Can a Graduate Degree from Oxford U help me get a salaried position in trading?

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FREEDOM? I don't THINK SO!

I see the fight, but no freedom.

You remind me of a chained dog barking and jumping at cars on the street, slowly but surely wrapping himself around the tree he is tied to.

Hey! I was the third grade spelling champ for three straight years! Do ya think that will help me get a salaried position?
 
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I find it interesting how some people not only offer disagreement on an issue, but also, at the drop of a hat, a prediction about whether someone will or will not "make it" as a trader. I sense more than a slight case of the messiah complex.

In retrospect, FP may have misdirected his energies in responding to the many slights he has received here. But you have to admire his boundless capacity for all your butt kicking and his willingness to come back for more. Surely the markets will not be nearly as cruel or vindictive when he embarks on his trading career.

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Thunderdog
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Did it cross your mind that given his inferiority complex he likes his butt being kicked?
 
aren't you all embarrassed?

it seems any mr market type can come here, spout a few pompous lines, throw in a "top tier" school, and enough regulars get their panties in a bunch.

and every time it happens, the suckers flock right back.

mr market and freedomfighter are here simply to agitate. and by the length of this thread, they are succeeding.
 
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fat sluts username was banned from posting- too bad- he/she really livened up things around here.......
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I'd like to see a flat slut on a boss hog:)
 
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I agree with you on this... there were plenty of other better places this guy should have tried for, but his GPA obviously didnt cut it...
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Oxford is a world-class institution. There are not many universities that can claim that presence. As far as MIT is concerned, I have nothing against it whatsoever (in fact, I know a professor there in the Mathematics department as well as a PhD student). I was only stating the facts. NYU stands alone in its applied mathematics research and productivity.

To be honest, I did apply to MIT's mathematics PhD program and was rejected. I admit my gpa wasn't very high but other aspects of my application probably served to help me gain admission to the masters programs at NYU, Columbia, and Oxford. To be honest, however, I wasn't really sure whether a PhD program would be the right track for me anyways since my goal is to become a securities trader. I received an award for excellence and promise in mathematics from my undergraduate school, was an undergraduate mathematics fellow which required that I donate my time to tutoring fellow students in advanced mathematics, and gave a few talks on mathematical physics at the Courant Institute.

Let me be clear: MIT is a great school and I didn't mean to impy otherwise although I honestly can't say that I would choose MIT over Oxford if I had been admitted there unless i received a full fellowship or assistantship (in which case I would seriously consider doing so).

From what i have been hearing, Oxford is not an easy school to get into. If you like, you can apply for a masters degree there and see what happens (there is no application fee required). By your statement above, Oxford is easy to get into so you should have no problem....lol

Take Care. Sorry but I have been extremely busy lately and haven't checked out this forum in a while.
 
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