<p>" Well, the topic of this conversation was which track was better to get into a FE program. FE programs do not require work experience first, so from a pure academic perspective, FM + CS is better than IOE. Either way, several proprietary trading firms (prop shops) recruit at LSA and, in general, a prop shop would much rather have a FM + CS major than an IOE major.</p>
<p>And then there’s Q’s comment^ "</p>
<p>See, I would like to believe that Applied Math + CS would have better placement into an FE program, but just looking at facts & figures it seems that Engineering is both the most common and accepted route.</p>
<p>Take Berkeley’s MS-FE program for example; easily a top five - most likely top 3 -program.
Based on their Class Profile ( [Class</a> Profile, Master of Financial Engineering Program - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://mfe.haas.berkeley.edu/community/students/classprofile.html]Class”>http://mfe.haas.berkeley.edu/community/students/classprofile.html) )</p>
<p>40% of those in the program were Engineers,
vs
15% Math Majors, 4% Computer Science Majors, 12% Dual Majors ; Still about 10% less than Engineering Majors even if we combine all of them.</p>