Ross Business

[giants92]

<p>^Correct. Nice.</p>

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<p>wow that’s a tough question; i can’t seem to find a relationship between 246 and 1030, 700 and 2352.
You should definitely post a hint tomorrow.</p>

[umich2010]

<p>i know how to get the answer, but i’m not a big fan of that brainteaser. just seems too arbitrary.</p>

<p>and on topic, there’s at least one finance class that actually does use basic calculus occasionally, at least when i took it. Though not explicitly used in the classes, calc also helps you get a better conceptual understanding of some of the topics covered in the core econ and stats classes</p>

[giants92]

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i know how to get the answer, but i’m not a big fan of that brainteaser. just seems too arbitrary.

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<p>Yea, I’m not either. Just wanted to spit out a short question as an example of the level of difficulty of trading interviews to illustrate that stupid people do not get into trading firms.</p>

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there’s at least one finance class that actually does use basic calculus occasionally, at least when i took it.

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<p>Which? I also don’t consider basic derivatives and integrals real calculus. That stuff is just memorization.</p>

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calc also helps you get a better conceptual understanding of some of the topics covered in the core econ and stats classes

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<p>Classes that Ross requires?</p>

[Biokinetica]

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Ok well then I’m not really sure what you what you’re trying to say. I was presenting an analogy to the Ross requiring Calc I topic: ivies tend to have the smartest people (along with the likes of MIT, Stanford, etc.), on average, which is why top firms recruit there. It is analogous to Ross requiring Calc I – it’s a tool to try to narrow down the pool of candidates. Were you disagreeing?

I went slightly off-topic saying that Ivies don’t always get the “intelligent” ones, just the rich ones. Some have gotten into Ivies on status alone, and that still happens today. I don’t think Ivies hold the ‘best and brightest’ as you say, because the truly smart ones would’ve gone to the state school that gave them a scholarship…</p>

<p>I know why ‘top firms’ recruit there, but just as Ross doesn’t seem to require Calc I, Ivies don’t seem to be a rule of quality.</p>

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Which? I also don’t consider basic derivatives and integrals real calculus. That stuff is just memorization.

Well, since the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus is “basic derivatives and integrals”, I’d consider changing my view if I were you. How you remember the concept doesn’t change what it is.</p>

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I don’t think Ivies hold the ‘best and brightest’ as you say, because the truly smart ones would’ve gone to the state school that gave them a scholarship…

lol? that’s overly generalizing. You have to give credit to them. Sure we see idiots everywhere, even in top schools, but ‘best and brightest’ ones, 99%(ok its a guess) of the time are definitely not in state schools.</p>

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<p>Some are rich and damn smart, so they don’t need scholarships.
Some are dirt poor, and damn smart, but the top schools cover 100% need, so they don’t need whatever scholarship they’re getting from a state school.</p>

<p>So where else would top firms recruit? definitely state schools since they have the highest quality of students!</p>