Help Me Choose Cornell A&S or UChicago for Quant Finance (Math + CS Major)

blossom
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:43:37 +0000

Your best odds for a very, very difficult career path is majoring in physics and math at Chicago and excelling in every possible way. Be the student who professors say “I want this person on my research team” and the student who is always coming up with innovative solutions to complex problems.

Nobody can “gun” for a career in Quant finance. The odds are too low. So figure out what you are looking for intellectually– go do that. If any of us were smart enough to predict the job market five years from now, we’d be on a beach in the Cayman Islands.

Nobody can predict what type of student Quant will be hiring in five years. But math and physics is a very good start.