<p>After a bit of browsing on each university's website, it appears that princeton and stanford offer similar programs in financial engineering/mathematical finance and that sort of thing.</p>
<p>These two universities are offering me the most cash, so it's going to be one or the other.</p>
<p>Thus, I'm looking for an inside view of these two programs. If anyone has any firsthand/secondhand/thirdhand/hearsay information on either of these two programs, let me hear!</p>
<p>i'd like to know as well :D</p>
<p>bump.. </p>
<p>anybody?</p>
<p>yeah. im in a similar situation debating between the two.</p>
<p>No one here has an inside view of BOTH programs. That is, I don't believe anyone is concurrently enrolled at both Stanford and Princeton.</p>
<p>Just visit each school to see which atmosphere suits you best. Because I doubt there'll be much academic difference between Stanford's MS&E and Princeton's ORFE.</p>
<p>Stanford has the benefit of having a spectacular Grad school attached to the MS & E. Princeton's ORFE is a relatively new program with a certificate grad program attached (not impressive but they are trying). Stanford is superior in that program in every way. Princeton is closer to NYC and Stanford has SF. Up to you.</p>
<p>Ouch......</p>
<p>Princeton, though, is much more central to the financial capitals in the east.</p>
<p>Princeton's proximity to NYC is a very significant advantage. Not only does every Wall Street firm recruit at Princeton, Princeton students have the opportunity to actually go up to NYC and check out the firms and their headquarters for themselves. In addition, the extracurricular support at Princeton is very strong: Business Today, one of the business-oriented groups, runs one of the largest student-run publications in the country and regularly brings speakers such as the president of Lehman Brothers to campus. For financial engineering opportunities, NYC really is unbeatable, and Princeton's proximity allows you to take full advantage of this.</p>