Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Admission Discussion

[Apa]

Silly question, while signing up for the skype interview, what we need to provide for- "Please indicate your home university and major. *"
Should this be Columbia MFE? or my graduation university.

 

[shivengupta]

Graduation University and Major. When are you registering for?

 

[Apa]

Thnx...thinking abt some slot on 10th or 11th

 

[Applicant MFE]

Did you see any status update in the application system? What does the status look like with three green checkmarks without any phrase like completed and underreview?

 

[shivengupta]

No. Even I did not see any update. The application just says submitted. Nothing else.

 

[Applicant MFE]

Ok, thanks. I have not received the email yet

 

[Applicant MFE]

When did you guys (that receive the interview invitation) apply?

 

[Apa]

check tracker, you will get information on that. I submitted on 17th Dec

 

[inferno]

Guys, any idea if we will get to know beforehand who the interviewer is going to be?

Faculty or Admission staffs?

 

[Saumitra]

When did you guys (that receive the interview invitation) apply?

I had submitted my application on 30th December

 

[Gisli Mar Reynisson]

Congratulations Saumitra, shivengupta and chetan.apa on your in interviews, I haven't received the email yet and I wasn't expecting an email until mid Feb. What dates can you choose from?

 

[Saumitra]

What dates can you choose from?

Thanks Gisli.

We were asked to choose from 30th Jan to 15th Feb, though we got another mail that asked us to choose a date till 12th Feb.

 

[Gisli Mar Reynisson]

Okay, hopefully I will receive an interview as well. Best of luck regarding the interview

 

[Saumitra]

Okay, hopefully I will receive an interview as well. Best of luck regarding the interview

All the best for that

 

[Gaurav Gupta]

How many ppl will they select after the interviews?

 

[Gaurav Gupta]

I have mentioned my time on 12th Feb. Do I have to convert this time to Indian time? I mean time slot mentioned there is according to US or according to the host country?

 

[Gaurav Gupta]

What kind of ques will they ask in the interview? Will it be technical or non-technical??

 

[Gisli Mar Reynisson]

Just received an interview invitation, very happy .

What kind of ques will they ask in the interview? Will it be technical or non-technical??

Look at old posts here on quantnet. From what I have read the questions (for example from last year) have been non-technical, general questions. Like "why Columbia" and so on. I have no idea if that is the case this year.

I mean time slot mentioned there is according to US or according to the host country?

New York time (95% certain)

 

[Gaurav Gupta]

Any idea how many interview invitations they have sent out of total applications? And how many will they select after the interviews?

 

[Saumitra]

Any idea how many interview invitations they have sent out of total applications?

Doing a rough calculation based on the interview slots filled... I think around 130-150 interview invites were given out... It may be possible that some other program might also conduct interviews, so it is just an estimate.