Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Application Discussion

[Ycohen]

I spoke to one of the people at the Graduate School. The phone number was something like 212-8546348 (some combination of the last 4 digits, sorry it was a transfer so I couldn't write it down.) But they said that there's a glitch in the system and that we can respond by the 15th of May.
Personally, I am not taking the risk because she could be wrong and I'd have no one to blame. So I wouldn't recommend anyone take my (or her) word for it. My only reason for writing that was for the people that are still waiting elsewhere it may be worthwhile to check if this lady was correct, and they would have an extra month of waiting around. I hope I haven't confused anyone.

 

[iniesta]

lol wth

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Wow. that's one heck of a roller coaster ride @kichuxj
You should double check with Columbia IEOR. At this point, I won't rule out this being a mistake.

 

[iniesta]

ha he deleted his post!

 

[Chinnadhurai]

I mailed Adina regarding the deadline...she confirmed it remains unchanged on April 15th for MSFE

 

[coolharvard]

Does anyone know how many MSOR people does IEOR admit every year? What is the general acceptance rate of MSOR that IEOR is targeting every year?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

It's that time of year again where applicants frantically finish up their application to beat the Dec 15th deadline (don't they just wait till last minute).
So let's gather all applicants to Columbia MFE program for 2012 here and share stories and wait for the results. It's going to be as much fun as last year

Did you guys all put your timelines in the Tracker yet?

 

[JDawg]

just finished my application, but realized that one of my recommenders still hasn't submitted his letter yet
hopefully it's not a big deal if he turns it in tomorrow or this weekend

 

[phartark]

I tried to apply this year but can't make a good TOEFL on time. So, I postpone my application to next year and hope I can make it!.

Hope all people here are admitted!!!!

 

[Yang_Pop]

Ha~just has my referee submitted my RL last week, and completed application to Columbia MFE finally. Yesterday, unfortunate to find I has been rejected by Baruch, still feeling sad. Waiting for other news~~~~

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Columbia MFE average time to decision is 87 days according to data in our Tracker so you KNOW you will get a decision in early March.

 

[Yang_Pop]

Columbia MFE average time to decision is 87 days according to data in our Tracker so you KNOW you will get a decision in early March.

Well, the super high efficiency of Baruch for rejecting me within 20 days really shocks me. Thx, keeping waiting is a tough thing, any way~~~

 

[Sherlock]

Columbia MFE average time to decision is 87 days according to data in our Tracker so you KNOW you will get a decision in early March.

Last year they accepted the first students in early February

 

[Andy Nguyen]

The average waiting time probably will go down a bit more this year as Columbia MFE streamlines their admission process. That's what they told me last year during the peak of their admission cycle.
It's interesting to look at the average waiting time in our Tracker and see right away which program has a rolling admission which results in much shorter time for result. Baruch MFE, Boston MathFin, Columbia MathFin are 3 examples.

 

[DeltaVega]

submitted my application almost two weeks ago, i was applying to other programs which had earlier deadlines (Cornel Dec 1, Stanford Dec 6) so I submitted Columbia's application earlier
it wouldn't be a bad idea to have similar threads for admissions to other programs... best of luck to all!!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

it wouldn't be a bad idea to have similar threads for admissions to other programs...

It's a very good idea. Are you going to volunteer to create and update those threads?

 

[Wowbagger]

I was bugging one of my profs to submit my LoR soon, but he said that for Columbia, their deadline to submit LoRs is ~ 15 days after our deadline.

 

[bansalmohit]

I was bugging one of my profs to submit my LoR soon, but he said that for Columbia, their deadline to submit LoRs is ~ 15 days after our deadline.

thats right. it says in the application

 

[holbond]

submitted my application in the last week of november... waiting for the result....

 

[holbond]

Well, the super high efficiency of Baruch for rejecting me within 20 days really shocks me. Thx, keeping waiting is a tough thing, any way~~~

Hii I am thinking of applying for Baruch.. Can you share ur profile.. so that it l help me to come to a conclusion whether to apply for Baruch or not...