UCB MFE UCB MFE Admission Discussion

[Siddharth Singh]

My application still says under review. Should i ask admission office or wait for some more time

 

[bronson]

I have my interview later on today. What type of basic probability questions did they ask? Did they go into MLE's and more advanced probability and statistics questions?

 

[banbuzz]

any updates yet ?

 

[Siddharth Singh]

hey guys I also applied for the program but havent got any response from them till now. Is there any hope now..

 

[yechess]

hey guys I also applied for the program but havent got any response from them till now. Is there any hope now..

They will announce the results only by March end. Until then, I don't think we should jump to conclusions or estimate our chances. The truth is that we do not know what is going on within the admissions committee. We do not know the profiles of pool of applicants, where we stand with respect to others, what kind of decisions they are taking etc.
You have prepared the best possible application, and you have done everything you could. How the admissions committee views your application is outside your control.
Therefore, I think it is best to just let go. No use worrying about things outside your sphere of control. Though I'll be the first person to admit that it is easier said than done...
Just my thoughts.

 

[Siddharth Singh]

Right man, you put it really well. Lets hope for the best..

 

[banbuzz]

I believe last yr by this time people started getting the offers...
all those who had their interviews did you hear anything after that ..

 

[Ryan]

interviewed

 

[Ryan]

Interviewed with alumni last Sun. No reply yet. All technical questions.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

@Ryan
Did you update your Tracker yet?

 

[bronson]

I received an email for a second interview for the Berkeley MFE. Did anyone else receive the same email?

 

[Will Bear]

I got admitted by email yesterday. Only had one interview.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

@Will Bear @Ryan
Can you guys update your Tracker?

 

[Michaelbevan]

Congrats Will Bear.

 

[Michaelbevan]

@bronson.. Is it again a technical one?

 

[bronson]

Michaelbevan, yes they're telling me it will be another technical interview. The last one lasted more than hour so I can't understand why they want another one.

 

[Siddharth Singh]

Congrats Will Bear.

 

[Michaelbevan]

I have heard cases where more than one technical interview were taken for the candidates. Just curious, how did the first interview go for you?

 

[bronson]

I suppose it could have gone better. I had an extremely hard time understanding what the interviewer was saying because he had a thick accent. There were some questions that I was not able to answer immediately.

 

[mcgruber]

I suppose it could have gone better. I had an extremely hard time understanding what the interviewer was saying because he had a thick accent. There were some questions that I was not able to answer immediately.

Berkeley MFE interview process is very chaotic at times. They ask these current students to conduct interviews and this approach is problematic in my opinion. Many of these students are knowledgable but can't speak properly in person, let alone be clear on the phone.

The Berkeley MFE admission will do a big favor in selecting just a few current students/alumni to conduct the interviews who have excellent communication skills and who are able to ask questions correctly, before they put fate of the applicants in the hands of these awful interviewers.

Note to Berkeley MFE: There is very little correlation between someone having good grades and him/her being a good communicator.

Disclaimer: I am not an American/Europe born person. And I have had horrible experience with Berkeley MFE interview process first hand.