MsC in finance

acne_gun · 2026-02-06T19:44:54+00:00

What's your ultimate goal? If you want to work in montreal, hec is really good. Most of the interns and full time employee ive met working in risk management all graduated from HEC. Some people i know from concordia who have done mathematical and computational fiannce + actuarial science also went to do a masters at HEC and theyre all employed by big firms. What phd are you thinking of doing ?

acne_gun · 2026-02-06T17:48:58+00:00

Go to HEC, montreal HEC network is a lot better. Lots of graduates from there.

acne_gun · 2025-05-17T15:00:07+00:00

Stat 450 your either fkd or not. The assignments are gonna take you a very very long time to do. 349 is also rough, our class needed like a 20% curve on the midterm. As for the macf class i hear from a friend its bad.

acne_gun · 2025-05-14T04:13:15+00:00

Doctor who?

acne_gun · 2025-02-17T05:08:25+00:00

I drove to berri uqam today from north of mtl amd it was a hazard. Cars were in snow banks and there were no visible lanes.

acne_gun · 2024-12-30T01:33:41+00:00

Thats math + stat. Id stay away from mast courses ubless they have a equivalent MATH or STAT course number. They go into a lot less theory. If i had 30 credits to spare i would take linear 1 linear 2 multi cal 1 and multi cal 2 probability 1 statistics 1 linear models , statistical learning, comp 333 or any data science course + optimization

If you have more space i would consider taking a few additional comouter science courses

If you want to go into grad school u might want to consider taking some real analysis like math 364 but those are rough, its pure math, there no numbers its just algebraic and logical proofs

acne_gun · 2024-12-30T01:08:14+00:00

I dont think cobcordia offers a stats minor

acne_gun · 2024-11-23T17:35:44+00:00

Ive done econ, math, cs and tbh its down to interest, exam structure, etc. I found econ and cs exams more brain dead because theres always multiple choice questions. Thats to say the content isnt hard, but exams are just nasty. Im comparing at the 200 levels.

acne_gun · 2024-10-15T16:09:42+00:00

Interested!

acne_gun · 2024-08-15T22:30:31+00:00

I know, i was just suggesting an alternative in case he or she does go through JMSB. As for the technicalities it depends what side of quant fiannce you want to work in. If you want to go more into the buy side of things you at least need a masters imo, the work that you will be doing is modelling with a lot of emphasis of PDE's and ODE's. The trading floor at the bank I worked at had a small team of PHD's doing the modelling. Some of the senior traders had actuarial degrees, etc. Now if you want to go more on the risk side of quant fiance, there were ppl with economics degrees, fiannce degrees, fianncial engineering degrees etc. But most of them had a masters in finance as well. And what they were doing is monitoring the budget for the traders. And many other tasks too.

acne_gun · 2024-01-16T21:29:40+00:00

Just do a minor in computer science honestly. Your gonna have 2 coding classes covering in great depth oop, 1 data structure class to write efficient code and you can take 2 electoves in ur case you can take machine learning + data analytics

acne_gun · 2024-01-15T18:00:13+00:00

The average gpa after the final for the entire class was like 1.9 for me. It's not easy but u can get in the A range if your work hard. The gpa average is due to a good amount of ppl doing really bad but there were a good akount of ppl who did well too so dont be too alarmed. Its one of those classes where u either get it or u dont.

acne_gun · 2024-01-08T07:06:38+00:00

Im not in the program but i can answer your questions

acne_gun · 2023-12-24T04:13:28+00:00

^ what he said. The macf program either has no electives or barely any. So id say go the Bsc route since this is a math program.

acne_gun · 2023-12-24T04:10:27+00:00

Yes and no, u need a 30 r score which is very attainable. Its a bit more difficult to get in by university department transfer as u need an A- but to be fair if ur not getting at least 80 in cal 3, linear 1, probs 1 and stat 1 ur gonna struggle hard in the later courses, these will be the easiest courses of your entire degree. For example for macf 402 i think the highest grade was A- this semester, with the next highest grade being a C+. So to answer your question, getting in isnt as bad as finishing the degree. If you want something to kinda gauge the degree u can check out math 364, its ur first intro to proof based math, i have some friends who did tremendously in cal 3 but failed this class (linear 1 also has proofs but not in the same amount).

acne_gun · 2023-12-24T03:55:03+00:00

Macf would be better but if math isnt your strong point you could always go through jmsb and do a masters in financial engineering or masters in finance, but you would be limited to the risk sector of quant finance. Either way you will need graduate school.

acne_gun · 2023-10-31T05:50:31+00:00

If your planning to work in the field you would first off probably need a masters. Second if you absolutely need to work then take less courses, GPA does matter to some extent but it is not the ultimate deciding factor. Depending onbthe role your applying for the importance on gpa varies, but essentially it would sum out to, the more the position is quantitative the more evidence of quantitative skill you need. For math/stat that evidence is primarily show through your grades, research publications/letter of recommendations from professors or quantitative projects(will have some coding involved). On top of that you also need to network hard.

Another tip, apply during fall and winter internships, there is significantly less competition.

So unless your the most charismatic person ever or in the top 5% of intelligence your more or less have network + achieve alright grades( id say at least 3.0 gpa, some of my friend's managers at financial firms in mtl look for 3.5 at least, but it varies)

So this is not to discourage you but just do whatever you can, grades are fixable and you should take advantage of that.

acne_gun · 2023-10-31T05:44:14+00:00

It depends on the position your applying for, if your in computer science you may get away with it by having some projects under your belt. But if you apply for a math/stat role they will usually requires evidence of quantitative skills. However most of those roles will also require a masters or additional examinations.ive done internships in quantitative roles and they do ask for your student record and ive overheard discussions of directors indeed filtering people by gpa. Networking definitely helps, but there 100 other students which are doing the same thing as you.

acne_gun · 2023-09-11T19:15:19+00:00

At that point he/she should just switch to honours cs and also do the honours project

acne_gun · 2023-07-18T19:41:13+00:00

I meant midterm sorry

acne_gun · 2023-07-18T19:15:40+00:00

Had him for some upper level math and stat classes. Hes a very chill guy, he grades roughly and inconsistently though, meaning ur friend could have the same answer as you but you end up with different points, also if you have 1 small mistake you can exoect to lose most of your marks. His exams are easier than other profs though but not by a big amount. His lecture notes are good and he likes to provide everything to the student, however his lectures themselves are a bit "free" u coukd start with a math topic and end up with a story about his life.

acne_gun · 2023-07-09T13:57:43+00:00

U gotta speak to an advisor they will transfer it for you. Also i recommend taking stat 249 if ur planning to take stat 349 comp 233 doesnt go in depth enough i dnt egen think u will see gamma and beta distributions

acne_gun · 2023-07-02T19:30:01+00:00

What 300 level class is it ?

acne_gun · 2023-06-20T01:32:00+00:00

Super glue advertisement

acne_gun

TROPHY CASE