Your B-School admission stats are simply not true - the top 3 schools accept 10%-15% - by the time you get to #10-#15 you're looking at 20% to 40%.
Carl - I spent 5 years trading options in NY, and have friends who still do the same. I also have friends at the I-banks. I would say that,...
Take advantage of what CBS has to offer - go see your career counselors. All of the IB's recruit out of Columbia and I would assume that many...
You can sometimes find ads in the NYTimes, or even on Craigslist, for options clerks on the floor (NYMEX, NYBOT) in NY - working for locals. Not a...
I wouldn't recommend the floor as a long term career option, but there are still guys making a lot of money down there right now, and you can...
Hate to say it but your odds of getting a job at a bank or fund, before you graduate, are slim to none. You might, however, be able to find a...
They also have the vega. So maybe in the morning you're running front month vol at 31%, 1 month back at 29.5% etc. That's how you see whether or...
Agreed - it's much easier to move into Prop from an analyst program at Citibank than it is to move the other way.
If he wants to trade at a bank- math, math, math. He needs to go to a good school, major in math or physics or comp science, and probably go on to...
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