MS in Mathematical Finance

Graduate School
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<p>Hey all, </p>

<p>I'm considering a MS in Mathematical Finance, but I would only want to forego working out of college (I'm a Junior at NYU now) if I could get into a top program. Does anyone have any insight into the admissions for this type of program? </p>

<p>Econ major (3.7 GPA), Econ minor (3.5 GPA) : Overall ~ 3.7</p>

<p>Are these math classes (and grades in them) enough to apply to top programs?</p>

<p>Calc I A-
Calc II B
Calc III A
Linear Alg B+</p>

<p>As always, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP! Always much appreciated.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.math.nyu.edu/financial_mathematics/content/05_prospectiveStudents/02.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.math.nyu.edu/financial_mathematics/content/05_prospectiveStudents/02.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>From Columbia:
Prerequisites</p>

<p>Applicants should have a very good working knowledge of</p>

<pre><code>* Calculus (three semesters, at least)
* Linear Algebra at the level of V2010 "Linear Algebra"
* Elementary Differential Equations at the level of V3027 "Ordinary Differential Equations" and Math V3028 "Partial Differential Equations"
* Probability at the level of W4105 "Probability"
* Statistics at the level of W4107 "Statistical Inference"
* If possible, an exposure to advanced calculus and mathematical analysis at the level of W4061-4062 "Principles of Mathematical Analysis".
</code></pre>

<p><a href="http://www.bu.edu/mathfn/maprog/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bu.edu/mathfn/maprog/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://finmath.uchicago.edu/new/msfm/prospective/plan_admission.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://finmath.uchicago.edu/new/msfm/prospective/plan_admission.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>From USC:
Applicants for the M.S. in applied mathematics and statistics programs should have a substantial undergraduate background in mathematics, which includes one semester of real-analysis or advanced calculus and one semester of liner algebra.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response. </p>

<p>Looks like the answer is an overwhelming no. lol</p>

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<p>well you need to take differential equations, probably an applications class and some standard statistics classes. Personally, I believe all Econ majors should be taking these classes anyways...I have to do all these things still though.</p>

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<p>The Master's of Financial Engineering Program at Berkeley is considered one of the premier of these programs:</p>

<p><a href="http://mfe.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://mfe.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You're a brainiac if you can get in! The job placement from this program is superb.</p>

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<p>I didn't include programs like the Financial Engineering from Berkeley, the Masters in Finance from Princeton, or the Computational Finance program from CMU because the OP wanted Mathematical Finance programs.</p>

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<p>I'm not trying to insult you, because you may have other stregnths, but why is it that so many mathematically unqualified people want to go into these quant finance programs?</p>