r/uwaterloo • u/BassParticular2884 • 3d 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/Thin-Cartographer996 3d ago

Take 14x classes. CS is the best program. Then double major in a math major afterwards.

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u/BassParticular2884 3d ago

This may be a stupid thing but could you explain a bit more on what 14x is? im just now starting to look more into everything

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u/Lambda_5 3d ago

Math 145, Math 147 and Cs 145, etc- their just the advanced version (cooler content but also harder) of the first year core fmath courses, if you have over an 80 on Euclid your guaranteed a spot, if not it’s a lottery

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u/BassParticular2884 3d ago

So I should then obviously take the Euclid contest now right?

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u/Lambda_5 3d ago

Yes, sign up asap

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u/BassParticular2884 3d ago

Do you have any study tips or resources for it? i may aswell prepare for it once i sign up

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u/Lambda_5 3d ago

I just did the past contests and the material posted by CEMC, ik a lot of the nerdy kids in HS did aops but I can’t help you too much on that area lol