| If you're going into a pure math program the admissions committee will likely see through the facade, and if someone has an interest in finance and they are ultimately uninterested in math they will fail miserably. A top-flight doctoral math program isn't exactly a walk in the park. Those people with PhDs in math and physics and whatever else who you hear so much about are much older and already established in their field when they try to expand out into financial work. |