CMU MSCF CMU MSCF Admission Discussion

[Shantanu Kumar]

Lot of Indians and Chinese students are getting to know MFE as it is getting famous in those countries. Hence the increased number of applicants.

Agree!!

Also they dont know much abt the job situation.

Not correct though.Even those who don't have anything to do with finance are aware of the fact that these days things are not very promising in US and Europe.General perception is, there is crisis and hence not many jobs are available.Things have been changing.

 

[Wowbagger]

Anyone knows the exact deadline? Like what time on Nov 7th?

 

[NSelectrical]

nov 7th 1p.m. EST

 

[ICQuant]

nov 7th 1p.m. EST

What's the source of your information?

 

[NSelectrical]

its right in their website. how does it matter now anyway. isnt the deadline over

 

[Andy Nguyen]

If you are selected for phone interviews, past applicants mentioned that they cited Quantnet as one of the main places they do research on the program and it seems to bring about some good luck charm.
Best of luck to all 2012 CMU MSCF applicants. I look forward to seeing your trackers turn Admit

 

[Wowbagger]

Wondering if they have started sending out invitations yet. My page still says "Under review". What about you?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

According to historical data from our Tracker, round 1 applicants who applied in Nov got interviews in second and third week of Jan.

 

[Wowbagger]

Thanks a ton, Andy. I was going by MIT's processing speed, I guess

 

[Wowbagger]

Another question, Andy Nguyen - does CMU interview everyone they admit, like MIT? Or are there students who get in even without an interview?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Our data from the Tracker confirms that ALL people admitted to CMU got interviewed first. There was one instance to the contrary but I believe that poster forgot to add the interview date.
http://www.quantnet.com/forum/tracker/?filters[program_id]=5&filters[result]=qnt_field_result_accepted

 

[Wowbagger]

Thanks, Andy. Should have thought of using the tracker filters. My bad

 

[Andy Nguyen]

The Tracker has the potential to hold very valuable and interesting data so I hope to get as many applicants to use it as possible. Overtime, we can predict trends and do some cool analysis.
If you have friends who are applying, please send the link of the Tracker to them.

 

[DeltaVega]

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!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

It was fun last admission cycle when results were released. Everyone keep refreshing the Tracker and post their interview experience. Tracker got lighted up with Red/Green status.
I expect that more and more programs will release their result earlier every year.

 

[JIKUN]

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!

 

[DeltaVega]

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

 

[Andy Nguyen]

I suspect that they answer a lot of similar questions like this in their online chats. Take a look at transcripts of CMU chats that we host here http://www.quantnet.com/live/

 

[JIKUN]

Thank you guys! just found out more descriptions in the application........

 

[Wowbagger]

Well, I got one