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Jake_Shah dude im not sure which employment report are you talking about! the 2011 employment report? its for people who graduated 18 months ago! 2012 class graduated 6 months ago and they didnt publish the employment report yet! I am an Master of Finance student at MIT btw.

It would be interesting to know if we hear some updates regarding the above discussion from the students who got enrolled last year.

I'd go with UCB because the program is hosted at the business School. The people there give potential students a lot of care and attention when it's not the case for the remaining schools. I suppose this signifies a better treatment for current students as well and that's what I heard when I...

I was wondering what would be an appropriate laptop for an MFE student, in terms of computational power (C++ & Matlab) , reliability an endurance? Would a Macbook be inconvinient? What about ThinkPads?

Where did you get your funny information about Columbia from? They have been suffering placing their students for 3 years now mate!

Listen mate, I did the GRE exam without preparation as well. I thought that what matters would be a high GRE verbal as I believe that the GRE Verbal isn't a good measure of your communication skills in English anyway. I easily got a perfect Quant score (thus, i don't think you need that kind of...

It seems UCB has gotten some good strategies to raise money!

Mind you Saurab that yes CFA level 1 is mainly about accounting more than anything else. The FSA section is something like 35% of the exam. It's not hard though, you can do it on your own, but what I'm saying is that yes, you will have to study accounting. Good luck

What about their placement records? If they are not being able to place 60 students, how are they gonna deal with 120? with this market conditions? What about expanding the program into 3 semesters Andy? No news?

what did you end up doing mate?

It won't work man! We have been living in a crisis mode only because Lehman wasn't bailed out! Imagine a permanent crisis! :D

What's the source of your information?

so Andy you mean you can't provide any insight at the moment about what might be the top 5 programs in UK for example?

you shouldn't take their suggestions seriously man! It's just an automated message. I received a very similar one asking me to prepare and take CFA level 1 when I already passed the CFA level 2 exam and asking me to get the 90th percentile quant score in GRE when my GRE quant score is perfect...

Due to the fact that all accepted students I knew got a 2nd interview during which they were told about the offer of admission, I suppose that the abscence of an email calling for this interview means the abscence of an offer! Thus, I am not optimistic and not anymore in a hurry for the decision...

Hardluck Sky. There is no clear evidence but I estimate that this rate is really low. At the same time, I believe it works on a case by case basis, so if you worked really hard and you did all what they asked for, you shall have a chance. I saw so because I read somehwere in the reviews that...

I don't really expect an increase in the total number of applicants considering current market conditions. Additionally, last year was exceptional because people who got scared after the crisis and refrained from applying for 2 years came to apply last year once the conditions looked better. I...

Well, I submitted 2 days before the deadline and did the interview on the 19th of October (exactly 51 days)! I also waited yesterday. Maybe we have the same status! Do you believe that this signifies a probable denial? What are your other options?

Well. I didn't yet and it is quite annoying because they specify a date for decisions announcement and they don't stick to it! How many interviews did you do? Shall we contact the admission office or just wait?

RAWMUSCLE hey raw! Did you good in the first one? I understood that sometimes they do only 1 interview and sometimes 2! have you heard about anybody who got accepted?

Good luck dude.

Congrats Adt...

forza you got your result for MSFE or OR? im wondering whether anybody from the MSFE waiting list got accepted! any info?

Hey Andy, may you provide the link for the online web chat please? I am interested in contacting them as well

It's true the same happened with me yesterday! Two questions: Why Columbia? and Are you interested in OR? I was supposed to be waiting list for FE so I dunno why the hell would they conduct an interview asking whether OR interested! Anyway, check your online status it might show that you have...

haha! sounds good alexandre!

Thanks Alexandre! I graduated in 2008! what about you? Nice to meet you buddy...

Lol not really! I graduated with a Bachelor in Computer and communications Engineering from one of the supposedly best schools in the middle east if not the best (American University of Beirut). I meant by sharpening just like to practice some coding cuz i havent done that for a while and i was...

thanks tsotne! that was helpful! I am trying to assess how much value can i add to my application if I postpone the MFE for one year! In this year, I would state on my application that I am a CFA level 3 candidate which i will actually get before the start of the program (i.e. June 2012). At the...

Hi Everybody. I am interested in knowing whether CFA adds value to an applicant's profile and to what extent!? The same about relevant work experience (Asset Management for example). And what that differ according to schools (e.g. a work experience would give an advantage applying to UCB more...

Andy when someone applies to Master of Finance at Princeton does he have to mention which track he wanna take!?

I won't go into details here, but I believe that Princeton is the best by far and I am sure you will regret it one day if you don't go there... At the same time, at this point in life and with all the information available for you on the net, I don't see a reason why to ask for others to choose...

Man Imperial's Risk MAnagement and Financial Engineering is one of the best in Europe. Hosted in the business school, middle of london and backed by excellent career services! I met with London's Nomura guys last year and the told me that they regard highly the graduates of Imperial, Cambridge...

You still remember the interview questions they asked Will?

now the fact that those 4 didnt reply smells kinda fishy! I mean for each one of them there is a considerable probability that he didnt get a job (it might be a reason why not to answer the survey for example). At the same time, 38 out of 42 doesn't live up with the high reputation and the fact...

hey budddy! I see you got more than oen acceptance. Which one will you probably choose, Im almot in the same situation and Im lost, dunno which is better. Some friends were advising me to go for LSE though. What are your thoughts?

sorry andy i think i didnt get you! How does that enable you to filter the 2011 results after you sort by poster!? there should be something like 2 level sorting...

Chris which master are you gonna choose man? I see you got MIT when many of those who were accepted MFE Columbia couldnt get the MIT finance master

I checked the sorting by poster! It would be helpful if we can filter by academic year though because looking at last year's might be irrelevant to some followers!

Yeah Moksha, they sent emails and asked some of the candidates to book an interview online (using skype for overseas students). And that started like 3 weeks ago.

Well Yeah I think another Column Field would be of great help like "Your Decision" field taking any of the values "Definitely accept the offer" , "Settled for another one", " Still waiting for another school", " Need more time to decide", "Won't take it". You know anything would work. I was...

I heard that they asked for High School transcripts 2 days ago! I believe that is a final step before they accept. They have been generally replying to candidates 7 to 1o days after the interview!

Hey Paul, are you gonna settle for Chicago or Columbia or still waiting for better options?

man im really disappointed with the review of Chicago MSFM program. I mean it's supposed to be one of the best but according to recent graduates and to the events happening in the department it seems it's on the decline. Now that I removed it from my top options, my options are getting limited...

Imperial's Business School is getting better and better every year. As for LSE, their MBA and Economics Programs and better perceived than their Financial Mathematics program. If you have no finance knowledge, a master of finance would open a wider range of options as the Financial Mathematics...