In two weeks the core will be over. :) Looking back over the past four months I can't believe how much I have learned. A lot of that learning took place inside the classroom, but especially in the case of finance, much of that learning took place outside the classroom. I am in the process of recruiting for finance, which is pretty intense, but through the process I have learned more about finance in a few months than I could have learned in a classroom. I have always followed the market but at a big picture level.
Four months ago I had no idea what a naked credit default swap was (If you don't know it's pretty much analogous to you purchasing insurance on your neighbors car because you think he's a bad driver.) I also now know that Mortgage Backed Securities display negative convexity due to changes in duration from prepayments which are a function of rates among other factors. As opposed to a classroom, I learned all this through 2nd years, Wikipedia, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Dewey Library, and visits to multiple trading floors in NYC.
My point is at Sloan you have so many resources at your disposal. It's about finding what you are passionate about and then pursuing it.
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