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I don't think its anything to get worked up about. Application process to an American university is very subjective. It would be one thing if there was an entrance exam and the top x% get in, but that is not the case. You could have all the credentials and skills in the world, yet you can...

There are 57 MSFE students, not 80. I don't think they've ever had more than 65 the past few years.

I am not sure about MSOR and past classes, but I don't think the rumor is true regarding letting Columbia undergrads straight into the program. In the current MSFE class, from the class of 57 students, there is only one student that came directly from Columbia undergrad. If you are a current...

Regarding newspapers, if you were to subscribe to one, would you choose the Financial Times or the WSJ?

VIVA JAPAN!!!! Amazing that they were able to score 3 goals today, let alone against a European team. Asia being represented by S. Korea and Japan! By the way, are there any members that are Japanese in this forum? Just wondering.

Interesting. Does that mean that Columbia's MAFN is more competitive than its MSFE program? I'm surprised that the MAFN would have 800 applicants where as other MFE programs have somewhere around 400 ~ 500.

I concur with alain. I went to a public university ranked around 30 - 40 range in usnews with a BA in Math. I had no relevant work experience and will be going to Columbia starting July. So I don't think you have to worry. As long as you have a good GRE quant score (780+), strong SOP...

Hey Joy, hope this project is going well. A couple of questions, with your choices of variables, how are you going to weigh which is more important. Are they going to be equally weighted? Or would you put more emphasis on variables such as Placement Stats and Location as opposed to age of...

Just my .02c I don't think that your flawed per se, but if your wanting to do FE for your career (I assume since your on this site), then you should go to an FE program or get a Phd in math/physics/etc. As Andy says, name and network do open doors and it is an important first step to...

Hey Joy, any reason why Columbia's MSFE program is off the list? I know Columbia itself has 3 programs, but I think the MSFE program is just as strong as any other program out there for Quant Finance.

No, I did ask about others but the student said that there are a lot of people. However the student did say that not everyone in the MSOR department is interested in going to the finance/quant path, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise since OR is more than just finance. I'm pretty sure that...

Yeah, I don't think you can correlate the MSFE stats with the MSOR stats. I went to visit campus and talked to a couple of MSOR students. Both said that MSOR is a strong program and they do get e-mails constantly about career service. As usual, they said that if you are a citizen/PR, your...

I went back to Columbia's website and they now have placement records for their 2008 - 2009 class. Seems like their placement record is strong, but I'll let you all make that judgement for yourselves. This is for MSFE only...