Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Admission Discussion

[Debajyoti Nandy]

I would be curious to know which one you choose out of CMU, Columbia, NYU and maybe UCB later, and why.

I have read many threads in quantnet, comparing the top programs in one combination or the other. Also looked at WallStreetOasis. Till now, more inclined towards CMU because of the curriculum having more focus on data science, statistical applications compared to other programs (I already have worked on StoCal applications so won't give much weight on such courses and volatility being record low, vol-exotic product offering have significantly shrunk in volume) and CMU in general being very reputed in ML community (got few friends in CMU MSCS).

I also think that it's more efficient if the business school runs the career services initiatives, which is the case for CMU, UCB. No matter how much we all like to discount, I think communication, networking skills are very important (even for quant roles) in finance industry, that too when thousands of worthy candidates graduate every year.

I know that many people might choose NYU/Columbia/UCB/Baruch over CMU and don't mean to say their choice is wrong or incorrect in any way. All these programs are best at what they do. I just expressed my choice depending on my background and future goals.

 

[Debajyoti Nandy]

@Debajyoti Nandy How much time do you have to respond to the columbia MFE offer?

By 3/23

 

[Matt A]

Wow that's such short notice

 

[Geekynoob]

Thanks, makes sense with your experience.

Although I would not worry about vol. It's always a cycle and even rates vol might pickup.

 

[Karld]

guess they're not working on saturday ?

 

[Trilok Kumar Yadav]

guess they're not working on saturday ?

you can hardly expect them to be!! has nobody else got the admit apart from debjyoti, no updates on the tracker yet?

 

[Geekynoob]

Well let's wait for Monday. Last time they sent majority results on same day. But I wouldn't be surprised if I don't get an entry to Columbia..

@Debajyoti Nandy : Has any of your friends got the same email?

 

[Debajyoti Nandy]

Well let's wait for Monday. Last time they sent majority results on same day. But I wouldn't be surprised if I don't get an entry to Columbia..

@Debajyoti Nandy : Has any of your friends got the same email?

Nope, haven't heard anything from them

 

[zzz]

Next week is Columbia's spring recess. Will they keep working and release the results?

 

[Juny]

Next week is Columbia's spring recess. Will they keep working and release the results?

They will I guess.

Monday, March 12, 2018 to Friday, March 16, 2018
Spring Recess
Academic Holidays: Most Administrative Offices Open; No Classes Held

Academic Calendar | Office of the University Registrar

 

[Geekynoob]

Awesome, good luck all. Hopefully by 6-8PM ET tomorrow we'll have the results

 

[Trilok Kumar Yadav]

halfway through the monday, anything?

 

[Geekynoob]

Nothing yet. Keep looking, and don't forget to update this thread if you are accepted/rejected.

 

[Shantanu Chopra]

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but I applied and got an interview invite for MSOR. Just wanted to check if MFE aspirants were interviewed via RIVS platform as well and that we can re-record our responses. Many thanks.

 

[Zhaofeng Liao]

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but I applied and got an interview invite for MSOR. Just wanted to check if MFE aspirants were interviewed via RIVS platform as well and that we can re-record our responses. Many thanks.

That is correct. Feel free to re-record

 

[Jose Cespedes]

We get this information from what happened last year. Their website is not upto date with a lot of things. For eg, the submission deadline for MFE application is 5th Jan and 4th Jan at 2 different places, however, in reality there's no application deadline. I wouldn't rely much on the website information.

The interviews last year were over by about I think 16/18 Feb. This year it has been an extra week. Results were out starting 6th Mar last year (first round of results). First round this year could still be out next week.

I hope your decision notification prediction skills are not an indicative of your asset pricing skills :P. Assuming that the last observation of what happened last year (when they issued a decision) is the best predictor of when it will be issued this time around proved to be a very flawed line of thinking XD.

On a more serious note, hopefully we get the results today or some time this week. Good luck to everyone!

 

[Juny]

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but I applied and got an interview invite for MSOR. Just wanted to check if MFE aspirants were interviewed via RIVS platform as well and that we can re-record our responses. Many thanks.

Yeap, same platform RIVS and also we could re-record it without limits. When did you get the invite by the way?

 

[Shantanu Chopra]

I got the invite on 13th 1AM IST. Thanks for the info.

 

[Geekynoob]

I hope your decision notification prediction skills are not an indicative of your asset pricing skills :P. Assuming that the last observation of what happened last year (when they issued a decision) is the best predictor of when it will be issued this time around proved to be a very flawed line of thinking XD.

On a more serious note, hopefully we get the results today or some time this week. Good luck to everyone!

Remember what happened with Princeton results? Most of the candidates on "QuantNet Forum" were rejected. Quantnet represents less than 10% of actual applications. What if the results of Columbia is already out, and only one guy among us got selected, as Columbia doesn't send rejections till later.

I am just joking btw, a speculation to come back to you on your reply

 

[Ashish Gotham]

March 16th is the deadline to accept the offer from some universities. Accept/Reject, whatever may be the outcome, it would be great if we get to know before that!