Hey Andy, do you know any applicants living in NYC have already got phone interview?
I emailed the admission office a couple of days ago to see if there is some pattern and this is what I was told:
"Please do not read anything into the order of the decisions - it is entirely based on Admissions Committee members' availability and is completely random."
Plus, there is some guy here who got into Princeton(!!) and his Columbia MFE application is still pending, so, it's not like they take the best applicants first.
thanks vixus! are you enrolling?Congrats pepepersel!
hey guys, something interesting happened to me:
remember that i did the interview on thursday 02/17 and my application status said pending since?
well, i got an email a couple of days ago saying that i should do a (new) interview during this week (thursd or friday, i think). when i saw this, i called the admissions office and told them about the new email and the interview that I had already done. apparently, there has been a mistake with my application, and they have forgotten to update my status when i originally did the interview. finally, i got the acceptance today!
so, perhaps those, who have already had interviews and who were told to wait a few days for the final decision, should call the admissions office (after those "few days" they were told to wait pass) and inquire their status....
good luck to everyone!
cong perpepersel!hey guys, something interesting happened to me:
remember that i did the interview on thursday 02/17 and my application status said pending since?
well, i got an email a couple of days ago saying that i should do a (new) interview during this week (thursd or friday, i think). when i saw this, i called the admissions office and told them about the new email and the interview that I had already done. apparently, there has been a mistake with my application, and they have forgotten to update my status when i originally did the interview. finally, i got the acceptance today!
so, perhaps those, who have already had interviews and who were told to wait a few days for the final decision, should call the admissions office (after those "few days" they were told to wait pass) and inquire their status....
good luck to everyone!
hey pep, whats the # you called?
iniesta, is your application status still pending? Have you contact the admission to know if there is anything wrong?
congrats pepepersel !!! hope to see you at Columbia .
I also humbly think since the interview questions are very general (and same for everyone), they are just for knowing the candidates interest, just a formality which they introduced this year for MFE. Profile and application strength wise, the interviewees have already made the cut...So people who had interviews already and didn't hear anything don't loose hope..you never know ..
just called the admissions number from here:
http://www.ieor.columbia.edu/misc-pages/contactus.html
just ask to speak to someone who may have news (and authority) on your application...the front guy is usually just a student redirecting all sorts of calls to the right person