Columbia MFE No Interview == Rejected already?

aaronyuan · 2/9/13

I am an undergrad at a US college and applied for Columbia MFE. I've not been notified of any interview from Columbia. Someone said the last day of interview is on Feb 12, so does that mean I've been already rejected by Columbia?

red_devil · 2/10/13

i am in the same boat my friend . I dropped a mail to admissions and they replied that the application is under review.However given the number of interview calls they have sent already , i would not be surprised if i get a REJECT. They are just delaying the inevitable.

alferd · 2/10/13

I am in the same situation!

. They are extremely interested in high GPA because I have only heard about people who own a top GPA get the interview invitation.

red_devil · 2/10/13

i am not really sure on that , because i see a good number of international applicants with not so high GPA getting interview calls too. Overall profile seems to matter . Nonetheless wait and watch is the only option ( Let us exercise it

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aaronyuan · 2/10/13

red_devil said:
i am not really sure on that , because i see a good number of international applicants with not so high GPA getting interview calls too. Overall profile seems to matter . Nonetheless wait and watch is the only option ( Let us exercise it )

Well then thats the only thing we can do for now

aaronyuan · 2/10/13

alferd said:
I am in the same situation!. They are extremely interested in high GPA because I have only heard about people who own a top GPA get the interview invitation.

I dont know if Columbia is like Cornell which has different schedules of interviewing and admitting students across regions, but I hope so

alferd · 2/10/13

aaronyuan said:
I dont know if Columbia is like Cornell which has different schedules of interviewing and admitting students across regions, but I hope so

I haven't got interview from these two schools.

. Too bad!

inferno · 2/10/13

alferd said:
I haven't got interview from these two schools.. Too bad!

Don't worry dude... Given your sub GRE score of 92%, you will surely get into NYU...

ssinghvi · 2/10/13

alferd said:
OK. Maybe they are ranked top tier among peers from the same school.

I was among bottom 15% of my class still got an interview.

alferd · 2/10/13

inferno said:
Don't worry dude... Given your sub GRE score of 92%, you will surely get into NYU...

Hope so. Best wishes for you too.

alferd · 2/10/13

ssinghvi said:
I was among bottom 15% of my class still got an interview.

= =! Then maybe my profile is not strong enough.

red_devil · 2/10/13

alferd said:
= =! Then maybe my profile is not strong enough.

No point in doubting yourself or the application. It is a long journey , as a certain Mr Barney Stinson would say WAIT FOR IT !!!

aaronyuan · 2/10/13

alferd said:
I haven't got interview from these two schools.. Too bad!

No worries It's not a good thing to get an interview with Cornell as it usually admits students directly

ArcanenHC · 2/10/13

red_devil said:
i am not really sure on that , because i see a good number of international applicants with not so high GPA getting interview calls too.

Careful. Many countries do not have the extreme grade inflation that is present in US schools. You might see an international student with an 8.0/10 GPA and think they have a low GPA, but they could be in the top 1% of their class.

Shantanu Kumar · 2/10/13

ArcanenHC said:
Careful. Many countries do not have the extreme grade inflation that is present in US schools. You might see an international student with an 8.0/10 GPA and think they have a low GPA, but they could be in the top 1% of their class.

Yeah its true. Highest GPA in my class was 9/10.

rickbass · 2/15/13

i think my gpa is not low, but i did not receive interview invitation.....how to interpret this?

Wendy_Z · 2/15/13

rickbass said:
i think my gpa is not low, but i did not receive interview invitation.....how to interpret this?

I'm also an US undergraduate and I haven't received the interview invitation either...It seems like nobody in my school received it...I don't know why

rickbass · 2/15/13

Wendy_Z said:
I'm also an US undergraduate and I haven't received the interview invitation either...It seems like nobody in my school received it...I don't know why

I doubt that there could be more than 1000 students applying for this program this year....
I just tried to analyze the tracker for candidates who got interviews, but unfortunately i could not conclude what kinds of students may receive the interview invitation....at first, i just think that CU will only give interviews to students who are math or science major without any finance background, and CU may just want to check if these students know some basic financial stuffs. but from the tracker, i found some who have tons of years of banking experience also got interviews, then i get stuck....

alferd · 2/16/13

rickbass said:
I doubt that there could be more than 1000 students applying for this program this year....
I just tried to analyze the tracker for candidates who got interviews, but unfortunately i could not conclude what kinds of students may receive the interview invitation....at first, i just think that CU will only give interviews to students who are math or science major without any finance background, and CU may just want to check if these students know some basic financial stuffs. but from the tracker, i found some who have tons of years of banking experience also got interviews, then i get stuck....

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