I will be attending Oxford University (UK) during the 2003-2004 academic year studying toward the MsC in mathematics and the foundations of computer science (a pure mathematics track). I wanted to know whether such a degree will help me to get interviews for positions in trading. I have an undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science from New York University.
I decided to pursue the pure mathematics course of study entirely out of intellectual curiosity but am now concerned about whether I will be able to secure my dream job (securities trading, preferably with a hedge fund) upon graduation from Oxford. I worked with a large proprietary firm for about a year where I traded for about four months ending with negative balance (though I was told by my manager that I was the most talented trader he had ever hired....i also was not required to contribute any of my own capital....go figure).
So I am sure that many of you traders out there hire junior traders regularly. Would a degree in pure mathematics from Oxford University help get me an interview for a position in your group? Please note that I know I can secure a position wtih a proprietary trading firm by putting up my own capital and sharing in the profits. However, I am not speaking of such jobs. I am only interested in jobs in securities trading which pay salaries.
I am extremely interested in obtaining a position in securities trading and would like to know whether it is likely that I will obtain interviews for such positions upon graduation from Oxford University with a degree in mathematics and the foundations of comptuer science. I don't expect my degree to simply get me the job but rather am just hoping that I will be given the opportunity to make a good impression with an interview. What do you people think?
Any insight into how I can make myself more marketable to proprietary trading groups (particularly those groups which pay their traders salaries) will be greatly appreciated. I know for a fact that I was meant to be a trader and am hoping that my application for employment will stand out even amongst the applicants who graduated from Harvard Business School. From what I have been told by friends and people on other forums, Oxford is comparable to Princeton, Harvard, and MIT. What do you guys think about that (agree, disagree, etc...)?
Thanks
I decided to pursue the pure mathematics course of study entirely out of intellectual curiosity but am now concerned about whether I will be able to secure my dream job (securities trading, preferably with a hedge fund) upon graduation from Oxford. I worked with a large proprietary firm for about a year where I traded for about four months ending with negative balance (though I was told by my manager that I was the most talented trader he had ever hired....i also was not required to contribute any of my own capital....go figure).
So I am sure that many of you traders out there hire junior traders regularly. Would a degree in pure mathematics from Oxford University help get me an interview for a position in your group? Please note that I know I can secure a position wtih a proprietary trading firm by putting up my own capital and sharing in the profits. However, I am not speaking of such jobs. I am only interested in jobs in securities trading which pay salaries.
I am extremely interested in obtaining a position in securities trading and would like to know whether it is likely that I will obtain interviews for such positions upon graduation from Oxford University with a degree in mathematics and the foundations of comptuer science. I don't expect my degree to simply get me the job but rather am just hoping that I will be given the opportunity to make a good impression with an interview. What do you people think?
Any insight into how I can make myself more marketable to proprietary trading groups (particularly those groups which pay their traders salaries) will be greatly appreciated. I know for a fact that I was meant to be a trader and am hoping that my application for employment will stand out even amongst the applicants who graduated from Harvard Business School. From what I have been told by friends and people on other forums, Oxford is comparable to Princeton, Harvard, and MIT. What do you guys think about that (agree, disagree, etc...)?
Thanks
