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　　This review was submitted on 1/24/2010 at 18:02:31 by a student who studied full-time in the program from 9/2009-5/2010*

　　Can you tell us a bit about your background?

　　I graduated in Physics from Harvey Mudd College and went to work for a year in a small business software company as a consultant.

　　Did you get admitted to other programs?

　　No

　　Why did you choose this program (over others, if applicable)?

　　N/A

　　Tell us about the application process at this program

　　I secured admission before leaving my undergraduate program. It was very easy to apply because Harvey Mudd and Claremont Graduate University are just across the street from each other. Thus, most of the admission process was carried out in person. During the rest of the admission process e-mail and phone communication was prompt and helpful. There were no problems with the admission process as the online application was straightforward and well thought out. I did enroll as part of a 4+1 year masters program available to undergraduates of the Claremont Colleges.

　　On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the accessibility of the faculty and staff?

　　6

　　Programs like Baruch MFE, UCB MFE have refresher courses for incoming students. Does this program offer such courses? How useful was it?

　　While the program itself does not have refresher courses, taking courses at the undergraduate institutions of the Claremont Colleges is both possible and encouraged.

　　On a scale of 0-10, how would you grade the usefulness of these refresher courses?

　　0

　　Tell us about the courses selection in this program. Any special courses you like?

　　There is a set curriculum of core courses taught in a specific order. Of the 12 required courses, 8 are mandated parts of the curriculum and 4 of the courses are electives. Selection of elective courses is highly teacher specific. If a good teacher is teaching a class it will be gold. The courses I especially like were Financial Accounting (a required part of the curriculum) and Fixed Income (an elective) and I liked those courses because the teachers in the courses were excellent.

　　On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the flexibility of the curriculum?

　　9

　　Tell us about the quality of teaching

　　The teaching quality is quite variable. One of my favorite teachers has won 14 teaching awards during his time at several of the Claremont Colleges. The other favorite teacher is a retired accountant and has put in the effort to write his own book that we use in the classroom. Due to both natural ability and conscious effort, he is an excellent teacher. Other teachers I have encountered have been ‘good,’ although one teacher was terrible. These solidly good teachers give instructive classes but would could to put more effort into coordinating their classes, better tailoring their homework problems, and sharing more ‘pearls of wisdom’ from outside the textbook.

　　My teacher rating of 8 indicates that there are at least two excellent teachers, and the majority are good teachers.
 

On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the career service for internship and full-time job?

　　6

　　Can you comment on the social interaction between students of different ethnics, nationalities in the program?

　　The CGU MFE program is predominantly foreign of which the majority are Chinese. The program itself is nearly majority Chinese. There are several MFE program-wide events during which interaction occurs between all groups. On a day-to-day basis none of the groups all sit together in cliques.

　　What do you like about the program?

　　CGU’s best attribute: There are at least two excellent teachers, the majority are solidly good, and a terrible teacher can be easily avoided because they are only teaching elective classes. The teachers are accessible.

　　Second best: The high proportion of Chinese students allows for an intimate exposure to China. I sure will use my contacts in China in the future and I have been able to ask colleagues for their opinions on all news I get from China.

　　Others: The integration of the CGU job posting network with those of the excellent undergraduate universities nearby allow for a much broader range of opportunities. There is a lot of freedom to take advantage of the resources offered by the school, but the onus is on you.

　　On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade the value of the program for the price tag?

　　5

　　What DON’T you like about the program?

　　The fact that programming is not well integrated into the courses and homework is a severe shortcoming. Also, the program is quite theoretical and should be more applied. It many respects the program is a series of classes connected only if the courses are taught by the same teacher. Better integration of the classes into a coherent program would be desirable. There was an attempt to have the Mathematical Finance class integrate with the Numerical Methods for Finance class, but due to a lack of communication between the different professors the classes complemented each other very little.

　　Suggestions for the program to make it better

　　The suggestion that more programming be introduced into the curriculum has already been somewhat addressed with an independent C++ workshop and weekly VBA lab period. The integration of classes into a coherent program with a single well designed syllabus is a must.
　On a scale of 1-10, how would you grade your experience in the program?

　　7

　　What are your current job status? What are you looking for?

　　The connections the CGU MFE program has in East Asia have been invaluable. I have an internship lined up in Tokyo with Barclays Capital for the Summer of ’10. The internship is in Fixed Income IT support.

　　Since I trained as a physicist and worked in business software for a year, I am not sure where I want to head. I will be better informed after my internship.

　　On a scale of 1-10, would you recommend this program to others?

　　9

　　Other comments

　　This program is very close to making it big. The alumni network is growing under the expert management of the current career services office, and programming classes are being incorporated into the curriculum. I expect my degree to be worth much more than I paid for it in 3 to 4 years as those graduates in my class and the year before begin reaching high-level positions. I plan to be actively involved with the school in the years ahead and am working to improve the program myself.

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