Columbia MAFN Columbia MAFN Admission Discussion

[Paul Mithouard]

I might come with you too. I contacted an alumni and she gave me an enthusiastiuc review of the program. She went there during the crisis year (2008/2009) and found a good associate position in structured products in a BB in NY.
Sounds not bad at all ^^

 

[yjt]

@Paul Mithouard that sounds intriguing! It makes me wanna email MAFN to follow up on my application... but then I don't think my math background is strong enough for their liking. Did you guys all major in math/stats in undergrad?

 

[KPC]

i got an admit from MAFN columbia on 18th of march and i'm still awaiting the results of MFE program offered by columbia CMU and Baruch. i read andy's posts in other threads and honestly i am not fancying getting into the MFE program as i submitted my application on 4th of March :P :P.

 

[menovive]

I got admission for Full time. I accepted it..!!

 

[Paul Mithouard]

I can see a lot of reject / Wailist on the tracker. It seems to be a very selective program.

 

[KPC]

i applied on 1st march got an admit on 18th of march !...i was skeptical about taking up this program, but after reading alla's post in a different thread i have changed my opinion but i'm disappointed at the fact that the classes will be held during the nights !

 

[Andy Nguyen]

If you guys have decided to go to Columbia MAFN, please indicate it as Final Destination on the Tracker.

 

[achilles]

i applied on 1st march got an admit on 18th of march !...i was skeptical about taking up this program, but after reading alla's post in a different thread i have changed my opinion but i'm disappointed at the fact that the classes will be held during the nights !

does it make a difference ? i thought classes at night was better ( no more waking up early :p)

 

[smile]

I am just wondering if anyone on WL receive any update? Thanks.

 

[Lin]

I am just wondering if anyone on WL receive any update? Thanks.

nope ..This might just be a looooong wait as their deadline is may end

 

[smile]

you mean, we need wait until their official deadline on 5/31?? that will be too sad....

 

[Lin]

you mean, we need wait until their official deadline on 5/31?? that will be too sad....

possible.. if u see the tracker..ppl have got admits till june..so dont lose hope
But i srsly doubt if its a "short" waitlst as they mentioned in the mail..imo a lotta ppl are waitlisted

 

[IMPACT]

Hi,

I applied two weeks back at Columbia MAFN, but I do not care about the answer anymore.

3 of the 4 full time faculty have left. Their star Prof. Van left one year ago and his name is still on the faculty page. His classes will now be taken by Prof. Ghosh and he has no mathematical finance publication. Rest of the classes are handed over to visiting professors and few are two be announced. You can see this at the following page on Columbia's website.

http://www.math.columbia.edu/department/mafn/page5.html

With the star faculty gone and near to nothing career services, where does Columbia MAFN stand?

I was also wondering if you guys were informed about this?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Thanks @IMPACT
Who are the 3 of 4? Also do you mean Jan Vecer?
Thanks for the heads up. It will come as a surprise to many incoming students.

 

[IMPACT]

@ Andy, Yes, I meant Prof Jan. He is now at Frankfurt school since 2010.

Only the Director is there-Prof. Mikhail Smirnov (Mathematics)

These have left-
1. Prof. Ioannis Karatzas (Mathematics)
Eugene Higgins Professor of Applied Probability; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1980
Probability and Random Processes, Stochastic Analysis, Optimization, Mathematical Economics and Finance.

2. Prof. Julien Dubedat (Mathematics)
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Universite Paris-Sud, 2004
Probability Theory.

3.Prof. Jan Vecer (Statistics)
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2000
Mathematical Finance.

 

[doladd]

I noticed a weird thing: there are only 14 admissions reported here and 10 more reported in other forums. but there are also more than 10 watilisted. normally when a school has sent out most admissions, it starts waitlisting people. so how do you guys think?

 

[menovive]

Last month I got a reply from Prof Jan that he doesn't have any appointment at Columbia for the moment. (Exact words)

 

[menovive]

Hi,

I applied two weeks back at Columbia MAFN, but I do not care about the answer anymore.

3 of the 4 full time faculty have left. Their star Prof. Van left one year ago and his name is still on the faculty page. His classes will now be taken by Prof. Ghosh and he has no mathematical finance publication. Rest of the classes are handed over to visiting professors and few are two be announced. You can see this at the following page on Columbia's website.

http://www.math.columbia.edu/department/mafn/page5.html

With the star faculty gone and near to nothing career services, where does Columbia MAFN stand?

I was also wondering if you guys were informed about this?

A Humble Request I do accept that those left were "Star" Faculties. But Please don't under estimate someone unless you have been taught by him/her. Prof Ghosh has done some amazing work in Prob and Stat. Infact I am looking forward to learn from him.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

@menovive
I think @IMPACT was referring more to the fact that the website still list them and may potentially mislead prospective students. And it would be interesting to know the reasons behind their leave.

 

[albertino]

The IEOR's website also lists them.
http://www.ieor.columbia.edu/directory/faculty.html