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CMU MSCF 2012 CMU Admissions Thread

DeltaVega

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Hello everyone...
Most of you enjoying the end of the year and are already in holiday mode. Most of you also have already submitted their applications for next year - to all best of luck.
It would be great if you could share your experience/profile/admission status update on this forum.
Since CMU has 4 major admission rounds students who applied early should start hearing the good news by the end of next month, others - like me - who are applying in the second round might have to wait till early April to get a definitive answer...
let's see how this goes, it would be great to get your input here
Best of luck, and happy holidays!
 
the application requires two essays, but I don't see any specifications such as what questions should be answered in which essay..I emailed the admission office a few weeks ago but no response..

Can anyone please answer that?

Thank you!
 
i can tell you what i did:

essay A is very similar to the statement of purpose of other universities, you would write why do you want to get this degree, what experiences lead you to that decision, and what are your future plans after the degree

essay B is more like why can you survive the MFE program: what qualifications you have make you fit for the program both from academia and work experience

you're right they're very similar though :)
 
Thank you guys! just found out more descriptions in the application........
 
Admitted folks, get in here.

I got through to the Pittsburgh campus. No mention of a scholarship in the online letter though - did anyone else get a scholarship?
 
In the previous years, was the information about scholarship revealed along with the admission offer?
 
The information regarding the merit scholarship was included on the admission letter when I was admitted. Anyways, Congrats to those who were admitted!
 
Anybody got any interview calls from the MSCF program for the 2nd round so far? Previous years' trackers seems to suggeest they should have been out by this time, the interview calls.
 
Hello everyone. I have an interview coming up for carnegie mellon's computational finance programme. Can anyone an idea of the type of questions asked in these interviews . thanks
 
From what I have read on the forums and discussed on the admission chat with the university, it seems to be more of a behavioral interview. However , it would probably be wise to prepare for technical questions based off your resume and application.
 
alright, got my interview invite from CMU... i am interested to know what type of questions to expect, i'll do a skype interview most likely (although i have a vaca scheduled in PA in the next week so i may interview then)
for all of you there still waiting, the email mentioned that:
1) All interviews will be conducted before March 29
2) Results will be out on April 2

PS: this is round 2 admissions
 
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