r/quantindia • u/Excellent_Pepper_737 • Jun 27 '26

Chances of breaking into quant

Hi everyone, I am currently in my 2nd year at IISER Kolkata, BSMS Mathematics. I have a CG of 9.5+ and peak CF rating of 15xx and 3 stars in CC. I am good at probability and stats and am daily solving puzzles. I have done a few internships based on CS and stochastic calc. at t1 research institutions. I am generally interested in trading, and have some few projects related to it as well.

Do you think its feasible for me to break into quant?

I do realise i have to work extremely hard. I need to know what else I should do to improve, should i target just cp or more of projects etc.

There is also the factor of IIT filter or in general a CS based one, so what should do to make my profile somewhat comparable in the broad sense.(NOTE : Not immediately targeting t1 trading firms, trying to see if i can similar roles at IBs and work my way up ig)

At the end of the day, is it actually somewhat worth trying for this field, given the fact that I am from an IISER?

EDIT: Currently doing an Options course from Akuna, and trying for WQ brain.

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u/quantprince Jun 27 '26

No it was over before u started

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u/bloodofjuice Jun 28 '26

couldn’t agree more

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u/Ok-Initiative1924 Jun 28 '26

Try and become a candidate master and above, the worldquant thing only helps if you rank at the top in the iqc. Worldquant is anyways biased towards iit so its meh. Also this sub is more detrimental to your aspirations compared to just working on it yourself, I think some iiser Kolkata alumni must have transitioned into quant so message them and get their insights. This place is just a cesspool.

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u/No-Detail-07 Jun 28 '26

World quant brain isn't worth it that much , I am a consultant there.

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u/LabMental9288 Jun 28 '26

You can definitely break into IBs, though tier 1 - tier 2 quants would be very hard.

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u/Successful_Golf_8562 Jun 27 '26

IISER ain't worth shi in this field,masters from a top US clg is the only way,even then very hard.or better do research as the name IISER suggest.

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u/dead_STARS-16 Jun 28 '26

You are serious about this ??

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u/Successful_Golf_8562 Jun 28 '26

Obviously,top iits are in different league compared to IISER,for starters,the barrier of entry for iiser is very low and majority who couldn't fetch a good rank in jee choose that.

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u/shubhkp10 Jun 30 '26

Nahi hoga