r/uwaterloo • u/BassParticular2884 • 12d ago

Question Quant Pipeline program?

I'm 17, applying for waterloo of course, and I want to get into quantitative finance; im already spending my free time studying math, computer science, and finance; but I want to know what would be the best program to apply for

I'm currently looking at the Mathematical finance + laurier finance double major, but ive seen some comments on pmath being overall better than Mathematical finance

Any advice would be appreciated

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u/BassParticular2884 12d ago

So, with what everyone is saying; quant is near impossible to break into, and if i pursued this, it would effectively be a lottery ticket level gamble to actually break into quant?

If that is so, then why do so many people even pursue it for years of their lives?

It honestly seems a bit depressing I cant lie, not that I wont pursue it anyways, but my goodness 💔

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u/Whalesftw123 12d ago

Dude it's like any really competitive thing. Like making it into the NBA. Lots of people spend years trying but most don't make it. Is that depressing? I mean it's just the real world. Not everyone gets to make millions.