Vikram,
Thanks a lot for providing first person account. I have been trying to reach MAFN alumni for quite sometimes with no success.
I emailed to all the contact info I can find on this site
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~maalums/ but it seems they are all invisible.
Do you know if the alumni site is active and how I can reach them to solicit for reviews of the program? Their alum forum link is broken.