MIT MFin MIT MFin Admission Discussion

[happysheep]

For those who have taken the assessment, is any programming language fine for the coding part?

 

[LA Quant]

haven't taken the assessment. but I heard you can use any language

 

[PointBlanc]

For those who have taken the assessment, is any programming language fine for the coding part?

Yes, you type it out without an IDE. You just add a comment at the top specifying which language your using

 

[happysheep]

Yes, you type it out without an IDE. You just add a comment at the top specifying which language your using

Oh ok, so they are basically hand grading the codes?

 

[PointBlanc]

Oh ok, so they are basically hand grading the codes?

Yes, you type it out using a chatbox

 

[happysheep]

Yes, you type it out using a chatbox

That's funny

 

[LA Quant]

topics are just elementary calculus, probability, and one coding question

 

[Applicant_]

Thanks

 

[Applicant_]

How many questions are there?

 

[k_t]

is solving every question in the maths part necessary for admission?

 

[blahblah]

hey : those who got admitted, was there any chance of getting admitted if you don't score full on the quant test?

 

[showmetheIB]

Hi, has anyone completed the quant assessment? would like to know how it went

 

[marcusaurelius]

I bombed it It was not difficult by any means, but I just lost it and made some silly mistakes...

 

[LA Quant]

I bombed it It was not difficult by any means, but I just lost it and made some silly mistakes...

I wouldn't worry too much. Admissions mentioned it's just another data point and that they look at your application holistically

 

[PolarLow]

I bombed it It was not difficult by any means, but I just lost it and made some silly mistakes...

Also made a stupid mistake in a math question and submitted the quizz early, though I had a lot of time left... Can only blame myself!
Hope it'll still go well for us

 

[LA Quant]

Best of luck on the behavioral interview everyone!

 

[k_t]

I wouldn't worry too much. Admissions mentioned it's just another data point and that they look at your application holistically

where did they mention this?

 

[LA Quant]

where did they mention this?

Official MIT Sloan MFIN video. answer starts at 51:50

 

[niknik]

Realistically speaking how important is the quant assessment. Like if you come from a math/stem background and did really well on the interview but lost 2 of the quant questions are you done?

 

[marcusaurelius]

Realistically speaking how important is the quant assessment. Like if you come from a math/stem background and did really well on the interview but lost 2 of the quant questions are you done?

That's the real question... Imo, there would be some sort of minimum cutoff, and above that cutoff, some sort of weightage w.r.t to the other parts of the application. At least that's how I would approach the problem objectively.