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I don't know finance much but I've heard the same about NYC indeed. People telling me half the quants at their previous jobs were French :)

• user5994461 10y ago
  That'd make a lot of sense. French are very strong at maths. Basically, the "ivy league" French curriculum is: The first 2 years of college ain't college. It's an intensive non stop maths training program, at the end of which there is a national test (incredibly selective on maths). The students get to choose what college they go to, in order of ranking, highest score served first. Then they'll do some more maths in college, because, well, that's the only thing they can do xD