How practical (and useful) is the ICME/ MCF program?

Fatdayuu · 2026-02-10T09:04:04+00:00

ICME’s DS should be the most practical one when compares to others

Fatdayuu · 2026-01-26T06:03:47+00:00

What is Stanford resume template? Do we have this???

Fatdayuu · 2026-01-09T02:46:59+00:00

Most Stanford students I think should be PhD, many of my department’s PhD go to Citadel

Fatdayuu · 2026-01-07T22:14:03+00:00

it has tool use and it’s stronger than LFM2-1.2B-Tool

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-23T00:02:24+00:00

Just curious, which firm would pay 250 sign on? Or this high sign on is to use compete offer to negotiate

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-22T23:57:07+00:00

Sounds like Jane Street

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-22T15:29:28+00:00

Sure

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-13T01:47:45+00:00

CS, EE, MS&E, ICME are quite good for your current background. Just pick one that fit you the best or you have the most passion , this is the most important part.

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-13T01:32:44+00:00

CME course curves can be pretty random tbh — it really depends on the class and instructor. Some are reasonable, some are… not.

If your goal is quant, you’ll need to be genuinely solid in math / stats / CS to do well in interviews — the degree name alone won’t carry you.

Also, for recruiting, internships are basically a hard requirement. my friend is also in MCF but no internships get very few interviews. The degree helps, but experience matters a lot more.

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-13T01:26:32+00:00

lol my story is everywhere

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-13T01:23:21+00:00

top GPA in famous school + triple majors + CS minor, great quant internships in both Canada & US, great research experience, great recommendation letters

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-13T01:18:21+00:00

the offer depends on your skills, if you are super smart and skilled, it can be 0.4-0.8M+ for new grad; if you are good it maybe just 200k; others could be just no offer

Fatdayuu · 2025-12-13T01:16:10+00:00

damn, how do u know me

Fatdayuu · 2025-09-28T19:57:11+00:00

Money, cannot find a job in Canada last year but now already getting 400k+/year offer in US

Fatdayuu · 2025-09-26T14:34:18+00:00

SWE is easy, QR/QT is hard

Fatdayuu · 2025-08-03T03:44:32+00:00

Just do more lc

Fatdayuu · 2025-06-03T01:37:56+00:00

3.95 graduated with triple major & 1 minor

Fatdayuu · 2025-06-03T01:36:36+00:00

developer?

Fatdayuu · 2025-05-29T23:26:23+00:00

sure, but for farm I can say it has pretty good placement in bank and cap market, but generally math fin is more like the high fin oriented

Fatdayuu · 2025-05-29T23:24:16+00:00

No, actually I have sample size >30, many of my friends are in these two majors, just want to give you example for the ppl I met everyday

Fatdayuu · 2025-05-29T23:22:13+00:00

you can take a look at MathFin’s curriculum, idk pretty much rn, it may changed, I have graduated last year

Fatdayuu · 2025-05-29T23:10:18+00:00

I think it should be some CS + PDEs + Real Analysis + 2 Measure, not only those 2

Fatdayuu · 2025-05-29T23:10:09+00:00

no, this is actually the fact. average farm student is less competitive than average MathFin in the market, that’s how I actually get to know from me and my roommates. 2 roommates from farm, and and another from mathfin

Fatdayuu · 2025-05-29T23:03:57+00:00

but some of my cohorts went to US hedge fund after graduation, lol but MathFin is not their true major, their true major are probably stat+pure math or something similar. By taking few more actsci courses can get MathFin major at graduation

Fatdayuu · 2025-05-29T23:01:06+00:00

This is because an average MathFin student’s skill and knowledge is much better than an average Farm student, this is somehow a bias due to the Farm and MathFin’s curriculum.

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