2025 MFE Admission Roll Call

[Andy Nguyen]

As 2025 admission is open, let's get an early start on our QuantNet annual tradition going here so we can share the programs we applied to, 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. <<<<

Admits: MIT MFin, CMU MSCF, UC with 60K scholarship
Rejects: A MFE, B MFE, C MFin
Pending: X, Y, Z
Joining: U program

For inspiration, last admission cycle this profile by @sliceofpi received a record $174,000 in total scholarship amount and admits from 9 quant programs.
GRE Q: 170, GRE V: 162, GRE AWA: 5.0
US domestic student
BA in Economics/Mathematics

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Time to decide for those that got all their decisions. Let us know where you got in (or not), how much scholarships you receive and where you join.

 

[JLabko]

Admits: TBD
Rejects: MIT MFin
Pending: Stanford MCF, Cornell MFE, Princeton MFin, Baruch MFE, CMU MSCF, GT MSQCF, Yale MAM/MBA dual-degree
Joining: TBD

 

[smapacha]

Admits: NUS Msc Finance, Rutgers MQF (10k $)
Rejects: LBS MFin
Pending: Columbia MFE, CMU MSCF, GT MSQCF, Cornell MFE, Chicago M Fin. Math, Berkeley MFE, Cambridge MFin, NYU MS Quant. Econ
Joining: TBD

 

[kryy]

Admits: TBD
Rejects: TBD
Pending: NYU Tandon MFE, Columbia IEOR MSFE, GeorgiaTech MSQCF, UCLA Anderson MFE, UZH/ETHZ MQF
Joining: TBD

 

[Aakash Ramesh]

Admits: GaTech MSQCF, NCSU MSFM
Rejects: Baruch MFE, UChicago MSFM, CMU MSCF
Pending: None
Joining: GaTech MSQCF

 

[jpmorningchase]

Admits: Rutgers MQF, Fordham MSQF (20k), UIUC MFE, CGU MFE (12k), UConn Applied Financial Math, NCSU (MFM)
Rejects: Chicago MSFM, CMU MSCF
Pending: Columbia MSFE, UofT, BU MSMFT (Waitlisted)
Joining: UIUC MFE

 

[NotTakenYet]

Admits: Baruch, CMU, Imperial, UZH/ETH, X-HEC Data+Finance (€20k scholarship)
Rejects: Princeton
Pending: Oxford, EPFL
Joining: UZH/ETH

 

[kombuchalover]

Admits: Cornell, NCSU, UNC Charlotte
Rejects: UChicago, Princeton, CMU
Joining: UNC Charlotte

 

[knightinberlin]

Hey kombuchalover, would you mind sharing why you're choosing UNC above Cornell's MFE Program? Is it cause of location?

 

[sidvz]

Admits: NCSU MFin, NYU Tandon MFE (6k), Fordham MSQF (30k), Stevens MFE (16k)
Rejects: Baruch MFE, UChicago M. Fin. Math
Pending: Columbia MFE, CMU MSCF, GaTech MSCQF, U Washington CFRM, Stony Brook MQF
Enrolled: NYU Tandon MFE
Joining: TBD

 

[cgmfe]

Admits: UCL SOM MSc Finance with Data Science, NYU Tandon MFE ($6k Scholarship), Columbia Business School MSFE, UChicago MSFM (30% Scholarship), UCLA Anderson MFE ($10K CA Residency Award)
Pending: Yale SOM MSAM
Rejects: Harvard MS CSE, Princeton MFin
Joining: UChicago MSFM