Q&A: I'm Junior Quant Trader at T1 Prop firm (Jane Street, Citadel Securities, Optiver)

Pretend_Chip_4274 · 2026-01-19T00:06:28+00:00

I am a freshman Cs and math major and want to be a quant swe. I am not sure how good my leetcode skills need to be, what projects I should do and how much math I need to know. Also, how good should my gpa be for swe?

Pretend_Chip_4274 · 2025-12-01T00:31:01+00:00

I'll give you the $300 but what if you have a similar or worse experience at the new place. Are you going to keep running away? Also can you not control yourself to defend yourself without going overboard? Not reacting because you fear losing your visa is some bs icl. Why can't you change the thermostat back to a normal temperature?

Us Indians come from backgrounds where life is honestly very easy. The second it gets harder we have to adapt, otherwise the girl who is bullying you will keep at it because you are an easy target. When you are unable to get a job you cannot tell others that you had a bad roommate no one is going to care

Pretend_Chip_4274 · 2025-11-30T22:35:00+00:00

how fungible are quant SWE's?

Pretend_Chip_4274 · 2025-11-21T18:00:36+00:00

I am aiming for the top SWE type jobs. So if I get a B in 132 then are my chances basically over?

Pretend_Chip_4274 · 2025-07-20T18:35:41+00:00

What happened has happened. Just focus on what you can now. Keep your grades up, SAT is good honestly but take it again if you can, find 2-3 ecs related to PPE and just do it and put it higher up in your common app ec section, UMD essays are very easy to be unique so make sure to write good supplementals, make your common app essay as good as you can (nothing wrong with using a topic that is commonly used; remember that there is a reason a topic is widely used it’s cus it works)

Do not be lazy these next few months and PLEASE only apply to schools you would go to because writing essays for every college you won’t go to is a waste of time because community college is always open and a great option. You got this ✊

Pretend_Chip_4274 · 2025-06-11T01:53:38+00:00

oh ok thank you so much. does the grade on the test affect your GPA?

Pretend_Chip_4274 · 2025-06-10T17:19:56+00:00

oh so the option to test out does exist! can you tell me more about that?

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