Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Admission Discussion

[kwatz]

Thank you for the clarification! The MAFN program sent out a bunch of new offers very recently.

Hi @IzabelaRutkowski, thank you for trying to make an effort to have some official line of communication but like another commenter said, this is the thread for IEOR's MFE. I was wondering if you could please direct someone from the IEOR department to this thread, since quite a few applicants seem to be anxiously awaiting decisions? There has been almost no communication from IEOR regarding the delay, and it is quite late in the admissions cycle at this point. Any sort of update from the department apart from a boilerplate response would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Alex Ng]

It's just laughable at this point that we are still waiting on a program in May whose website says the decision timeline is late Feb to late March.

It's even more funny considering the MAFN program from the same school at least has an admissions rep coming to talk about updates and answer questions, while people hear nothing from MFE.

 

[redoctober]

Like others have said, even if MFE does give an admit I don’t know how excited I’d be anymore

Maybe I should apply to MAFN where it appears they care about their applicants more, I might even get a response faster than continuing to wait on MFE haha

 

[Grumpybear]

Thank you for you comment, Grumpybear. The deadline to apply to our program is in May and the decisions are given out on a rolling basis. Also, I do not know if you follow the news, but the MAFN Program Director passed away last week. It caused a slight delay.

lol wrong program

 

[strattb]

Did anyone here try to contact ieor admissions recently? I sent an email some days ago and I've been calling but no response.

 

[fhu]

I also sent an email last week and they replied with that same generic response that everyone gets usually.

 

[Alex Ng]

Did anyone here try to contact ieor admissions recently? I sent an email some days ago and I've been calling but no response.

No one really bothers to contact them anymore. Unless you have specific questions outside admissions or admissions timeline, you just get boilerplate response that they probably copied and pasted onto their email.

Even with non-admissions related questions, I wouldn't be surprised if they just ghost you given what's happening on their campus and their notorious delay in admissions.

 

[mr_spectre]

My current status has changed. I don't know when exactly this happened because I hadn't checked for about 2 weeks.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

A quick show of hands on how many people are still waiting for Columbia MFE to give them a decision?
A quick check on the Tracker shows roughly 30 pending cases, but the actual number would be much higher. This is a significant issue for those affected, given that other applicants already have their plans in place.

 

[Stoicismatters]

A quick show of hands on how many people are still waiting for Columbia MFE to give them a decision?
A quick check on the Tracker shows roughly 30 pending cases, but the actual number would be much higher. This is a significant issue for those affected, given that other applicants already have their plans in place.

waiting

 

[potatopeeler]

A quick show of hands on how many people are still waiting for Columbia MFE to give them a decision?
A quick check on the Tracker shows roughly 30 pending cases, but the actual number would be much higher. This is a significant issue for those affected, given that other applicants already have their plans in place.

Waiting

 

[kwatz]

A quick show of hands on how many people are still waiting for Columbia MFE to give them a decision?
A quick check on the Tracker shows roughly 30 pending cases, but the actual number would be much higher. This is a significant issue for those affected, given that other applicants already have their plans in place.

Waiting

 

[strattb]

Waiting

waiting

 

[hdhawan]

A quick show of hands on how many people are still waiting for Columbia MFE to give them a decision?
A quick check on the Tracker shows roughly 30 pending cases, but the actual number would be much higher. This is a significant issue for those affected, given that other applicants already have their plans in place.

Waiting

 

[Andy Nguyen]

For those still waiting, what is the end goal here?
Do you have a backup plan if there is no positive result coming soon?

 

[skcxjezr]

Waiting… maybe join MAFN instead

 

[Millionaire seeking more]

waiting

 

[nonomysquant]

I believe I was one of the first people to even get the current status header change back in Feb. Haven't heard anything since and I would not go to the MFE program even if I got in. Cannot possibly understand how they have no communication within these forums especially with this delay. There is also nothing offered in the summer in terms of technical interview, coding, and career dev prep from what I am seeing online. On the other hand, the MAFN program seems way more responsive, I am able to contact students/alumni from the program at a higher rate of success, and there is a summer program to prime us for coursework and interviews.

 

[hdhawan]

Does anyone know what time last year rejections were sent out?

 

[inspector_javert]

They sent a bunch on April 29th. Not sure if its the last ones