Masters for Hedge Fund ???

I am a budding high school investor and going to a top college in my country but unknown in the US.

  1. Which major should I take to open most doors for HF/AM (cs,math,eco)? How is BSc math, eco, stats or BSc eco with CS?
    Even though my college sends atleast 20-30 students to GS,JPM,MS,BLACKROCK etc each year its not the same as in US.They are either BCOM or Bsc Eco,maths .

  2. Since there are literally no hedge funds here, I would have to get a MFIN/MFE from a top school (MIT/OXBRIDGE/LSE/COLUMBIA/BOOTH/PRINCETON). Is it possible to end up at a billion dollar hedge fund(Citadel/AQR/BA) out of MFIN and how? Do they sponsor visa?
    3- Should I work for 1 year before applying or directly after final year.
    I will be completing my CFA.
    INDIA

 

What a load of crappy advice. You dont need a masters, though its certainly a valid path. It's much quicker to target a job in IB straight out of undergrad. After a year or two of that, you will already be a desireable candidate for many HFs.

 

IITs tend to send kids regularly to quant HFs, from what I know. I don't know of the rest.

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As mentioned before: be a 99th percentile student, study STEM (math/stats + CS), study economics in spare time, try land a good MSc abroad as you mentioned. And lastly, you need to work on becoming very polished. This means getting non-academic hobbies, get educated on non-technical subjects, play sports, socialize, etc.

Basically, as a foreign asian studying at a non-target you need to be perfect. You need to do everything in your power to prove that you're the outlier to their prior distribution.

 

Great advice thanks .o work in the hedge fund industry should I try to get AM or IB internships during my undergrad . My college sends atleast 20-30 kids to GS,JPM,Blacksrock,MS each year . Most of them are either BCOM or BSC Eco ,maths. Does in matter if I study financial maths,financial engineering ,or a masters in finance.WIll I be open to all HF and IB.

 

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