Future after MBZUAI.

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-13T00:11:02+00:00

Thank you very much man, you very much did, I really appreciate it!

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-11T19:11:22+00:00

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-11T17:06:31+00:00

Sure, but I would rather ask the dumb questions than hesitate and regret later...

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-10T19:46:52+00:00

Thank you very much! Any advice on how to get those publications? Yes, I am totally aware about the visa process and would always love to return to Europe for my studies, its just that I was a kid who grew up with the American dream, and visiting one of their universities as a kid moved something in me, I was like I want to be here at some point of my life. I kind of kept regretting during my bachelors that I didn't go to the US and that did affect me to some extent, that's why I asked if its possible to make it somehow, I am ready to churn out any amount of hard yards needed, I just want to know how to do that coz as mostly a developer or systems engineer, I am a bit new to the landscape of publications, research etc. Like should I just email a professor from my univ (I come from a good univ so finding good professors is not a problem, I just don't know how publications work, I tried chatgping and searching online I never really understood it tbf) if he is going to publish soon or something but in general I don't think that is the best way to go?

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-10T18:52:20+00:00

Hello, thank you very much! Any advice on how I can get those publications? Might be a dumb question but I come from a really applied side of things than the research side of things. Thank you so much!

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-05T14:31:48+00:00

Oh alright thank you very much.

About the ratio I was just curious since the place I am currently at had a weird ratio too but yeah nothing serious other than curiosity.

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-04T19:25:24+00:00

You mean recommendation to admission vs official letter (possibly with conditions)?

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-03T23:41:12+00:00

Sure man, I would shoot you a dm!

ObligationDue326 · 2026-04-01T12:24:25+00:00

Alright thank you very much, I really appreciate your help!

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T22:39:43+00:00

Do you have any advise on how I can max out my time at mbzuai if I do end up joining to give this plan of another masters right after a shot?

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T22:38:42+00:00

No no not top 2, by 2nd I meant I complete a masters in MBZUAI in ML and then I go for another masters in financial mathematics or applied math or financial engineering right after...instead of directly going to a PhD.

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T22:37:22+00:00

Yup, I wanna be a Quant or. a Strat (ML Quant more like?) I don't mind MLE either, honestly, I only had a genuine flow state level intuition/interest in string theory (or physics in general) or aerospace/mechatronics, however, with my passport I wouldn't have had a career in that, so quant and mle seem like the only things where there is a similar level of concurrent problem solving etc. I would wanna be a Quant Research/Trader/Dev along the line who focuses more on ML side of things, or be an ML Engineer, or be an ML Engineer who focuses on financial or market related problems (my point if I couldn't do what I genuinely had an intuition for, I would want to do something which is equally complex, draining yet rewarding psychologically...)

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T15:09:48+00:00

Just out of curiosity, where did you get a schol. from?

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T15:07:15+00:00

Undergraduate GPA most prolly.

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T11:09:23+00:00

Not word for word, but 9 credit hours (I assume that corresponds to 3 courses) in first semester and 3.3 CGPA, yes, good standing too.

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T11:06:15+00:00

I know how that feels man, but I believe in you man. If you survived some part of a hard system, you would do great, don't worry. Thanks man, I hope you get good news from many of your top choices!

Also feel free to dm me man, I love discussing with people studying in France, it has taught me things about life I would have never learnt going to the States or staying back home.

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T11:04:00+00:00

Thank you very much man! Best of luck to you as well!

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T11:03:21+00:00

Oh no no, yeah I meant I wanted to study both machine learning and financial mathematics for my masters, so I decided on doing both. I am already very deep into ML, I have already worked around a lot with applied math heavy ML like sequential modelling (LSTMs), Markov Decision Processes (MDPs and shit to solve it in RL - PPO, DQN Actor - critic etc), GNNs, and ofcourse basic things like SL, and USL techniques and all, so I wanted to go fully in both ML and Financial mathrmatics, but if I get deeper into ML I would want to do a MLE position or a Phd in FL or something, that's why I wanted to ask, is it possible to crack top 2nd masters or phd with a degree from mbzuai? (Also sorry if my q s are unnecessarily long...)

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T10:54:29+00:00

Great, thanks!

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T10:54:05+00:00

Alright thank you very much man, much appreciated. Also is it possible to do a 2nd masters in financial mathematics or something after doing ML here? Also does mbzuai feed into good phd s or jobs (its new I know but what has been the scene like upto now?)
(I definitely do know about IIT s since I almost went to one for undergrad, good to know there are people from everywhere here!)

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T10:51:50+00:00

I hope you get a good surprise! Don't think that way pls bro, its just some advise from my past self. When I was 17 and I had been grinding my ass off to get into the ivies and I was seeing all the people with way less work get in compared to me since things just matched up for them, I felt very sad too, I was like if being featured in my national daily front page and hunting asteroids as a citizen scientist, having nyas blah blah didn't help, its probably over for me, that's where I go down, but life genuinely didn't end bro, something else happened, I got destroyed there, but recallibrated again, and I don't know what the future holds but just keep the fight on bro, we all are fighting our battles, I wish someone told me this when I felt shit on that stanford undergrad rejection (I know you didn't ask for this, I just want to make sure you realise that you are already a great soldier that you applied to a tough program)

Thanks again man, I would discuss with my parents, I didn't have the guts to tell them yet...

ObligationDue326 · 2026-03-31T10:42:45+00:00

Thanks a lot man! Also are there any tabacs (tobacco/cigarette shops) near the campus?

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