What is a good major to become a “quant”?

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[Post New]05/02/2022 23:10
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Anonymous
Is undergrad degree enough or do you need an MBA?
[Post New]05/02/2022 23:15
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Anonymous
Our best guys were usually PhDs in physics
[Post New]05/02/2022 23:20
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Anonymous
Applied mathematics or physics.
[Post New]05/02/2022 23:22
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Anonymous
Applied mathematics. Usually a master's or PhD.
[Post New]05/02/2022 23:37
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Is undergrad degree enough or do you need an MBA?


MBA is not for quant. There are many ways one can become a quant but Physics, Math, Statistics, Engineering (CS, EE )naturally lead to that path AND MS in Financial Engineering or PhD is required.
[Post New]05/02/2022 23:38
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Anonymous
Quant can mean different things. What kind of job do you have in mind?
[Post New]05/03/2022 09:47
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Anonymous
Math. Sounds horrible.
[Post New]05/03/2022 09:56
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Anonymous
Economics if the school has strong mathematical/data analysis courses. Many Phd Economists go on to do quant work. (But there are undergrad programs that will teach lower levels of this).
[Post New]05/03/2022 09:58
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Anonymous
PhD physicist here. Almost every quantitative trader I know (and I know a broad set of people in finance) is a physicist who specialized in some kind of computational modeling. I know one other person who is an aerospace engineer that specialized in computation fluid modeling (which is basically physics).
[Post New]05/03/2022 10:28
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Anonymous
Yesterday's Quants are today's Data Scientists.
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