i applied on a whim a month ago and somehow got in. what's it all about? (i read the description on the website). what are the benefits of going?
i am an incoming student at uc berkeley.
What are the different types of quants? I saw someone saying they work in commodities, some in options, etc. What are all the options and what are the differences between them? Do all firms trade all these?
hi! so a bit of background on me: i'm from socal, currently committed to berkeley (had to choose between berkeley and gtech), and although i like the environment a lot. i don't see a culture fit. for one, why are there like no other girls in the math/cs majors!! literally every girl i approached was socially awkward and was not looking for conversation back???
my profile: 6x AIME (never oly sob), usapho medal, a kind of prestigious math camp, and some research at ucla where i published two papers into semi-prestigious journals. got an internship at a startup for this summer too!! (not like a crazy prestigious one lol. just one i got off of a couple cold emails)
really don't want to get called a "prestige whore" here, but i'm looking to try and transfer into schools like Stanford, Yale, Columbia, UPenn, etc (just a top private school, tuition isn't a problem fortunately). ive read the wiki, so i'm not looking for general tips like keep a high gpa! or get good lors! what are specific activities i could do at my time at berkeley that would maximize my chances to transfer out? what are the top private schools looking for in applicants?? etc etc any info helps! tysm!!
hi! i'm incoming freshman at berkeley for applied math. i was looking through the fall 2026 class offerings and realized that all the intro classes are super big, and although i realize i need to take them eventually, my first semester, i really want at least one "small" class where i can get to know the professor and eventually build a good relationship with math faculty. looking through the courses, i basically boiled it down to Honors Introduction to Analysis with Charles Pugh (class size, what people say about the professor, etc). is this in the scope? any advice?
i spent much of high school doing research in math-adjacent stuff and have read a couple higher math textbooks, so i think i'm comfortable with the content. i'm really just trying to "rep-build"
I am majoring math at UC Berkeley; applied for CS double major and want to go into quant (specifically QT). Do you guys think it is worth it to transfer to any of the following schools for a math major and potentially take CS courses? If so, which one?
I'm an incoming freshman at a target school (like a solid step under the S tiers). What is the QT internship process like at firms like Jane Street, SIG, etc? Is it the same as applying for a straight QT role? Ideally, I want to land an internship summer after freshman year, but I'm starting to realize that's really hard.
background on me: Through high school, I did math olympiads and qualified for AIME a bunch and made JMO once my freshman year. i'm a bit rusty at comp math rn, but I could change that with a little bit of practice. i'm also not sure how much comp math actually helps for these roles though..
so i've seen on this subreddit a bunch of people practically saying "full-pay uchicago ted is locked w good stats". i doubt the validity of this statement but.....to what extent is that statement actually true? what type of kids get into UChicago TED full-pay math/cs/physics?
on reddit and friends at UC Berkeley constantly tell me it is IMPOSSIBLE to get into these consulting clubs (literally one applied to 10 clubs and got into 2), so naturally I want to know what gets people in (prestige whoring a bit)? What even are these clubs for? Are there perks to joining other than a social life?
I saw a thread about genetics and skin color but I can't lie, half of the consulting clubs seem to be brown asf and very average looking across the board. so this seems like bs to me 💀