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  • 2014  Enrolled Claudia P has a tracker for this program.
they always stress that students from both campuses have access to the same career opportunities on the online chats, i think it's just that the Pittsburgh students don't have as many networking opportunities...
 
  • 2013  Enrolled Cam Connor has a tracker for this program.
In Pittsburgh you get more access to the professors, TAs, and overall academics. And me of course ;)!
In NYC you definitely have better networking opportunities just due to the fact that you're on the Street
 
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  • 2014  Rejected QuantHopeful has a tracker for this program.
I know I will sound ignorant, but can someone explain what networking really mean here? And were you guys given the opportunity to switch your campus choice?
 
  • 2014  Accepted Desky has a tracker for this program.
The countdown website for admitted student is not working.
Is anyone else having this problem?
 
  • KareemK has no tracker for this program.
Hey all,

I just received an invitation to interview for CMU. I have been checking out the tracker and it doesn't seem like anyone who has received an interview has been rejected in recent years. Any opinion on this?
 
  • 2014  Rejected Dave Lee has a tracker for this program.
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  • 2014  Enrolled satya prakash biswal has a tracker for this program.
  • 2014  Accepted Junyong Choi has a tracker for this program.
I got an invitation too. My interviewer is a professor, so I'm assuming there may be some technical questions. I wish a current student/alumnus from the program could provide some information.
 
  • cab has no tracker for this program.
See
https://www.quantnet.com/threads/cmu-2014-fall-r1-interview.15783/

I got accepted round 1. My interview was non-technical, but he explored my motives for going into finance and future plans in great detail(maybe because I come from applied math?).

Also, I suspect that anyone who gives decent interview gets into the program. HOWEVER, the pressure is still on because I think you may be fighting for scholarship money. This Is ~Speculation~ but I think scholarships are common and the interview is with the director of the program (who would have the power to control scholarship money). So, killing the interview may net you some extra $$$

Best of Luck
 
  • 2014  Accepted damonloveavril has a tracker for this program.
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  • DONG. B has no tracker for this program.
@cab Dude do you remember how many interview slots they provided for R1 students? There are 71 for R2 students...... I heard that students who got the interview have had a good chance to be admitted, but it just seems so unlikely that they will admit all (or most) of the 71 students out there.
 
  • cab has no tracker for this program.
This is a good observation that emphasizes the speculative nature of my first post. I really don't know. Are round 1 and 2 treated the same? What is the correspondence between interview slots and students (I doubt it's one-to-one)? What is the accepted student retention rate?

All of these things are important to reason effectively but are unavailable to us. All I can say is that based on my experience and what I have read of others, the interview stage occurs after they have already done most of the cuts to their applicant pool. I could be wrong though ha
 
  • New Trader has no tracker for this program.
I am an aerospace engineer. How would I best prepare myself for CMU interview ? Any advice would be much appreciated
 
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