If I were you, I would go to LSU defenitely. First, in terms of finance, I think LSU
should be better than RIT and Suffolk. One of my professors comes from LSU, and he told me
that LSU is the Research 1 type of University. Even compared to UIUC, GWU and Purdue, the
MSF WITH MATH (NOT GENERAL MSF) at LSU can provide students with the real finance training.
This program may pave a right path for you to pursue a PhD in the years to come. Look at the
curriculum, the MSF with Math focuses on risk management and you have to take a course with
Doctoral students(this program is very intensive and chanllenging for those without math or
engineering background because some courses are opened by it's Math Department. Fortunately,
if you do not finish those prerequisites required by MSF with math after enrollment, you
will be admiteed to extend your program to take all the prerequisites at Department of
Math). In addition to the intensive program, the biggest advantage of LSU is that Professor
Don Chance sits on its faculty. If you are someone looking for risk management, compared to
the other two schools, LSU is the right place for you to go. Here is the information I
collect: as I know, the median salary of students from GENERAL MSF in 2007 is around 62500
(the maximum is 80000, minimum 40000). However, LSU has a distinct disadvantage of being far
from a financial center. A PhD candidate over there told me if I would stay in the U.S upon
graduation, LSU should not be the right place (the location of Suffolk is much better).
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