E22 - CMU MS in Computational Finance (MSCF) with Naitik | Financial Engineering | 30L+ Scholarship
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- If you're looking to be a Wall Street bro, this one's for you.
Welcome to the 22nd episode of the Masters with Harshith Podcast. In this episode, we talk to Naitik Lapsiya, a current student of the MSCF program at CMU. Naitik joined the MSCF program at CMU and chose this among other admits including UC Berkeley, Cornell, GeorgiaTech, UChicago, etc. In addition, he is a recipient of multiple scholarships (including the prestigious KC Mahindra scholarship), so if you're looking for a scholarship, do watch this episode.
For the A-Z steps on applying for Masters in the US and resources on how to crack into a top US uni admit, do check out my Masterclass - forms.gle/F93fXXVcJyvuCWaM6
Key timestamps -
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Naitik's background
2:16 What are quant and computational finance?
3:30 How to break into quant roles
5:20 Programming knowledge for quant roles
6:40 Computational Finance vs Financial Engineering
7:30 Opportunities on Wall Street (and Naitik's WSB and Patagonia aspiration)
10:00 When Naitik decided he wanted to move into the quant space
11:40 Why Naitik decided to do his MS and what his considerations while shortlisting universities were
14:50 How intense an MS program really is
16:50 Unis Naitik applied to and what specific universities look for (check out the rankings at quantnet.com/mfe-programs-ran...) and how to understand programs
19:54 Why CMU?
24:08 CMU MSCF Course Structure
32:00 Class Profile at the MSCF program
36:00 Possible career opportunities post a Computational Finance/Financial Engineering degree
40:10 CMU MSCF Fees
41:00 Naitik's scholarships
42:30 Education Loan Process
44:30 CMU MSCF Scholarships
46:00 KC Mahindra Scholarship
48:30 Finance hiring cycles
54:08 Handling pressure of not getting internships
58:09 Naitik's final tips for MSCF applicants
59:50 Naitik's GPA, GRE, and TOEFL score
Connect with Naitik for any queries related to CMU's MSCF program - / naitik-lapsiya
Note - Please note that all views expressed are that of the speaker, before you take a decision, please consult other resources as well
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Amazing episode, I am looking to break into financial engineering so pls get more people pursuing this field, thanks a lot man, will recommend your channel definitely to others
For sure, thanks for your support!
wow wow wow! love listening to you guys..... lot of insights
thank you, Harshith! this is "the" most useful info session. thank you again!
Glad that you found it useful!
Had an amazing time Harshith! Onwards and upwards 🚀
Thank you so much for your time and inputs, Naitik!
Very informative episode and hats off to Harshith and Naitik for giving insights into the course. Well done and keep doing good work for the community ❤
Thank you!
Very informative session.. Thanks a bunch for sharing this with us! Good luck for the future!
Appreciate your kind words!
Great Episode
Thank you!
why naitik u not speak not speaking about baruch college financial engineering??
I will be completely transparent over here , I am from a tier 3 college ,giving my final exams of 6 sem ,had one internship which was for a month in a fintech company just because of reccomendation ,my current grade is 7.2 ,want to get into quant just because of the money , wanna get into masters program ,do i get some work experience before doing masters or can i just apply for masters ?
Hey, it would be better if you reach out to Naitik directly via LinkedIn since he’d be able to answer better
Can B com(Hons)Accounting and Finance Graduate get into this degree?
get a degree in actuary studies
@@aaravjagga4613 I have Coursera certifications from IBM and Stanford then AM I Eligible and I have Financial Engineering and Risk Management degree too from Coursera
@@aaravjagga4613 In my Degrees i had Business Maths , Stats , DBMS , Financial Markets , etc...