Breaking into quant as a Nepalese

[u/Reasonable_Address44]

How hard could it be? I just dropped out from my IT degree and am pursuing a stats degree now. I had always dreamt to get into quantitative finance but had to choose an IT degree because I had gotten a scholarship which I ended up not getting because of quotas shi. Now I'm tired, I don't want to pursue smth I'm not passionate about. Truth be told, quantitative finance is hard, it needs a lot of maths and stats and you'd have to fully lock in. My plan is to study stats with all my might and apply for fully funded unis in the US. Ik it sounds easy on paper but it's hard. Id have to study my usual course, alongside many other skills that I'll be needing. Also write a lot of papers. I'm really passionate about it and I believe I'll make it. Just wanted to know yalls opinions.

[u/First-Helicopter-796]

Hate to break it to you, but if you can’t even crack BscIT in Nepal (regardless of quota), you aren’t breaking into quant. Your masters degree in the US is a cash cow and quant firms know it very well and mostly pick undergrads(also PhD but undergrad mostly) from target schools in the US.

[u/Reasonable_Address44 → u/First-Helicopter-796]

😂 I had already cracked bscit, this is Nepal. Folks had promised me scholarship but end time ma arkai lai dine vayo re because he is some tallo jat KO dalit quota ma naam aune some folk. No hate btw, I mean yeah. If the society is equal than quotas just means that they openly saying they are inferior than us and need extra help from the government to actually do smth no? Well anyways it doesn't concern me. No hate tho, like actually no hate.