<p>Hey, does anyone out there have any advice or opinions regarding the schools which would be good for a Masters in Financial Engineering (MFE) and what we should major in prior to that? Thanks a lot in advance!</p>
<p>Author of "My Life As A Quant" heads the department at Columbia (which has a strong legacy with finance, Buffett, Graham, NYC location etc.). Great book, read it if you haven't.</p>
<p>Major in math or engineering or CS or physics. Anything less quantitative means you won't have the prereqs (stanford requires PDE(!)). Learn C++, take a few finance courses, and be sure you get an 800 on the GRE Q.</p>
<p>Make sure you have a high GPA and strong letters of rec if you plan on going right after undergrad.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replys! Zhentil, what's PDE and GRE Q? Who can I get letters of rec from? Lecturers and teachers in school? Also, which schools would you recommend for the Masters in Financial Engineering Program? Thanks again for your input and help!</p>
<p>PDE= partial differential equations
GRE Q = quant section on the GRE</p>
<p>Every program is different in regards to their requirments, but i would venture to say you should proficiently know one programming language - which one does not matter. And you should have taken at least linear algebra and advanced calc</p>
<p>Berkeley, Columbia, UMich, NYU, Princeton.</p>
<p>I would add CMU and Chicago to that list, and definitely remove UMich. Their program is nowhere near the quality of the others.</p>
<p>I go to Yale and now thinking of doing an MFE with one of the top schools to boost my candidacy. Any advice?</p>