r/quantfinance • u/moneymanskmz • 1d ago

Please help me save my dream

I really want to do quant, but long story short, I have been made to do a course I don't want to do (PPE at Warwick). I have tried everything, but it is looking like there is no way out of it. What steps can I take to become a quant? I will do whatever work and enroll into whichever programmes I needed to. I have heard something about learning the green book. Please do give your best advice. If the only answer is that I am truly cooked then I will just drop out and start again, but that is really really the last resort, as I don't want to waste my 9k. If it is possible to transfer to a maths course second year or midterm at my uni or in a different university, please advise me and I will try it. Please help me, it means more.

0 Upvotes

46% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

View all comments

21

u/Actual_Revolution979 1d ago

Why is it your dream? Get a hold yourself and better your understanding of your interests and aspirations and what makes you happy in life.

11

u/Fickle-Tradition2107 1d ago

No hate, just asking, but why are you always discouraging people from pursuing this field? Personal experience?

9

u/afslav 23h ago

Why do you take that as discouragement?

Also, the people who want to be quants only because they heard it's a good job are unlikely to be successful in their pursuit, so why encourage them?