<p>I am a freshman interested in trading, especially the more quantitative asset types like ABS,MBS and CDS. I am not interested in Ross despite the recruiting hype. How should I enhance my chance for recruiting coming from an engineering background?</p>
<p>Get EGL.</p>
<p>EGL is a waste of time for banking/trading. I am forgoing my masters year because it’s pointless at this point. It’s a good safety net because you will most likely have consulting to fall back on. However, once you land your first SA gig, EGL is useless.</p>
<p>Btw OP, nice name. Fabulous Fab and the rest of the GS crew did quite well yesterday exposing the congressmen for not knowing crap and showed how weak their case is, at least from an educated investor’s point of view. It was reflected in their increase in stock price despite a very very lousy market.</p>
<p>Good to see another engineer interested in the quant stuff. When the morons in congress start regulating CDS and the rest of the great inventions, we need a new generation of quants to come up with new products.</p>
<p>What you need to do is get good grades, follow the market (be able to talk fluently about what’s going on) and practice brainteasers.</p>