CMU MSCF CMU MSCF Application Discussion

[ferdowsi]

My letter included scholarship info. I realize this is a first world problem, but I have to decide between Princeton and CMU with a substantial scholarship. Not sure what to do.

 

[Nevaloselondon]

when you say letter, are you referring to the letter online or some other letter sent to your email address?

 

[Felipe Restrepo]

Information about scholarship is in the second paragraph of my letter. I was also asked to complete an online probability couse as well as a C++ course.

 

[ferdowsi]

when you say letter, are you referring to the letter online or some other letter sent to your email address?

online letter

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Information about scholarship is in the second paragraph of my letter. I was also asked to complete an online probability couse as well as a C++ course.

Does it say when you have to complete those online probability and C++ by?

 

[Felipe Restrepo]

July 30

 

[ruruouni]

I have been to told to take the refresher computer programming course offered by CMU. It was mentioned in my letter.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

July 30

I have been to told to take the refresher computer programming course offered by CMU. It was mentioned in my letter.

CMU Prep programming course is run from July 31-Aug 14 so some of you have to take other online courses by July 30 and some of you have to take their CMU course?

 

[ruruouni]

CMU Prep programming course is run from July 31-Aug 14 so some of you have to take other online courses by July 30 and some of you have to take their CMU course?

Looks like it. I have to take the course (July 31st to August 14th ) and pass it.

 

[Felipe Restrepo]

Regarding the c++ course, this is what the letter says:

"Your offer of admission is provisional upon your successful completion (with a grade of 'B' or better) of a full semester C or C++ programming course. This course should cover, at a minimum, the basics of the edit/compile/link process, writing and calling functions, pointers and array arithmetic, and memory allocation with malloc (C) or new (C++). You may take the programming class at any accredited college/university and the course must be completed by July 30, 2012."

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Hopefully not to a color of longer wavelength

41 pending cases now. The vast majority of results today are of green color.
What did I say about applicants using Tracker have better luck?

 

[darth]

41 pending cases now. The vast majority of results today are of green color.
What did I say about applicants using Tracker have better luck?

Appears to be so ....

 

[DeltaVega]

alright, guess who added the last green light to the tracker!! i got in, with a very nice scholarship to top it all!!! best news i got for a while!!! congrats my fellow future classmates!!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

alright, guess who added the last green light to the tracker!! i got in, with a very nice scholarship to top it all!!! best news i got for a while!!! congrats my fellow future classmates!!

21K is it? Congrats and hope to see you around. As long as you are in the East coast, you aren't too far away from most of us. I'm sure we are going to have some bar meetup in the future.
Btw, you haven't selected CMU as your final destination yet.

 

[DeltaVega]

Andy Nguyen actually yes 21k how did you know? is it something most students get? anyways.. i'll update the final destination when i send in my enrollment deposit (next week)

 

[ferdowsi]

There seems to be at least two levels of scholarship money. Anyone know how many of each kind they give out?

 

[tellingeric]

i wonder if anyone has experience of asking scholarship if they did not mention it in the admission letter.
or is financial aids available for the mscf?

 

[studdardpaul]

Hey guys I'm new here. But I just recently got into quant finance. I am currently a sophomore in my undergrad and I am a finance major and minoring in math. I wont complete my calc series until the end of my junior year so I wont have completed some of the upper level math courses that mfe programs want such as multivariate calculus, differential equations, and an upper prob and stat course until my senior semesters. I understand that applications are accepted in November. So my question is will it just be a waste of time applying to schools next year, the start of my first senior semester, without these upper level math classes? Or should I go and work for a year after my undergrad so all of the classes I will take will be on my transcript at the time of application? Or should I go to school for another semester to take more math classes to improve my chances? Which option would help me out the best at getting into a top program? Thank you and sorry for the long post that isn't really relevant.

 

[Mammons Servant]

Looks like R3 interview calls are up. I received mine today.

 

[Math Andrew]

mine too. Do you know who is gonna interview you?
In my email there is no information about this.