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PhD Nottingham or Glasgow?

Reply 20

The Orientalist

10

Sweet, a postgrad mash up!

Reply 21

Alan Smithee

The Boosh

exactly how would a brand name improve a phd?

Lol.

Reply 22

the_alba

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lorrybeep

Not that I care but you're acting like a woman. Dont bother reply if you think my questions are disturbing. :rolleyes:

That's actually reeeeally offensive. I feel so insulted :rolleyes:

Reply 23

nikk

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Personally, I would only go for a GUCCI PhD. Any others are sooo not brill.

glasgow

Dirac Delta Function

Well I'm not a quant (my IB experience was in M&A), but I think that the level of maths required for quant roles would be approximately Masters level at a respectable uni.

The implication being that a Masters in maths at a less 'respectable' uni is easier?

Reply 26

ChemistBoy

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lorrybeep

What's your problem? Geez, since when do people get criticised for asking questions here and yout think you are going to be a lecturer?

If the question is constantly rephrased and repeated then it becomes an annoyance.

You dont expect every employer to understand how PhDs are graded. Employers being not only universities but only those in other sectors.

I would expect any employer who requires PhD graduates to know exactly what a PhD is and how it is assessed ('graded' is entirely the wrong word to use). If they do not then they don't need PhD graduates.

You're doing PhD arent you? I don't think there's a point of you doing it if you dont first learn how to control your EQ first and to give a fair judgement. Don't see a point of wasting your time and money cause you won't earn respects. Giving a bad rep to someone who simply asks questions is just wrong. The worse thing was you didnt even know why you gave a bad rep. Not that I care but you're acting like a woman. Dont bother reply if you think my questions are disturbing. :rolleyes:

Like I said before you have asked this question in various guises and you seem to only want to know about answers that say that prestige is important despite this not being the case. Also I wouldn't bother insulting people you don't know.

Reply 27

yeung3939

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I guess IBs have to sell their employees to relatively ignorant clients and brand name can give clients confidence. Thus it is a matter of perceived quality rather than actual quality.

Reply 28

ChemistBoy

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yeung3939

I guess IBs have to sell their employees to relatively ignorant clients and brand name can give clients confidence. Thus it is a matter of perceived quality rather than actual quality.

I guess so, but that is really quite a poor excuse. If people are ignorant of these things then what are they doing in this business? If you need high level mathematical modelling for your investments then you should know at least enough to give a decent appraisal of who you are dealing with. It seems to me that most investors only care about getting the best return so why should an IB firm feel the need to tell people that it's quants all have degrees from a certain institution? Surely reassuring them that they have people with top expertise in the area should suffice?

Reply 29

yeung3939

1

I guess many clients don't know what exactly 'expertise', 'Phd' and 'mathematic models' mean. They generally think brand name = intelligence = more likely to get good return, so for IBs brand name is important.

Just wild guess.

Reply 30

ChemistBoy

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yeung3939

I guess many clients don't know what exactly 'expertise', 'Phd' and 'mathematic models' mean. They generally think brand name = intelligence = more likely to get good return, so for IBs brand name is important.

That sounds incredibly ignorant I would expect more of people who are doing high level investments. Personally I think it is all down to prejudice and elitism within the industry itself rather than pandering to clients, after all this is the reason for almost all discrimination in all sectors.

Reply 31

The Boosh

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cheers cb, glad to seem i'm not the only one that's noticed the new postgrad prestige chaser.

"Racist, Sexist, talking down to people for asking questions, taking things too personal on this forum, patronizing" was an interesting rep, after being accused of 'acting like a girl'

Reply 32

Dirac Delta Function

14

Gwai

The implication being that a Masters in maths at a less 'respectable' uni is easier?

Usually, but it depends on the department. Sometimes you get strong departments in mediocre unis, and v. v.

Reply 33

ChemistBoy

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The Boosh

cheers cb, glad to seem i'm not the only one that's noticed the new postgrad prestige chaser.

"Racist, Sexist, talking down to people for asking questions, taking things too personal on this forum, patronizing" was an interesting rep, after being accused of 'acting like a girl'

Sadly this is the effect of increasing numbers in higher education - people who shouldn't be doing PhDs doing them.

PhD Nottingham or Glasgow?

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