I have two questions:

1. What are the best substitutes for poor math grades in college? U have listed two of them: AGRE, and Project in Mathematics, is there any other?

2. U told us what u did for Mathematics and Finance, What did u do for coding skills? How can I had something significant in my coding skills section, because I have nothing much to show right now. Are there any certifications, courses, exams to this end? What do these coding skills contain? C++, Matlab, R and Java?, any other??

Thanks,
SR

Can some one provide me some information on indian institutes , i am an mba from 2 tier school but working in this field and am very curious to do this course but part time.

thanks
rohit

Anyways do u have any idea any idea about universities in UK who offer similar course?

Just went through this whole interview and was thinking, Artificial Intelligence is popping up as a great Research subject these days (probably after the arrival of power computing power cpus).

So is there a place for Artificial Intelligence in Computation finance or Quants too?

Regards

Himanshu Agarwal

what’s the difference between

Quant Trader and Quant Analyst in terms of day to day tasks.

Thanks
SpicyDesi

I must admit that I got either awful grades or did not take relevant courses ( for instance , No Probability,statistics or linear algebra).

But now, I think I am good at most of them ( probability,calculus,PDE,Stochastic calculus,Linear algebra, decent knowledge in derivatives) – all through self

study.

I know top notch univs are not for me..Just that I want to know which universities in US, UK, Singapore(NUS/NTU) should I aim for?
Also, is there anything that I should do to convey my proficiency in specified math courses as they appear shady on grade sheet?

I know CMU,Berk kind of things are out.. How abt lse,warwick,edinburgh,caas,rutgers,cornel,nus .. or any other

Will they just look at grade sheet or will they filter thru interviews or math tests? Will Math GRE test help?

Can anyone throw some light on Msc.Quantitative finance at NUS & career prospects later

My profile:
Work exp – 7 years in high end software development – Java,C++ ( No financial exposure)

Btech – mechanical engineering IIT madras 2003
CGPA – 7.27 ( A = 9,B=8,C=7,D=6)
Grades in relevant courses:
Elements of Calculus -D
Vectors, Matrices, Differential equations – C
Physics 1 & 2 – B
Engineering mechanics – A
Fluid mechanics – B
NUmerical analysis – C
Special functions and PDE – B
Complex analysis – D
Dynamics of machinary – A
Heat transfer, Turbomachines -B

I got research background and coursework in dynamical systems, ODEs, real analysis, abstract algebra and stochastic processes plus mechanics. I am good with C and matlab. I have not done extensive C++ programming, but I can pick it up quickly. I am a BTech from IITKgp.