Finance - course 14 or course 15?

cellardweller
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:19:08 +0000

iceui2, you are really misinformed about Sloan. Are you even an MIT student yet?

A Course 15 major with a concentration in quantitative finance will do more math than a Course 6 major. Sloan is all about quantitative economics and finance. Saying that a Course 6 major is more reputable than a Course 15 major for a career in finance is plain ridiculous. If you want to work for Google maybe, but not if you want to work for Goldman Sachs. And you are completely wrong if you think that a PhD in math or CS will get you a top quant position in finance these days. That is just as silly as stating that a math major working on algebraic topology or a physics major working on string theory will get a top job at Google over a CS major just because they have more “quantitative skills” and anybody can learn programming!