Columbia MAFN Columbia MAFN Admission Discussion

[Andy Nguyen]

@IzabelaRutkowski has entered the room

 

[yannten]

@IzabelaRutkowski has entered the room

@IzabelaRutkowski have all the admits or waitlist decisions have been sent out yet ? Or are applicants that still have not received any update still considered ? And if yes, how do they stand compared to applicants that have been waitlisted ? Thank you

 

[quantyscientist]

How's the placement for the program? I saw that employment rates are only 55% for US (3 months) and its been consistent over the past few years.

 

[Charles CZ]

When will the next round of decisions be?

 

[dudepc]

How's the placement for the program? I saw that employment rates are only 55% for US (3 months) and its been consistent over the past few years.

Same question, but I did hear that the career service in MAFN is much better than Columbia's MFE

 

[cwhhh]

Did anyone receive an update? And were there updates to the waitlists?

 

[cwhhh]

Same question, but I did hear that the career service in MAFN is much better than Columbia's MFE

Hi @dudepc , do you have the employment report?

 

[dudepc]

Hi @dudepc , do you have the employment report?

I don't, but I've heard from a lot of alumni saying Columbia's MFE has literally 0 career service, and MAFN has a better career service compared to MFE. (take it with a grain of salt)

 

[WSBquant]

@dudepc its the other way round

 

[dudepc]

@dudepc its the other way round

I'm certain it's MAFN > MFE solely on career service based on what I was told

 

[WSBquant]

I'm certain it's MAFN > MFE solely on career service based on what I was told

From who?

 

[dudepc]

From who?

from current columbia mfe, they basically said mfe has 0% career support, mafn has 30% support

 

[WSBquant]

I heard the other way lol. Majority in MFE already landed internships and FT jobs during the course while mafn career was quite mid

 

[WSBquant]

Saw that you got into uchicago too. Curious which are you leaning to?

 

[dudepc]

I heard the other way lol. Majority in MFE already landed internships and FT jobs during the course while mafn career was quite mid

nah i get what ur trying to say, but i don’t think landing ft = good career service experience, it’s more about the individual’s ability. But solely on career service’s mfe is pretty bad i’ve heard.

Abt uchicago’s mfin I’m uncertain, it’s a brand new program so.. still waiting on a couple other programs to see

 

[ajjjw]

Columbia is not a school you go to if you’re looking for personalized bespoke career services. it does seem like you are sort of on your own, albeit with the bare minimum stuff like resume books and such. Places like Chicago seem to feature a lot more guidance and hand holding in the job search.

i got into both and have been trying to determine how important of a factor this is for me.

 

[WSBquant]

Same boat lol gonna wait out too. Fingers crossed for all of us

 

[WSBquant]

Columbia is not a school you go to if you’re looking for personalized bespoke career services. it does seem like you are sort of on your own, albeit with the bare minimum stuff like resume books and such. Places like Chicago seem to feature a lot more guidance and hand holding in the job search.

Yea but seems like only half the class is employed in US vs UChicago. Do you have more info on MAFN?

 

[ajjjw]

I’ve seen some threads on here suggest that columbia has a better name brand around the world than uchicago? I’m a us citizen and both of these programs hold equal name recognition in my view. But i wonder if there isn’t some self selection going on in the columbia programs (and mit) having a significant portion of students go back to their homeland after studying. just a guess. Or it could be like i suggested that relatively lackluster career services make it hard for international students to get a foothold in the us during the relatively short program length.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Or it could be like i suggested that relatively lackluster career services make it hard for international students to get a foothold in the us during the relatively short program length.

Which is why MAFN program has an option for you to do the program in 3 semesters instead of 2. The extra semester is extremely important for international students to stay current with their visa longer while they search for internship/job.