等offer焦虑综合症，看看你中了那些？【有新阶段更新】【51楼有缓解方案】

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笨笨的七七 发表于 2013-2-20 09:09
一定会的！！！

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taoshiru 发表于 2013-2-20 09:41
快点让我来到第四阶段吧！！
前三个阶段都好折磨啊啊啊啊啊

哈哈~~会的会的~~你要做好第四阶段的心理准备

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第一阶段痛苦煎熬中……:mad:

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coco310 发表于 2013-2-20 22:07
第一阶段痛苦煎熬中……

加油啊！！！

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taoshiru 发表于 2013-2-20 09:41
快点让我来到第四阶段吧！！
前三个阶段都好折磨啊啊啊啊啊

:loveliness:加油加油！！有付出才有回报！！！

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10 things you can do while waiting for admissions result(果然人生不能颓废哈，呵呵)

Here are a list of proposed activities you can do to keep you sane. The list hopes to help you strengthen your profile and ALSO build transferable skills in case you don't get into the program you hope for.

10) Do your homework / take non-preprogram classes. The problem with specialized preprogram courses is their narrowness in focus. So if you want to learn C++, learn C++. If you wanna learn statistics, learn statistics. Don't bother with the dumb down finance version. MFE will do that for you when you're in the program.

9) Read. Forget about the technical stuff. Read vaults guide on financial careers. Read WSJ. What's going on in the world? How is a bank / hedge fund structured? Why are banks firing and where are they hiring? What are the industry trend? What are the recruitment channels / schedule?

8) Start a project. Nothing says passion more than action. if you know finance, compile a database of companies, track their capital structure, and find where financial instruments can be useful for asset/liability management. If you know compsci, make an app to visualize monte carlo simulation. If you know econ, propose an indicator and explore its prediction / trading value.

7) Explore alternative careers. Actuary, trading software development, project management all expose you to the technical aspect of finance and they all pay pretty well.

6) Study the CFA. This is probably controversial. CFA doesn't really help you get a job. It does, however, teach you the portfolio management objectives of different market participants (banks, hedge funds, insurance company, etc) and how these competing goals translate to market demand and supply.

5) Stop obsessing with quantnet, global derivatives, or whatever MFE theme site you waste countless hours on. If you want a better idea of your profile, go to school websites and go through their student profiles. NYU even has some of the resumes out. Think what they can write about you. If they can write something similar / better with your achievements / credentials, then you have a good shot. If not, then maybe you should try doing some of the "selling points" current students have done.

4) Find a hobby. Get a pet. Do yoga. Find a girlfriend. Whatever it takes your mind off this MFE crap. You submitted your application and there's nothing left to do. Admissions will call / email you if they need you. So go take the time to find yourself. Enjoy the little things in life. You might never see them again when you start spending all your days in front of computer doing simulation and coding and missing piano recitation of your daughter's.

3) Start a trading account. Nothing teaches you more about yourself when you lose your lunch money over a stupid mistake. If you don't have the money, use paper money and go to updown.com or a dozen of other virtual trading site. Track all your transactions and record down your rationale. Why did you buy it? Was there a headline? Did you grow up next to a factory? No education makes you more attractive as a potential trader than a list of transactions with positive pnl.

2) Apply to non-MFE programs. Seriously, most respectable programs all have single digits admissions rate. Even if their decisions ARE independent, 5 apps * $100 per app = $500 in applications fee yet still short of 50% chance getting anywhere. Is there other ways getting the same job through other grad programs (compsci, MBA, statistics?) In fact, I argue that non-MFE programs are BETTER because they give you backup plans which MFEs don't have. Even if you do get a 100k job after graduation, what if you hate it?

1) Call your mother. Yes, that's right. Spend time with your family. Once admitted, you'll be drowned in work and start living in a world your parents won't know a thing about ("delta? Like the airline?") Worst yet, all they will know is that 1) banks are firing, and they worry about you, and 2) you'll be one of the jackasses who brought on the financial crisis.

Refine your resume, subscribe to a job posting listserv, apply to jobs, and go through some interviews. Mark Joshi's book has a very good intro on what quants really do and it's a fun workbook. You'll learn so much more about yourself and the industry than listening to all the marketing pitches flying around.


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格蕾蒂斯 发表于 2013-2-19 14:50
版主的回复亮了~~
现在大家基本上都在焦虑中度过~~
我再补充楼上的

一眨眼的~~~~~

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treemantan 发表于 2013-2-21 22:31
10 things you can do while waiting for admissions result(果然人生不能颓废哈，呵呵)

Here are a lis ...

你太棒了！！寄托er的福音啊~~！！！

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格蕾丝贝贝 发表于 2013-2-19 15:41
第四阶段ing...高！兴！不！起！来！

看看51楼的方法吧~~大家一起度过这段焦虑的时光~~

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babyiris 发表于 2013-2-19 21:31
樓主！！！！跪握。。。一二三四都經歷過了。。第四階段ing。。。

亲你现在还焦虑么~~是第五阶段吗？