Finance - course 14 or course 15?

iceui2
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:02:04 +0000

It’s difficult to get a good quant position with just a B.S. in anything. But a Ph.D in math or CS is more than enough to get you in. I don’t deny that a Ph.D from Sloan can also get you there as well, but we’re talking about the Bachelor’s in Management (not Financial Engineering). It’s core classes include “Managerial Communication, Psychology Lab, Marketing Management”. That’s completely fine if you want to go into a non-quantitative position. But if you really want to learn management get a MBA. All I’m saying is that why come to MIT if you’re just going to take non-quantitative courses? It’s like going to Toscanini’s and ordering a sandwich. While I realize you can take more quantitative classes from Sloan if one chooses to, you don’t /have/ to, and that’s my point.

Every single person I know is doing Course 15 plus another major (either 6, 14, or 18). It’s pretty easy to finish all the Course 15 requirements in less than 2 years. Also, do you guys want to deny the fact that classes for a Course 15 major are graded easier than the engineering majors?

Why are my comments offensive? Everything I’m saying is true. I apologize if I’m being overly blunt. Again, I’m not denying the fact that Sloan is one of the best business schools in the world (it is). I’m just saying that you want to be really careful if you want to be Course 15 because it’s not exactly the most reputable major at MIT.