
just curiously everyone's opinion on the MFE/math finance ranking in the US, specifically how you would rank them?
(remember that there is no independent ranking out there, a couple rankings are outdated, the latest 2009 quantnet ranking is baruch's own marketing platform, I can't comment on baruch program, but their marketing is indeed great.)
This following list is likely not the complete list, but should have the top 10-15 programs: (note that the list is not an sorted/ranked)
MIT
BU
Berkeley
UCLA
Princeton
Standford
Columbia
NYU
Cornell
Chicago
Brauch
GIT
UIUC
USC
UMich
Rutgers
UToronto
CMU
NC State
Claremont
Purdue
Kent State
IIT
GWU (George Washington)
Polytech
WPI
Florida State
My pick for top 10: (again, unordered)
MIT, Berkeley, UCLA, Princeton, Standford, Columbia, NYU, Cornell, CMU, Chicago
Free feel to reply with your own ranking and/or disagree with mine
It sounds like you are attending UMich? If so, how many students in your class?
Judging from different forum, it seemed there was a couple people who got declined to UCLA, but got into UMich, not the other way around. Of course, this is a small sample to prove anything.
I know guys who declined by Umich and admited by NYU, and also someone declined by Gtech with geting ad from Umich, so there are preferences for school when adcoms view applicants.
It sounds like you are attending UMich? If so, how many students in your class?
Judging from different forum, it seemed there was a couple people who got declined to UCLA, but got into UMich, not the other way around. Of course, this is a small sample to prove anything.
UMich is another great debate/comparison, it's a difficult one, here is what I see:
-- UMich housed in engineering school, UCLA housed in business school
-- UMich - engineering > UCLA
-- UCLA - finance > UMich
-- UCLA career service > UMich (because UCLA in business school)
Of course, curriculum etc. are different.
In my opinion, I draw the a closer comparison between UCLA and Berkeley, a lot of the things are similar/same, except:
-- Berkeley engineering > UCLA (Thus, better brand name)
-- B. career service > UCLA
-- B. Student profile > UCLA
Note: I did not find student profile on UMich website, nor the class profile.