Columbia University - MA in Mathematics of Finance

Columbia MAFN Columbia MAFN Admission Discussion


  • 2025  Enrolled flamestrike has a tracker for this program.
Nobody knows since @jaehyukchoi just became the director early this year.
Interviews with directors like @dstefan will be pretty technical. Some other directors will conduct a behavioral interview.
Best of luck and let us know how it goes.
The interview is mostly behavioral, with some technical questions related to the work you completed during your internship and the coursework you've taken. Be well-versed with your resume and clear about what you want to achieve from the program, and you should be fine.

This might differ for each individual.
 
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The interview is mostly behavioral, with some technical questions related to the work you completed during your internship and the coursework you've taken. Be well-versed with your resume and clear about what you want to achieve from the program, and you should be fine.

This might differ for each individual.
Thanks for sharing, approximately how long was the interview and how long after did you get a response!
 
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  • Andy Nguyen is an Administrator
Thanks for sharing, approximately how long was the interview and how long after did you get a response!
If you get accepted, does anyone know how long you have to reply to the offer?
Any update from your end guys?
Hey guys, anyone still on the waitlist? GSAS has conducted a verification regarding my background information but still no decision released yet.
@IzabelaRutkowski Could you kindly give us some insight on the estimated time of the final decision? Thanks a lot!!!!
I see that you were still on the waitlist as late as July last year. I wonder if they eventually gave you an answer.
 
  • 2025  Enrolled Leggoo MFE has a tracker for this program.
  • 2025  Enrolled flamestrike has a tracker for this program.
I got an week to reply, is crazy short. I wanna wait for columbia MFE results, have mailed them twice with my acceptance letters but no help.
That's a v short amount of time to reply perhaps you can ask for some grace period ? I haven't heard back from Columbia MFE too but I will prob just stick to MAFN at this point.
 
  • 2025  Enrolled neill_gonz has a tracker for this program.
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  • 2025  Enrolled neill_gonz has a tracker for this program.
Hopefully we can get some stats for future rankings to confirm one way or another. A program’s fortune takes years to be evident.
The recent reviews can give you some clear signal of where a program is headed.
Yeah, we will see. It also depends on the ranking methodology of course. In most cases, placements are already determined by the quality/experience of the person rather than the program itself. Of course if a program tends to boast good placements, offer holders and applicants will also need to contextualize that into the cohort of the programs
 
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@zhyimin had an interview and got admitted yesterday.

Congratulations Congrats GIF
 
  • 2025  Pending chikitos has a tracker for this program.
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Does anyone have any rough idea about how many people have already been admitted for Fall 2025?
This is not scientific but some ideas.
The program admits over 200 applicants every year for the past few years. Based on 2024 Tracker data, 21 got admitted and the 2025 got only 13 admits so far.
Both years have the same numbers of applications on the tracker (25).
Admission offers came out as late as early May last year.
Based on this, I would expect to see more admission results in the coming weeks.
 
  • 2025  Pending chikitos has a tracker for this program.
This is not scientific but some ideas.
The program admits over 200 applicants every year for the past few years. Based on 2024 Tracker data, 21 got admitted and the 2025 got only 13 admits so far.
Both years have the same numbers of applications on the tracker (25).
Admission offers came out as late as early May last year.
Based on this, I would expect to see more admission results in the coming weeks.
Thanks Andy for your insights
 
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