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I noticed D.E. Shaw mentioned. This firm is a special case in all areas as they for the most part only hire individuals from elite universities. In any case, I challenge anyone to show me someone who is a real quant analyst at a reputable firm whether it be a brokerage house or a hedge fund with a Finance BA and MBA.

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I work with at least one (I think two, but the other might have doubled in math) who only has the BA portion of that, is that close enough?

edit to add: it would be very rare for a good candidate for a quant position with a finance BA to go on to get an mba; for someone with a pure math/stat/compsci background it might be useful, but a finance ba looking to go into quant who was actually interested and qualified wouldn't make the decision to get an mba over going to work or more quantitative graduate work.