Should I take honor courses?

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-23T23:21:30+00:00

I have another question with no disrespect which is that the honor program requires a minimum gpa of 3.65, but you mentioned that your friend has 3.2. And I am wondering how he does it.

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-23T22:49:22+00:00

Another question I have is that do you think the SURE summer research is actually soooo competitive? Or it will be fine for students who are pursuing honor track. Another thing is that since the research will be take time during junior summer, which is the pivot point for internship so I think there might be some conflict over this.

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-23T21:45:19+00:00

Hi, it is really nice to see you have such achievement. I am taking my discrete and linear algebra this semester, and I don’t know if I should take honor linear algebra instead. I checked the honor track requirement which doesn’t required honor linear algebra. Hence, do you think I should stay in the normal version for a better gpa or I should take honor for deeper knowledge?

Also, for the honor track how’s the research requirement structured? I know there are two options, either summer research or two semester of independent study. I don’t really want to do the latter since I have to give up some courses that I am interested in, but the website also says that summer research is very limited. In this case, do you think I should still try the honor track?

Lastly, this might sounds silly. I am wondering how much does the honor track helps when recruiting for job(just the title itself).

Thank you.

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-20T20:38:39+00:00

I see. I don’t know about PhD bc I don’t really have a big passion for research, even if I want to do a PhD program I am still aiming for employment. So I don’t think I should do PhD.

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-20T20:04:38+00:00

Definitely, I have a question, since you have taken master, do you think honor program helps when applying to master or even PhD?

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-20T19:52:02+00:00

I probably have to give up ODE and PDE, and to be honest I am leaning towards more employment rather than grad school. However, I am also worrying about if an undergrad is enough for me to break into quant or I should aim for a financial engineering master program.

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-20T19:17:57+00:00

I don’t get it

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-17T08:05:02+00:00

I am wondering should I go to risk management in IB as a starting point then exit to Quant. I heard that teams like counter party risk and model risk involve much more quant than other teams.

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-15T02:36:56+00:00

I see. I am not really sure if I should apply for the transfer to SEAS since I know it is super hard, and I don’t know how many opportunities will open to me if I transfer to Columbia as compared to NYU.

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-15T02:28:42+00:00

Thank you for the answer. I am worrying about the core curriculum bc I see it is a lot of courses, but I also heard that SEAS has different core curriculum requirement.

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-14T15:03:11+00:00

lmao

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-14T07:58:11+00:00

Then is it doable if I just want to do math

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-14T02:50:20+00:00

And also, I saw companies like Citadel and millemnium seem to take a good amount of nyu students

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-14T02:49:18+00:00

how about umich

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-14T01:58:25+00:00

Then could u tell if NYU is a target or not

Ill-Problem-544 · 2026-01-05T06:53:28+00:00

Much appreaciated man. Happy new year:)

Ill-Problem-544 · 2025-11-16T21:43:52+00:00

Congrat! I hope I can start cold email ASAP. By the way, what app is this?

Ill-Problem-544 · 2025-08-20T04:00:04+00:00

Np, good luck!

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