks a lot for your suggestion, I'm going to consider it very carefully. I agree that it's rathe ...

1. Not knowing big Deutsch is not a problem while getting a quant job in Zurich. The visa is the only major one.
It is not impossible to go to London after ETH QF, but things are difficult. (nothing is impossible right?)
Visa in Switzerland and UK are both difficult (Swiss is more I think.)
Someone said around half of the IC class stayed London for a job.

2. IC is one of the toppest MFE and getting a job in London is not a problem if you have a EU passport.
I will say, the plan A for IC is London, plan B will be back home.
while the plan A for ETH is Zurich, plan B will be Frankfurt or etc.

I guess the best point of IC one is opening you door to London
while the ETH give you a longer time of solid education + time for job seeking.

3. LSE is a school for social science, but not a school for science and engineering.

4. the comment about the view of UK master in HK on #17 is basically......bullshit.
the major problem for you to find a job in HK is not the visa or language, nor the view of a UK master, but somehow a location problem. you have to be really top such that the employer are willing to consider you given you are not there........

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Super_Oreo 发表于 2016-4-7 11:47
不是我的偏见啊。。我只是转述我在汇丰的朋友的话，他们不招英硕啊

信你朋友半成, 雙目即刻失明.
別人說乜你都信, 還要引用, 閣下的水平也是.......

又同時能夠說出英國找工作很容易, 其實........我會想直接說你在說廢話的.

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treemantan 发表于 2016-4-7 17:02
难道我在Barclays FX Quant组里时，里面没有一个美硕，就是不招美硕？线性推理真心服了。。

拜託, 別欺負弱智的人好嗎? :lol

這種思維的人的人生肯定是輕鬆的....因為不用使用腦袋嗎

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Super_Oreo 发表于 2016-4-7 18:37
你的曲线思维也很厉害，我收到的信息是 recruiter说不招，看到的现象是他们组里没有，你需要的是证伪我， ...

Dont mix up HR policy,  with the personal preference of a certain team head.

If it is HR policy,  that means that the company HR will screen out all the applicant with a UK master  (17th floor)
And thus even the recruiting team wont see a single CV of that.
If it is one certain recruiting team behaves like this (30th floor).....well,  it only affect only one team and has no implication at all.

And given OP said that he/she want a job in HK, and u said that UK master are not considered in HK by some big names.
What the hell the point of suggesting to go to LSE? (8th floor)

建議先整理一下思路再討論這個問題.
再是這個水平的話, 我就不再回了.

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金融数学小雷雷 发表于 2016-4-8 19:13
如果去IC这个项目的话，有没有机会平时在金融城做个part time 的实习啥的啊。。。

from a visa regulation point of view, yes.
but are you sure that you can handle a solid master + job searching + part time job at the same time?
you have only 24 hours a day.
=> it is only possible if you don't care your grade at all, or you don't have to sleep at all.

actually, I think "treemantan" answered quite clearly already.
It is not a problem of understanding the answer, but accepting the fact instead.
This is a fact for basically all solid master.

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treemantan 发表于 2016-4-8 18:27
打工不用想，没时间。。如果实习拿到的话，一个月应该2，3K磅子（但拿到这种带Paid实习的国人估计只有25% ...

順道想請問一下, 你覺得這個living expense的budget, 對working profession合用嗎?

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treemantan 发表于 2016-4-8 20:21
working profession不懂额?那个Budget是我目测我和我童鞋那一年平均水平。。

你覺得這個living expense的估計, 適合在倫敦上班的人嗎?