Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Admission Discussion

[ljsid]

Just received my admit. Check your inboxes!!

 

[Qui-Gon]

Just received my admit. Check your inboxes!!

Got mine as well! Time to celebrate!

 

[EverythingPOINT]

Just received my admit. Check your inboxes!!

Congrats guys. Received mine as well. Cheers!

 

[bosbop]

Yes, I am glad for the admission. The dinger is to accept/deny by 23rd, with $4K deposit. I am not sure about such an aggressive timeline.
Any comments?

 

[raptormath]

Hi congratulations for all the students who got admits from Columbia today, just wanted to know when is the deposit deadline for you guys.

 

[pmartin]

Hi congratulations for all the students who got admits from Columbia today, just wanted to know when is the deposit deadline for you guys.

I did not get an admit but I read on another thread that the deadline is the 23rd of this month.

 

[raptormath]

I did not get an admit but I read on another thread that the deadline is the 23rd of this month.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Skellam]

Anybody want to create/join a WhatsApp for people who plan on joining Columbia?

 

[GoldmanJacks]

Hi congratulations for all the students who got admits from Columbia today, just wanted to know when is the deposit deadline for you guys.

23rd February

 

[curioustraveler]

23rd Feb is a very aggressive deadline. Why is Columbia doing this? are other schools also giving out admits this early so Columbia knows you can choose?

 

[pmartin]

23rd Feb is a very aggressive deadline. Why is Columbia doing this? are other schools also giving out admits this early so Columbia knows you can choose?

I’ve seen in years past that Columbia makes quite a few more offers in later batches. I believe their early deadline is so they can get a good idea on who else they want to offer and who to reject.

 

[curioustraveler]

But this means it is better to get accepted later than now. Columbia shouldnt accept the top candidates now and put them in a difficult position.

 

[noether-skolem]

That's precisely what they're aiming for though. They want first dibs on the top candidates who are likely to be accepted by other top schools like CMU, Courant, Berkeley, Princeton, Baruch. Best outcome you'll join Columbia, worst, they keep your $4k deposit. That's what they've been doing for the past few years if you dig through old threads or ask people.

 

[Andy Zhang]

That's precisely what they're aiming for though. They want first dibs on the top candidates who are likely to be accepted by other top schools like CMU, Courant, Berkeley, Princeton, Baruch. Best outcome you'll join Columbia, worst, they keep your $4k deposit. That's what they've been doing for the past few years if you dig through old threads or ask people.

Lol 1) snatch the top candidates -> 2) hope they get a job at Jane Street/Citadel/Two Sigma (large Columbia alum base here according to LinkedIn)/AQR/Man Group/Bridgewater/etc -> 3) increase program's starting salary -> 4) improve QN ranking -> 5) attract top candidates -> 1)

 

[SEH]

Just received my admit. Check your inboxes!!

Hi I was just wondering if you had to do a Zoom interview? and did you apply to the financial engineering or financial economics?

 

[EverythingPOINT]

I got an admit on the same day as a few others reported in this post. I did not receive a zoom interview invite, and I think video intro (Optional) + pre-recorded question interview (available via link to the application) were the only interviews/recordings required for most I have heard from.

This thread primarily speaks about financial engineering interviews/admits.

 

[tips]

Hi I was just wondering if you had to do a Zoom interview? and did you apply to the financial engineering or financial economics?

There's a separate thread on this forum for finanical economics

 

[raptormath]

Hi guys, my application status has been changed to "under review", was it the same before you guys getting your decision or does this mean that i am waitlisted. Any thing you can comment would be really helpful

 

[quantnoob]

Hi guys, my application status has been changed to "under review", was it the same before you guys getting your decision or does this mean that i am waitlisted. Any thing you can comment would be really helpful

Same for me. I think it is more like waitlist/ reject

 

[quantsam]

Hi guys, my application status has been changed to "under review", was it the same before you guys getting your decision or does this mean that i am waitlisted. Any thing you can comment would be really helpful

Same for me since i applied late