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treemantan 发表于 2015-6-23 00:47
算是吧，但UCL的MS不一定去这个，我认识的那个FM的大兄弟，还是跟着数院的一个老师做RISK吧。。该项目应该 ...

啊竟然是计算机学院的，一直以为是数院的。我还专门看了他网站，非欧一律不给funding。。。

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HenryBishop 发表于 2015-6-23 00:51
啊竟然是计算机学院的，一直以为是数院的。我还专门看了他网站，非欧一律不给funding。。。

1. this is not a news that UCL CS > Math in QF side.......one edvience: see how long had their financial computing MSc had been and the Fina Math MSc one had been........
2. 非欧一律不给funding <---- this is a norm already, it is very difficult to get funding as an international student (not impossible but very competitive)

=> the key point now is not which research group you are in: it is somehow depends on luck. just like one won't know (and won't care) which bank one will work for after graduation. The most important point is to get a good enough grade, and good enough reference letter (a bit too realistic; understand it as well known by the professors there and have good enough research experience) such that one can get into the door.
Whatever Imperial, UCL, LSE, (or KCL or ...), London is not that big, and the industry is not that big. the QF working professionals, and the professors are very likely to know each other......and at the end whatever LSE Fina Math, UCL Fina Math, Imperial Fina Math are just both competiting for the very similar pool of opportunity.....(and indeed one should add Oxbridge and Warwick in also........most role are in London anyway; maybe even X, Paris VI........)

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cheesechan 发表于 2015-6-23 00:50
if you cannot cope with this pressure (study pressure always smaller than work one), think twice ...

嗯，这个我也想过，在国内时倒是家常便饭。但我之前没有出国经历，并不清楚在uk教育体系下msc拿distinction究竟要多少workload，我看那些师兄师姐们一天到晚紧张的不行，哈哈。此外，怎么说讷，我本科院校并非很top，也没有高大上的实习（如果和私募、证券开发model也算的话），不知道拿到uk intern几率几何。当然我也知道不试的话永远是不清楚的。当然，退一万步说，我对金融的兴趣目前主要限制于给私募做以盈利为目的的策略和模型，对于risk和单纯的pricing并算不上狂热般喜爱，因此我自己也会怀疑为了这个ib的名号是否会坚持下去。然而如果找到hedge fund的机会，我会毫不犹豫并且会很开心的。

本人对金融业见识尚浅，若有不当的认识请纠正我，thx

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HenryBishop 发表于 2015-6-23 01:06
嗯，这个我也想过，在国内时倒是家常便饭。但我之前没有出国经历，并不清楚在uk教育体系下msc拿distinc ...

as a fresh graduate, especially for someone don't have a decent undergraduate college and don't have excellent internship experience, one cannot afford to be that selective in the first role.

not to mention that PE (and indeed buy side in general) seldom hire fresh graduate......

i.e. dream less and wake up.
(again, nothing is impossible, and thus it is not a problem to list it as plan A......but you need plan B, C, D, E afterwards....)

P.S. e.g. you get a risk role in a IB, you are working there not for the name of the IB only, but more for the nature of the role - get some hand-on experience, work a couple of year and then find something you want more. the job nature (thus division) you are in matters much more then the name of the company.

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cheesechan 发表于 2015-6-23 01:12
as a fresh graduate, especially for someone don't have a decent undergraduate college and don't  ...

那可不可以说是我之前理解错了，我应该理解我，您之前指的是压力应对方面，而不是真的说msc不找到intern不可，plan b c d也要有。当然，我觉得现在讨论这个可能并没有太大意义，有些太早了。dream less and wake up，哈哈不能赞同更多。

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HenryBishop 发表于 2015-6-23 01:17
那可不可以说是我之前理解错了，我应该理解我，您之前指的是压力应对方面，而不是真的说msc不找到inter ...

yes and no.
no: I did not think of the possibility of not able to find an internship (but this of course exist, and not a small one). and I do mean that finding a internship is very very important indeed.....else how can you stay and pay back the tuition?
yes: yup.......you are right also....you also need some backup plan if back China, but there're not much you can do for this now anyway.