2020 MFE admission roll call

[Andy Nguyen]

As admission decisions start to come in, let's get a tradition going here so we can share the programs we applied, the admits/rejects we received and the program we are ultimately joining.
Let's keep the format uniform and discussions on their separate programs threads. Please share details on each application timeline on the Tracker.
Below is an example.

Admits: MIT MFin, NYU Tandon MFE, CMU MSCF with 20K scholarship, NYU FinMath
Rejects: Baruch MFE, UCB MFE, Princeton MFin
Pending: Rutgers
Joining: CMU MSCF

 

[noether-skolem]

Admits: Columbia MFE, Cornell MFE, UChicago MSFM
Rejects: Princeton MFin, CMU MSCF
Pending: NYU MathFin
Joining: Columbia MFE

Planning to go through Shreve's stochastic and Boyd's convex opt, as well as Quantnet's C++ intro course before starting (been a while since I learned OOP, and I mostly worked with Java back then). Hopefully that'd give me a solid foundation for my first semester in the MFE program and allow me to spare more time/energy on recruiting.

Looking forward to meeting the others who'll be joining Columbia's MFE (and also other programs), hope we get the chance to meet once I've moved there.

Edit: changed MSFE to MFE to avoid confusion.

 

[fsez]

Admits: Columbia MSFE, Cornell MFE, MIT MFin, Columbia MFE, CMU MSCF
Rejects: Princeton MFin
Joining: Columbia MSFE

 

[pmlrjn]

Admits: Cornell FE, CMU MSCF
Rejects: Baruch MFE and Princeton MFin
Pending: Columbia MSFE

Joining: CMU MSCF

 

[smiguel]

Admits: MIT MFin, NYU MFE, Boston FinMath, USC MFE
Waitlisted: Yale MMS
Rejects: Stanford MS&E, USC MFin
Joining: MIT MFin

 

[cheron_jrm]

Admits : Princeton MFin, Stanford ICME MCF, Columbia MFE, Cambridge Part iii, Oxford MCF, Imperial College MathFin, DEA El Karoui
Pending : None
Rejects : Harvard Data Science
Joining : Cambridge Part iii

Edit : Admitted to Oxford MCF, Cambridge part iii and Stanford ICME !!

 

[Bryce E]

Admits: CMU MSCF with 21K scholarship, UCB MFE, Cornell MFE, NYU Tandon MFE with 16K scholarship, Georgia Tech QCF, Fordham MSQF with 25K scholarship
Rejects: Baruch MFE, Columbia MSFE
Joining: CMU MSCF (Pittsburgh)

 

[weihong_ho]

Admits: Columbia MFE, UCLA MFE, Stanford ICME
Rejects: MIT, Princeton
Waiting List: CMU MSCF, UCB MFE
Joining: Stanford

 

[cheron_jrm]

Admits: Columbia MFE, UCLA MFE, Stanford MFE
Rejects: MIT, Princeton
Waiting List: CMU MSCF, UCB MFE
Joining: Columbia/Stanford (I am confused to choose which, gladly accept advice from anybody)

Go to ICME !! definitely better than Columbia in terms of level of courses, brandname and course offer.

 

[Omegaitsme]

Admits: UCB MFE, UCLA MFE 10k Scholarship , NYU MFE 8k scholarship , USC MFin 15k Scholarship, GA Tech QCF
Rejects: MIT, CMU, Stanford MS&E
Pending: Cornell MFE, Columbia MFE, Yale MMS
Joining: Deciding between UCB MFE vs Columbia MFE (in case I get in). Please share your views.

 

[codebreaker]

Admits: Columbia MFE, UCLA MFE, Stanford MFE
Rejects: MIT, Princeton
Waiting List: CMU MSCF, UCB MFE
Joining: Columbia/Stanford (I am confused to choose which, gladly accept advice from anybody)

Stanford ICME is definitely better than Columbia， it is even more selective

 

[Soccent]

Admits: Columbia MFE, UCLA MFE, Stanford MFE
Rejects: MIT, Princeton
Waiting List: CMU MSCF, UCB MFE
Joining: Columbia/Stanford (I am confused to choose which, gladly accept advice from anybody)

Are you kidding. Stanford in a heartbeat.

 

[Zimo. T]

Admits: Columbia MFE, Cornell MFE 5k Fellowship, MIT MFin (18 month), CMU MSCF
Rejects: Stanford MCF, Princeton MFin
Joining: MIT MFin ( a really hard choice )

 

[codebreaker]

Admits: UCB MFE, UCLA MFE 10k Scholarship , NYU MFE 8k scholarship , USC MFin 15k Scholarship, GA Tech QCF
Rejects: MIT, CMU, Stanford MS&E
Pending: Cornell MFE, Columbia MFE, Yale MMS
Joining: Deciding between UCB MFE vs Columbia MFE (in case I get in). Please share your views.

ucb mfe is better

 

[gaitonde]

Admits: Stanford ICME, CMU MSCF, NYU Courant MFin, Chicago MSFM
Rejects: Princeton MFin
Pending: Columbia MFE
Joining: Stanford ICME

 

[VPoneday]

Admits: Purdue MSF ($25k scholarship), WashU MSF, GAtech MSQCF, OSU SMF ($20k scholarship), UCLA MFE, UT Austin MSBA
Waitlisted: BU MSMF
Rejects: Vanderbilt MSF, USC MSF, Washington MSCF
Pending: CMU MSCF, UIUC MSFE

Joining. Not sure due to coronavirus situation. I did pay the deposit for 2 schools already though, and will ask if i can get deferred, if not to cancel my spot there

 

[Nicholas_Harper]

Admits: Cornell MFE, CMU MSCF, BU MSMF 30k scholarship, Fordham QCF 30k scholarship, RPI QFRA 21.5k scholarship
Rejects: Baruch MFE, NYU MFE
Pending: Columbia MFE
Joining: CMU MSCF

 

[Rajkranand]

Admits : MIT ( with Dean's fellowship), MiF at HEC Paris
Rejects: Oxford, Princeton
Waitlist: CMU, Columbia
Joining: MIT

 

[agrthr]

Admits : NYU MFE, RPI, Stevens, Manchester.
Rejects : Boston, Georgia Tech, Imperial, LSE.
Waitlist : University College London, Warwick.
Joining : NYU MFE

 

[hashedcrypt]

Admits : NYU MFE with 8k Scholarship, Boston MathFin, Fordham MSQF with 30k Scholarship, CMU MSCF, Columbia MAFN
Rejects : Princeton MFin, MIT MFin
Pending : Columbia MFE, Chicago MSMF, NYU FinMath, Cornell FE
Joining : CMU MSCF