LSE MFE vs Duke MSQFE 求建议

northwest21UID: 3785446

因为一直觉得LSE比较合适，所以Duke来通知的时候内心毫无波动，不过还是有点纠结的地方，所以就来报两个offer听听大家的意见。

感觉两个项目都可以为工作和读博两者准备。读博的话，两个项目在placement上似乎没有很大的差别（LSE可能要好一点，duke的话参照mae，我申的这个项目是新开的项目），都可以选phdlevel的课，如果不看phd课程的话，lse的必修课程难度要高于duke；不过lse只有一年，duke官网上说是1.5-2年，申phd的话duke要推荐信要更方便一些，lse可能要gap。

工作的话，duke这项目也不是stem，英国也不好留，所以最后很有可能回国。回国的话，在金融业lse的reputation要比duke强很多。

另Duke的费用真是太高了，听说有tuition waiver，但offer里也没有说，具体是啥情况还不太清楚。

最想去的项目希望渺茫，所以就不考虑了。感觉关键在于我最后到底是想读phd还是工作？但真的要这么早就想清楚吗，我还想着读master的时候再做决定。

不知道大家觉得我有没有考虑不周的地方，或者能不能补充一些信息？也希望这个帖子能为版里其它童鞋提供一些有用信息吧，谢谢。

mincyZUID: 3504421

duke econ dept都是stem的呀?
不过新开的没听说过。。。

Kevin.LaiUID: 3705018

同申了LSE和Duke，Duke和楼主专业一样，LSE是Statistics下面的项目。刚刚收到LSE的录取，Duke是1月底才申请的。
请问楼主是什么时候提交的Duke啊？

背景比楼主差很多，对我来说Duke和LSE的项目应该是最好的选择了。我是就业导向，听楼主这么一说也觉得LSE蛮合适的（毕竟Duke读下来也还是蛮贵啊。。）

最重要的，BIG CONG！！

cheesechanUID: 3505689

mincyZ 发表于 2017-2-8 13:33
duke econ dept都是stem的呀?
不过新开的没听说过。。。

https://econ.duke.edu/masters-programs/degree-programs/mqfe

by just looking at the cover (program structure and course name), it doesn't sounds really academics to me.

30 credits in quantitative financial economics and related fields, not including preparatory courses.
15 credits, comprised of the following required core courses, which will typically be taken during the semester indicated:
ECON 571 Financial Markets & Investments (3 credits, first semester)
ECON 623 Forecasting Financial Markets (3 credits, second semester)
ECON 672 Financial Econometrics (3 credits, first semester)
ECON 676 Empirical Asset Pricing (3 credits, second semester)
ECON 882 Finance in Macroeconomics (1.5-credit module, third semester)
ECON 885 Continuous Time Finance (1.5-credit module, third semester)

A compulsory, zero-credit seminar series on Ethical Considerations in Finance
15 credits, comprised of a combination of FIVE courses from the following electives:
ECON 514 Fixed Income Markets & Quantitative Methods (3 credits)
ECON 573 Theoretical Corporate Finance (3 credits)
ECON 590 Regulation & Ethics in Financial Markets (3 credits)
​ECON 674/MATH 582 Derivatives (3 credits)
ECON 883 Time Series (3 credits)
Certain other master's- (ECON 500-699) and Ph.D.-level (ECON 700-999 or Finance 900-level courses at Fuqua) courses may be taken with advance approval from the student's advisor.

I expect some core micro, econometrics (just like that one in MA econ), and theoretical asset pricing as code too indeed.

northwest21UID: 3785446

Kevin.Lai 发表于 2017-2-8 15:38
同申了LSE和Duke，Duke和楼主专业一样，LSE是Statistics下面的项目。刚刚收到LSE的录取，Duke是1月底才申请 ...

谢谢，Duke我是赶着ddl 应该是1.15之前交的

northwest21UID: 3785446

mincyZ 发表于 2017-2-8 13:33
duke econ dept都是stem的呀?
不过新开的没听说过。。。

额。。。是吗？我咋没看见它在官网上写。。。
可能得问下小秘什么的。。。

谢谢版主！

northwest21UID: 3785446

cheesechan 发表于 2017-2-8 16:01
https://econ.duke.edu/masters-programs/degree-programs/mqfe

by just looking at the cover (pro ...

I gather it can be made an "academic" program if I am going to do a phd, given the flexibility of course selection

cheesechanUID: 3505689

northwest21 发表于 2017-2-8 18:08
I gather it can be made an "academic" program if I am going to do a phd, given the flexibility of  ...

but if you need to use that flexibility to do that, why don't just apply to the standard MA economics instead? it is even more flexible....and you don't need to waste that flexibility on some courses which are not that efficient.

so this QFE sounds to be a program for earning applicants $$, by naming that with quantitative, financial, which increase the employability of the student on the private market, instead of boosting them towards the academic side. (which is also a good investment on the student side for sure)

therefore, one vote for LSE. the only downside of it is being one-year. Duke economics is offering more and more master program, and taking more and more students. Letters is more difficult than before already.

Planetarium03UID: 3784649

或者其实lz也可以申请Finance PhD啊
我一个经济系学长毕业后进了类似的硕士项目，然后去读了Finance PhD，商学院funding还挺多的

MC0122UID: 3552973

同拿到了Duke的MQFE但是没有申lse，我记得Duke这个项目是stem啊，连MAE都是stem。我是考虑毕业直接工作的，但是还是vote for Duke。Duke新项目人少，而且适合继续读finance的phd，唯一的缺点就是太贵了而且不给tuition waive

mincyZUID: 3504421

cheesechan 发表于 2017-2-8 16:01
https://econ.duke.edu/masters-programs/degree-programs/mqfe

by just looking at the cover (pro ...

ECON 883/885是second year phd core course
难度还是很大的

mincyZUID: 3504421

northwest21 发表于 2017-2-8 17:55
额。。。是吗？我咋没看见它在官网上写。。。
可能得问下小秘什么的。。。

lol cong
duke一向有非常漂亮的商学院placement 如果想读商学院（finance mkt acct operations etc.）phd，vote for duke。

cheesechanUID: 3505689

mincyZ 发表于 2017-2-9 01:58
ECON 883/885是second year phd core course
难度还是很大的

我奇怪的不是有continuous-time finance (這玩意當然難.....而且有需要存在...)
而是沒有core micro theory, econometric (因為這類theory course每個acadmeic master都會有...)


而換了像Financial Markets & Investments 這樣名字的course (unless it is theoretical asset pricing, e.g . cochrane)
還有有一點奇怪的是, financial econometrics和forecasting financial market看起來怎麼這樣像......

ctlienUID: 3656714

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春妹喜欢吃秋葵UID: 3786009

同拿到Duke MSQFE，主要申MFE的，申Duke的时候就觉得没啥戏，交了十天之后收到邮件。。。感觉还是发了不少offer吧？楼主知道这个项目更多相关信息么。。。求交流