Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Admission Discussion

[quantnerd]

Has anyone from the accepted students or from the one still waiting for a decision received a notifying letter from Columbia Engineering around Jan 20th that their application is complete and is going to be reviewed? I am wondering if this plays any role in the application/decision process.

In fact now that you remind me of this - this email stated the following for me - "We ask that you accept this email as a status update, and please not email us asking for additional updates. When a decision has been made on your application, you will receive an email to this email address with the subject line: "You have an application status update." "

However, they are clearly updating the portal with the Under Review Status for many applicants. So yea, not sure how it's done.

 

[cwhhh]

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[bootstrap]

Anyone received updates from Columbia MFE?

nope.....my status hasn't even changed to "under review" even

 

[flamingllama]

This is killing me. I'm in Columbia and applied via MS Express way back in November. Now I'm watching other people getting admitted first lol. Would be a great story to be like one of the only people rejected from MS express

 

[bootstrap]

This is killing me. I'm in Columbia and applied via MS Express way back in November. Now I'm watching other people getting admitted first lol. Would be a great story to be like one of the only people rejected from MS express

Just curious....since you are physically on campus, can't you just knock on their doors (literally) and ask for an update? If you really do that, please let us know what they tell you. Thanks!

 

[mr_spectre]

nope.....my status hasn't even changed to "under review" even

Same here

 

[Othrs]

Is the status of our application supposed to mean anything more than whether or not its just "under review"? Wouldn't really make sense for it to hint at an acceptance/rejection

 

[bootstrap]

Is the status of our application supposed to mean anything more than whether or not its just "under review"? Wouldn't really make sense for it to hint at an acceptance/rejection

Based on the experience of others here....people who got offers tend to see their status changed first to "under review" for a couple of days.

But I don't think a status change should be seen as a precursor to an offer letter. You can easily imagine that the review can very well lead to a rejection, in which case you wouldn't expect the rejected to announce their failures with a megaphone.

 

[flamingllama]

Just curious....since you are physically on campus, can't you just knock on their doors (literally) and ask for an update? If you really do that, please let us know what they tell you. Thanks!

I went in today. Got the generic "We can't give you an update, but if you haven't received any portal status change then you will hear back anytime in the next 2 months".
I'm very annoyed but not super worried since I've never heard of someone meeting the MS Express prerequisites not getting accepted; might just be a little later.

 

[bootstrap]

I went in today. Got the generic "We can't give you an update, but if you haven't received any portal status change then you will hear back anytime in the next 2 months".
I'm very annoyed but not super worried since I've never heard of someone meeting the MS Express prerequisites not getting accepted; might just be a little later.

Thanks for sharing! Just curious, did they explain what the lack of status change really means?

Is it because they haven't started reviewing the application at all? Or is it that they have taken a first pass at it but decided to put it on the back burner for the moment?

It seems weird for schools to hand out offers without taking at least a prelim look first at all applications......

 

[cwhhh]

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[flamingllama]

Thanks for sharing! Just curious, did they explain what the lack of status change really means?

Is it because they haven't started reviewing the application at all? Or is it that they have taken a first pass at it but decided to put it on the back burner for the moment?

It seems weird for schools to hand out offers without taking at least a prelim look first at all applications......

No, but they did make me realize that the MS express application deadline is Feb. 15. So I don't even think mine was looked at yet. Super not worried for myself, although I think people who applied not via MS express likely just didn't make first cut idk.

 

[nisha]

Hi @flamingllama - can you please help me with what is MS express and what is it regarding it’s deadline and prerequisites?

 

[joe_boy]

No, but they did make me realize that the MS express application deadline is Feb. 15. So I don't even think mine was looked at yet. Super not worried for myself, although I think people who applied not via MS express likely just didn't make first cut idk.

I guess they look at applications with GRE scores first. But might be wrong though. Everyone that has their status as 'submitted' probably didn't submit GRE scores.

 

[cwhhh]

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[joe_boy]

Hey @joe_boy , any idea why the status are only 'submitted'?

I discovered this happened with MIT too, some folks that didn't submit GRE scores had their applications declined during the last mass release of results and many with high GRE scores got interview invitations. We might say it's not important and that's probably true, but some schools still use it as a filtering mechanism, especially those that receive a large number of applicants.

My guess is that Columbia is going through applications with high GRE scores first. It is also very possible that they have declined some of these candidates that are still "submitted" by now but I cannot say for certain if this is true.

 

[cwhhh]

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[joe_boy]

i see but i saw many without it and are current/ex students

The best we can do is to wait and see the outcome. Actually, I am beginning to blame myself for applying. Tuition deposit is high in many of these top schools. I have two admits and one reject so far and for both schools, I cannot secure my spot because of the tution deposit. Exchange rate has gotten crazy in my country. Just got to know NCSU's deposit is just $500. I should have just tried that instead of Columbia. Don't know if there is still any hope.

 

[cwhhh]

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[nonomysquant]

I discovered this happened with MIT too, some folks that didn't submit GRE scores had their applications declined during the last mass release of results and many with high GRE scores got interview invitations. We might say it's not important and that's probably true, but some schools still use it as a filtering mechanism, especially those that receive a large number of applicants.

My guess is that Columbia is going through applications with high GRE scores first. It is also very possible that they have declined some of these candidates that are still "submitted" by now but I cannot say for certain if this is true.

There was a student who already got in to CU mfe and he didn’t have a GRE score so I don’t think it’s in regards to that