2023 MFE Admissions Roll Call

[Suyang]

Admits: Baruch MFE
Rejects:
Pending:
Joining: Baruch MFE (admitted by Baruch really early and then stopped my application)

 

[kabirrr]

Admits: CMU MSCF, Chicago MSFM (30% scholarship), UCLA MFE, NYU Tandon MFE ($4k scholarship)
Rejects:
Waitlisted: UCB MFE
Pending: Columbia MFE, GaTech QCF
Joining: CMU MSCF (Pittsburgh campus)

 

[jeremytec]

Admits: Cornell MFE w/ $30k scholarship, Columbia MFE, UChicago FinMath w/ 60% scholarship, NC State w/ $5k Scholarship
Rejects: —
Joining: UChicago FinMath!! Woo!

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Hey John , can you tell us what is your profile like ?
And congratulations !

 

[johnnyb]

Hey John , can you tell us what is your profile like ?
And congratulations !

To not crowd up this thread here, you can look at my Tracker application.

 

[excaliburrata]

Admits: NCSU Fin Math, BU MSMFT(24K scholarship) , NTU MFE, Rutgers MQF, UCLA MFE

Rejects: Baruch MFE, Princeton MFin, NYU MFE, NYU Math Fin, MIT MFin, GTech QCF , CMU MSCF

Pending: UCB MFE (waitlist)

Joining: not yet decided

 

[mooncat]

Admits: Cornell MFE, UCLA MFE, UChicago, NYU MathFin, Georgia Tech QCF
Rejects: Princeton MFin, Stanford MCF, Columbia MFE
Pending: CMU MSCF (waitlist), MIT MFin (waitlist), UCB MFE (waitlist)
Joining:

 

[RedDevilSlayer]

Admits: Georgia Tech QCF, Rutgers MQF with $10k a year scholarship, NYU Tandon with $ 4k a year scholarship
Rejects: CMU MSCF, LBS MFA, NYU Courant MathFin
Pending: All done
Joining: NYU Tandon MFE

 

[technicallyaname]

Not a typical list here, but I aimed for more finance-ish programmes with quant opportunities + couple of safe schools and corporate finance programmes to diversify (wasn't entirely sure if my profile fitted more quant-ish programmes)

Admits: MIT MFin, LSE MSc Finance, Vanderbilt MS Finance
Rejects: Oxford MFE, Princeton MFin
Pending: HEC Paris MiF, Imperial MSc Finance, Warwick MSc Finance, Emory MS Analytical Finance, Rochester MS Finance
Joining: MIT MFin, the dream came true, very excited!

 

[daxabooi]

Admits: GaTech QCF, UCB MFE, Princeton MFin
Rejects: Baruch MFE, CMU MSCF, MIT MFin, Stanford MCF (ICME)
Joining: Princeton MFin (very likely)

 

[kvs]

Admits: Columbia MFE, UCLA MFE, NYU Tandon MFE ($4K Scholarship), Rutgers MQF ($5K Scholarship), USC MFE
Rejects: Baruch MFE, Stanford FinMath
Pending: Columbia MFE
Joining: Not Decided

 

[Jiamin Li]

Admits: Baruch mfe, Cornell mfe, LSE risk and finance
Rejects: CMU mscf, NYU Tandon
Joining: Baruch mfe

 

[RCRGTG]

Admits: UChicago MSFM (60% scholarship), UCLA MFE
Rejects: UCB MFE ( waitlisted but refused because of other offers)
Pending: Columbia MFE, NYU MFE (waitlist), NYU MAFN
Joining: UChicago MSFM

 

[Sondon]

Admits: NYU Tandon MFE ($8K Scholarship), UIUC MSFE, GaTech MS QCF
Rejects: CMU MSCF, Princeton MFIN
Pending: Columbia MFE(waitlisted)
Joining: Probably NYU but still waiting for Columbia

 

[SimpleAdvice]

Admits: UChicago (with 30% scholarship), UCLA MFE, USC MSF
Rejects: UT Austin, Imperial MSF
Pending: UCB MFE, NYU MFE (waitlist), Columbia MFE
Joining: UChicago (Do get in touch if you guys are joining here too)

 

[KenKaneki]

Admits: Columbia MFE
Waitlist: MIT Mfin
Rejects: CMU, Princeton

Joining: Columbia unless MIT moves forward. Feel free to get in touch with me if anyone else is going for columbia

 

[hgg]

Admits: NYU Tandon MFE ($8K Scholarship), UIUC MSFE, GaTech MS QCF
Rejects: CMU MSCF, Princeton MFIN
Pending: Columbia MFE(waitlisted)
Joining: Probably NYU but still waiting for Columbia

@Sondon Can you please update when (date) did you receive waitlist status from Columbia?

 

[FLNN]

Admits: Cornell MFE, Columbia MFE, USC MFin, Duke Fintech, UCB Fintech
Rejects: MIT MFin
Pending: Yale AM (but not considering anymore)
Joining: Columbia MFE? Feel free to comment in my comparison post to help me decide!

 

[Danner]

Admits: Cornell MFE w/ $30k scholarship, Columbia MFE, UChicago FinMath w/ 60% scholarship, NC State w/ $5k Scholarship
Rejects: —
Joining: UChicago FinMath!! Woo!

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Hi @johnnyb ! I was also admitted to Columbia MSFE and UChicago. What made you decide to go Chicago if you don't mind me asking?

 

[kaventkw]

Admits: UCLA MFE ($15K Scholarship), UIUC MSFE
Rejects: CMU MSCF, Cornell MFE
Waitlisted: UChicago FinMath, MIT MFin
Joining: Undecided. Really struggling with finances, so I hope to get a scholarship from one of the waitlisted schools. Would appreciate any tips on negotiating a higher scholarship from UCLA or any suggestions to manage. Thank you!!

 

[Ridmod]

Admits: BU MSMFT,NYU MFE,USC MFE,UCLA MFE
Rejects: UChicago FinMath, CMU MSCF, Cornell MFE
Pending: Columbia MFE, GeorgiaTech QCF
Joining: Mostly probably UCLA MFE (DM if you're joining UCLA)