Boston university school of management mathematical finance program

The committee determines whether students will be permitted to stay in the program, and if so, what specific steps must be taken to regain good academic standing. Students with a CGPA below 2. Students will be informed of their academic position via their BU email address prior to the start of the subsequent semester. If a Student Statement is submitted, this is due within 72 hours of the performance notification.

Students with a CGPA between 2. After 24 credits attempted, students with a CGPA less than 2. After all program credits are completed, all students must achieve a 2.

Students are not permitted to take additional credits beyond the semester in which they have completed their degree requirements in order to improve their CGPA or restart enrollment, nor can they withdraw and re-enroll. Please be aware that your CGPA can also affect your eligibility for continuing financial aid, including scholarships and loans. Students must maintain satisfactory academic progress at least a 2.

The Student Statement is voluntary, though it is strongly encouraged, as it offers the sole opportunity for student input into PDC decisions. All students who graduate in January are invited to attend the Questrom School of Business commencement ceremony in May. The three-semester program takes you to the cutting edge of mathematical finance and financial technology. The curriculum includes a comprehensive survey of the stochastic mathematics employed in asset pricing, risk modeling, and portfolio management.

You will be exposed to the latest concepts, tools, and computational techniques employed in financial technology and data analysis, and you will have the opportunity to explore exciting new frontiers such as machine learning and algorithmic trading. If this is not enough, you may enroll for an optional fourth semester to complete the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Financial Technology.

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Some students get full time offers from their internship employers. I landed a job in a prestigious investment management firm here in Boston, working for the quant analytics team. I am very happy that my position closely relates to research-oriented responsibilities.

Very nice curriculum quality, materials, depth, lecturers and the overall structure 2. Living in Boston is quite fun. Not as crazy as New York, but still a lot of opportunities in the finance industry If you are a big sports fan, this is the best place to live 4. The director, faculty and staff really care about the students, their job search and their life in general.

You need to put extra efforts on computer programming outside of class 6. Coursework is VERY difficult. You will find yourself taking classes with PhD students. Not a very high reputation of the school, especially with Harvard and MIT right across the river. But still, you can always find a job in New York if you want to work in investment banking. In conclusion, I highly recommend this program. I had awesome, talented classmates, high-quality courses and many impressive job opportunities I had chances to explore.

Also, I feel that the program is continuously improving. The program is carefully listening to the feedbacks from graduates to upgrade its value. StudentCommenting 2. Program is hard and I mean it. Even if you were great in undergrad, you probably won't be here. Mostly theoretical math with a good deal of coding. It's difficult to code since they don't teach it well, and you have to rely on others to do it for you. If you are a computational math person, don't come here; this is strictly for theoretical mathematicians.

A few people dropped out because of the theoretical nature of everything. Didn't receive internship. Made it difficult for securing full-time employment, but found a job, not to my liking in risk management. I don't know of anyone in my program that became a quant.

Most people got into risk management, or asset management, or portfolio management, etc. Only 3 or 4 folks were good enough to go for the prized PhD, which I think is the gateway to be a quant. A MS in math finance is most likely not going to lend you your dream job: a quant.

Great program, very though content. If you go to BU you should prepare to study hard. Also be patient as most of the applicable courses are towards the end of the program. Many people get good positions at good companies, although many have to settle for jobs they don't like a lot. I feel mostly the people that cared about learning got better placed, my guess is that is an effect from being able to speak much more intelligently about finance in an interview.

I feel most of the professors did a great job. They are very accessible and know very well the content of their classes. They also care about students learning well the content of the courses. Living in Boston is great and good friendships are built during the program.

Expect to always have your hands full studying and try to have one or two nights a week to grab a drink with friends. I would sum up the masters as follows: First semester: Introduction courses, mostly you will deal with learning stochastics and being introduced to math finance. Second semester: half and half, still you are learning math tools but finally you are starting to go into applications by studying fixed income and computational methods. Third semester: applications learning.

Some of them are more abstract than the others, but it will build a good mind set. Sadly though many people don't take advantage of the content as they are much more preoccupied of getting a full time offer. I would recommend this masters.

The pros are the professors and the content, if you care about learning be assured that you will learn a lot. The cons would be not the best placements and I would have wished it was more computational. I just begin my second semester in BU.

This program is very difficult and tough! You have to learn hard the whole semester. Based on job placement history,it is not hard to get a job if you can survive. The knowledge you learn here is very useful and important for your career. You can feel that you are not fighting alone,a team back you up!!

Namini is a very charming man who has a lot of experience in Wall street,he always use analogy to explain us trading and finance knowledge which make us understand better. Although the program is so hard that gonna to kill me, i feel every penny i paid is totally worthy! Anonymous 1. Does it fit you? I was a part of this program in I will try to give an objective review of this program without any personal feelings and give you a glimpse of what to expect.

The program is led under the direction of the Executive Director, Dr. Ahmad Namini. The plus side to him is that he has experience in Wall Street and is helpful in terms of getting you a job and possibly boosting your GPA. He attempts to give a better grade than other professors because all the professors engage in grade deflation.

The problem is he doesn't teach: his entire class is jokes. He can literally joke for 3 hours straight and their is no restraint: racial epithets, sexual innuendos, etc. You feel duped by him. He's an excellent salesman in selling you a program that you will regret joining.

The program is 3 semesters long. The first semester is the worst, and your GPA will be terrible. The first semester is two classes for about 7 weeks, and then two more classes for 7 weeks. It's ultra fast and there is an enormous amount of cheating. The director also doesn't care if you cheat, in fact he told us he doesn't care in the Math Refresher program and not to come to him to complain.

Your integrity will be at stake. The class is international, with only a few Americans. The foreigners can't leave once they join, and regret their time at the school. This is how the school rakes in so much money for their program.

Most Americans enjoy a scholarship, but usually lose it because of the grade deflation. Do not attend the Math Refresher program. Namini teaches it, and he only jokes around. You also don't need anything in the refresher program to do well in the program.