<p>How much engineering part is involved in this program? I mean I would like to concentrate more on the finance part but since it is an engineering major, I assume the program will involve lots of science, right? I love math but not science.</p>
<p>I have checked out that particular program and you have to dig deep into the web pages to find the actual MEng curriculum.</p>
<p>I don't remember all 10 courses for the Master of Engineering degree, but you have to take about 4 Operations Research courses (optimization, stochastics & 2 others), 2 math courses, a stats and a few Finance courses.</p>
<p>Go here to see the curriculum: <a href="http://orfe.princeton.edu//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=73%5B/url%5D">http://orfe.princeton.edu//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=73</a></p>
<p>It is a combination of business, applied math and some engineering. It should not be considered a true "engineering" program as it is not a recognized program by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. However, it appears to be a very good program for those interested in business management who will also have a leg up on many business graduates by being able to understand the technical and engineering aspects of any business.</p>
<p>Financial engineering has nothing to do with engineering in conventional sense (civ, mech, elec) at all. Financial engineering, aka financial mathematics or computational finance is the application of very advanced mathematics to calculation and management of financial risk. There are basically two parts:The development of models and the application of models into risk management.</p>
<p>Financial engineering differs from financial analysis (CFA) in that it is not concerned with the performance of companies as it is concerned with markets and price behaviour in those markets. </p>
<p>Financial engineering is a very difficult field to master but one that is amply rewarded. Some say financial engineering was born in the early 1970's with the development of the Black-Scholes Model for options pricing. Do some research on the Black-Scholes model and you will see that it involves the solution of partial differential equations with the solution involving the Normal Probability Distribution.</p>
<p>thanks a lot everyone! I am still not sure which major to choose upon yet. I guess I will put economics or ORFE on the application and decide in college (well if I get accpeted:)).</p>
<p>can someone tell me how to enhance my application ? I aspire for ORFE at Princeton, but I am not sure that I can get accepted there…</p>