Nationality wise yes. I am a Hong Kong citizen, but my college education is in the U.S. I don't think nationality is a difference maker, but I can't say anything about the nuances. However, I do know that a lot of these programs have a very high international student percentage according their class profiles.
This is also pretty common in undergrad admissions, they call it 'yield protection'. Higher yield rate and lower acceptance rates make the programs look more selective
I see I see. There's a reason why I bring this up. I once spoke with somebody who used to work in a T7 MBA admissions team.
That's interesting. I think admissions vary from program to program, even within the same school. I do know that many programs evaluate international applicants differently, but I have also seen that some programs have a significant number of students from China.
wow 1200 for 30-40 seats? good luck to all those who have applied!
It was a mistake
Is the yield rate a factor in the ranking of a school or program? Does it help them get the right kind of students they are looking for, or is it just something that makes them look more selective?
I assume for example if a applicants if clearly good for Princeton MFE program, lower tier programs simply would classify those applicants as overqualified, and just simply wouldn't give them a offer to maintain more selective percentages.
Understood. But wouldn't the program lose out on a potentially good candidate? For example, someone qualified for Princeton with no scholarship may not be able to join, just because it's unaffordable to him/her.
yea its a game that all colleges in the US play. they like to keep their acceptance rate low but they also cant over admit with the worry that if everyone accepts then they wont have space. they will deny people who are going to go to better schools. happens all the time
I also applied through MS express, still waiting for the results……
whats ms express?
The MS Express program affords highly qualified undergraduate applicants from SEAS, Columbia College, Barnard, and General Studies the opportunity to apply to any MS program in engineering at SEAS and matriculate in the semester immediately following their graduation. Interested eligible alumni of these schools may also apply within three years of graduation.
Yeah I didn’t realize that the deadline for MS express was Feb. 15, which means it was after the first round of admits. They didn’t even look at ours yet until this coming round, so I wouldn’t be too worried
It seems that the first batch came out on Tuesday Feb.13
2 weeks are done, according to last year's pattern we should have gotten 2nd round admits on 27th - 28th Feb
