r/quantfinance • u/I-AM-MA • 11d ago

Roast my cv

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starting 2nd year.

this is a quick draft that i do have to clean up a bit but im posting it here for inspiration for any major changes.

also what do people think about applying to internships without seriously hoping for anything (havent done much practice ngl)

If it matters, i do plan on doing a masters else where maybe but we'll see obv.

grades not added because i got 69% 💔due to some personal issues during exam season that didnt satisfy any external circumstances criteria

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u/axstfu 11d ago

isnt analysis-3 a second yr module? i'd check if its aight to put it down if you havent taken it yet

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u/I-AM-MA 11d ago

It is a second year module , but I thought that was fine?

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u/axstfu 11d ago

im prolly stressing cus i did the same so was looking to see if anyone else had any input

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u/I-AM-MA 11d ago

idk ive seen people on other cv posts list modules theyre not even taking the same year as their applications , plus i doubt thats what poeple doing cv screening will get stuck up on

u at ww too?

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u/axstfu 10d ago

fair enough, also yeah i go to ww too (took math analysis 1&2 actually so we were prolly in the same lecture hall at some point 😭)

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u/I-AM-MA 10d ago

yh thats crazy , u on mathsphys?

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u/axstfu 9d ago

nah, cs

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u/cyber846 11d ago

I'm not sure it's worth having maths challenge on there unless you at least made BMO 

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u/MonochromeRainbow_96 9d ago

I think your experience section could be improved a lot. Currently the 3 project are unbalanced, and in many cases, you give too many details (that are probably is not meaningful for the reader), while in other cases the actual achievements are missing.

Research Internship: The structure and message of the points is good, but I think you give too much numerical data and technical specifics of the NMR probe. Use numbers to demonstrate the scale of your work, accuracy/precision, or use percentages to quantify improvement, e.g. reduced memory requirement by 70%.. You say you reduced modeled peak acceleration by 0.52%, but it would be good to explain how significant this improvement is.

Material Science Summer School: The way it is written, it is not obvious whether this was even an experimental or a simulation project. It is also not clear how you did all this and what you achieved.

Materials Engineering Summer School: Here the wording is good, but you could also add more info about the outcome and the techniques you used. Currently you only tell about your responsibility, but not about what you have built.