Columbia MAFN Columbia MAFN Admission Discussion

[siddhaarth]

Anyone heard anything yet?

 

[diegosanaz]

This week a year ago was the first round of rejects...

 

[diegosanaz]

Actually they gave me the same answer. They also said "if you have got an offer from another program, we suggest you to take it".

 

[diegosanaz]

Well, lest see what happens.

 

[siddhaarth]

Oh! Ditto! Hahaha, I got that too. I forgot all about Columbia as soon as I got that reply; do you think there's still some faint hope?

 

[Lonaysta]

It seems this program can be extended to 1.5 years since 2013 Fall.

 

[jimsmart]

It seems this program can be extended to 1.5 years since 2013 Fall.

Sure. But the tuition per semester has rocketed from 21000 last year to 27000 this year. This somewhat offseted the joy I had from the extension news.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

In general, students wouldn't want to stay an extra semester if they can find a job after one year. Note that many one year programs have now extended longer (Columbia MFE, UCLA MFE, Columbia MAFN) so that they students can fit an internship in, hence improving their full-time prospect.

 

[diegosanaz]

I'm in a bit of a dilema. My fiancé just got accepted to the MS in Marketing at Baruch (which is her favorite school). From NY I only applied to Columbia MAFN, but have not heard from them yet. Should I try to contact them to explain the situation so they make a decision sooner and we can start making decisions?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Why not. Tell them the new development and see if they can accomodate.
FYI, Boston is just a bus ride away from NYC but living in the big apple is an amazing experience.

 

[diegosanaz]

Actually we are going to go married our masters programs together even though one of us has to make a sacrifice so we can start out first year of marrige on a really cool way. Hopefully I will be accepted, I would hate to hold her back.

I sent them an e-mail. Let's see what happens.

 

[mhy]

The website http://gsas.columbia.edu/content/academic-programs/mathematics-specialization-mathematics-finance says "March 1 for early admission: Decisions to admit, reject or put on wait list are mailed by late April."

I sent my app in on March 1 but still do not have a decision. One of my recommenders didn't submit until March 3. Maybe this put my application into the May 31 pool?

 

[mhy]

Just got the admit notice.

 

[diegosanaz]

Congrats! I'm jelous though!

 

[cocoa]

Hi! Have anyone received rejection letter? I still haven't heard of anything, but I suppose that means something bad will happen……

 

[Lonaysta]

Hi! Have anyone received rejection letter? I still haven't heard of anything, but I suppose that means something bad will happen……

A friend of mine just got rejected a few days ago.

 

[blue.]

Yeah. I submitted my application on Feb 26, yet heard any results from them.
I am wondering does this simply mean rejection..

 

[diegosanaz]

Only rejection means rejection. Check out last year's tracker, there were addmits up to June.

 

[panjabi.karan]

Any updates or new admits recently ?

 

[diegosanaz]

Two days ago one guy rejected the admit offer, couple of hours later another guy got an admitted. Last year there was a lot of activity (admits and rejects) from May 31st to June 6th. Let's see what happens. Good luck to you all.