CMU MSCF CMU MSCF Admission Discussion

[marcusaurelius]

A bit late to write but I am rejected... Congrats to those that received their offers!

Sorry to hear this!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

A bit late to write but I am rejected... Congrats to those that received their offers!

Sorry to hear that. I assume you applied to other programs and still waiting? I didn't see your on the Tracker so just want to confirm it.

 

[the_tyler]

Thanks for your message @Andy Nguyen and @marcusaurelius. Fortunately, I have other offers and updated the tracker

 

[rambo_bong]

What is asked in the Round 2 interview?
Is the number of seats in Round 2 very limited?

 

[v_k]

What is asked in the Round 2 interview?
Is the number of seats in Round 2 very limited?

Did you receive the interview invite?

 

[rambo_bong]

Did you receive the interview invite?

Yes

 

[adhjka]

Yes

When did you receive the notification that your application is under review? I received it on the 27th and no interview invitation yet

 

[ManasBaviskar]

Did any R2 candidates receive a interview invite?

 

[marcusaurelius]

Did any R2 candidates receive a interview invite?

@rambo_bong has, apparently.

 

[rambo_bong]

When did you receive the notification that your application is under review? I received it on the 27th and no interview invitation yet

I got the "under review" notification on 15th March and received the interview invitation mail on 31st March.

 

[Abbzzz]

What is asked in the Round 2 interview?
Is the number of seats in Round 2 very limited?

I think it would be no different with round 1, just some behavior questions.

 

[desperate_quant]

Anyone who applied in round 2 got any response from CMU ?

 

[nyc_]

Is everyone who is accepted to the program interviewed, or are some accepted without an interview?

 

[linga]

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[marcusaurelius]

Check this thread too: CMU MSCF interview

This is the data that I have for CMU. But I don't really know the data for the number of interviews sent out. I found out a way to extrapolate numbers for MIT, but haven't figured out CMU yet. One possibility is to cross-reference all people who have interviewed and posted on QN, and elaborate some sort of mean conversion (interviews to offers) for the last 5 years. We could then figure a rough number of the number of applications sent out. Eventually will tackle such a project.

Note: after reviewing time slot availabilities this week (end of April, I just got an interview invitation), there were approximately ~25 slots available, and half of them reserved. Assuming, in a conservative fashion, that ~20 (only half of the slots have been taken in reality) people are interviewed every week, and so for the four weeks of April, that is 80 interviews for Round 2. Assuming round 2 applications represent 25% of total applicants, and that relevant proportions are similar between round 1 and round 2, that would make close to 320 interviews total for ~160ish offers being made. Thus, the conservative lower bound is 50% (interview-to-offer rate). Lots of assumptions are being made here though...

 

[linga]

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[truequant]

any waitlisted candidate got an update from CMU?

 

[linga]

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[nawakmeister]

They were 2 days early for me (first round applicant)

 

[truequant]

Check this thread too: CMU MSCF interview

This is the data that I have for CMU. But I don't really know the data for the number of interviews sent out. I found out a way to extrapolate numbers for MIT, but haven't figured out CMU yet. One possibility is to cross-reference all people who have interviewed and posted on QN, and elaborate some sort of mean conversion (interviews to offers) for the last 5 years. We could then figure a rough number of the number of applications sent out. Eventually will tackle such a project.

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Note: after reviewing time slot availabilities this week (end of April, I just got an interview invitation), there were approximately ~25 slots available, and half of them reserved. Assuming, in a conservative fashion, that ~20 (only half of the slots have been taken in reality) people are interviewed every week, and so for the four weeks of April, that is 80 interviews for Round 2. Assuming round 2 applications represent 25% of total applicants, and that relevant proportions are similar between round 1 and round 2, that would make close to 320 interviews total for ~160ish offers being made. Thus, the conservative lower bound is 50% (interview-to-offer rate). Lots of assumptions are being made here though...

When did you receive the interview invite?