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2020 MFE admission roll call

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As admission decisions start to come in, let's get a tradition going here so we can share the programs we applied, the admits/rejects we received and the program we are ultimately joining.
Let's keep the format uniform and discussions on their separate programs threads. Please share details on each application timeline on the Tracker.
Below is an example.

Admits: MIT MFin, NYU Tandon MFE, CMU MSCF with 20K scholarship, NYU FinMath
Rejects: Baruch MFE, UCB MFE, Princeton MFin
Pending: Rutgers
Joining: CMU MSCF
 
Admits: Columbia MFE, Cornell MFE, UChicago MSFM
Rejects: Princeton MFin, CMU MSCF
Pending: NYU MathFin
Joining: Columbia MFE

Planning to go through Shreve's stochastic and Boyd's convex opt, as well as Quantnet's C++ intro course before starting (been a while since I learned OOP, and I mostly worked with Java back then). Hopefully that'd give me a solid foundation for my first semester in the MFE program and allow me to spare more time/energy on recruiting.

Looking forward to meeting the others who'll be joining Columbia's MFE (and also other programs), hope we get the chance to meet once I've moved there.

Edit: changed MSFE to MFE to avoid confusion.
 
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Admits: MIT MFin, NYU MFE, Boston FinMath, USC MFE
Waitlisted: Yale MMS
Rejects: Stanford MS&E, USC MFin
Joining: MIT MFin
 
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Admits: Columbia MFE, UCLA MFE, Stanford ICME
Rejects: MIT, Princeton
Waiting List: CMU MSCF, UCB MFE
Joining: Stanford
 
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Admits: UCB MFE, UCLA MFE 10k Scholarship , NYU MFE 8k scholarship , USC MFin 15k Scholarship, GA Tech QCF
Rejects: MIT, CMU, Stanford MS&E
Pending: Cornell MFE, Columbia MFE, Yale MMS
Joining: Deciding between UCB MFE vs Columbia MFE (in case I get in). Please share your views.
 
Admits: UCB MFE, UCLA MFE 10k Scholarship , NYU MFE 8k scholarship , USC MFin 15k Scholarship, GA Tech QCF
Rejects: MIT, CMU, Stanford MS&E
Pending: Cornell MFE, Columbia MFE, Yale MMS
Joining: Deciding between UCB MFE vs Columbia MFE (in case I get in). Please share your views.
ucb mfe is better
 
Admits: Purdue MSF ($25k scholarship), WashU MSF, GAtech MSQCF, OSU SMF ($20k scholarship), UCLA MFE, UT Austin MSBA
Waitlisted: BU MSMF
Rejects: Vanderbilt MSF, USC MSF, Washington MSCF
Pending: CMU MSCF, UIUC MSFE

Joining. Not sure due to coronavirus situation. I did pay the deposit for 2 schools already though, and will ask if i can get deferred, if not to cancel my spot there
 
Admits : NYU MFE with 8k Scholarship, Boston MathFin, Fordham MSQF with 30k Scholarship, CMU MSCF, Columbia MAFN
Rejects : Princeton MFin, MIT MFin
Pending : Columbia MFE, Chicago MSMF, NYU FinMath, Cornell FE
Joining : CMU MSCF
 
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