E22 - CMU MS in Computational Finance (MSCF) with Naitik | Financial Engineering | 30L+ Scholarship

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.

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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 https://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  

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