CMU MSCF CMU MSCF Admission Discussion

[Andy Nguyen]

Looks like a lot of green trackers are showing up. Congrats to all who got admitted.

 

[ssinghvi]

Thanks Andy
and Kudos to Quantnet. This site has been of great help.

 

[Nanda Kishore]

Congrats everyone who got through in R1. I am a current MSCF student and would be willing to answer any queries that you have. Feel free to drop me a message or post them here.

 

[inferno]

Hi Guys,

I was waitlisted - which is a polite way of saying "you did not make it this round, re-apply in the next rounds ". In the mean time I have the option of submitting additional materials such as:
- Transcripts for Additional Coursework Taken
- Updated Essays
- Updated GMAT or GRE scores
- Updated TOEFL or IELTS scores
- New Letter of Recommendation

Just wanted to know, if anyone had gone through this experience before and in that case what did you do?

 

[mathphys]

Did anyone get a scholarship in their offer of admission?

 

[BillLi]

Congrats everyone who got through in R1. I am a current MSCF student and would be willing to answer any queries that you have. Feel free to drop me a message or post them here.

Hi Nanda, I'm just admitted to this program. My original choice of the campus was Pittsburgh, but were told that NYC is much convenient for job hunting. On the other hand, personally I want to have more campus life rather than studying by conference vedio. I know it's an old topic but still want to hear your opinion about this. Thx a lot!

 

[Saumitra]

Hey,

Has anyone who applied in the second round received any communication from CMU?

 

[JohnKim]

Extrapolating from the last year's tracker records, they will be sending out interview invites from mid March.

 

[Nanda Kishore]

Hi BillLi, Being at NYC helps you a lot with your networking. If you are targeting the S&T kind of roles at banks, you definitely need to network a lot and being at NYC helps you. Pittsburgh is a laid back city. You don't spend much time commuting and you always have professors around. Being in MSCF, you are so occupied with the curriculum that you may not enjoy the activities going on in CMU. But being with the MBA's is definitely fun. I hope this helps. Feel free to drop me a message if you need more info.

 

[unhappy_mscf]

I would talk to current MSCF students before going to the program. Ask them questions about the amount of homework they get, the job/internship placements (especially this year), and how many people fail out/don't graduate from the program. Better yet ask Rick Bryant these questions during the interview. Getting the interview and getting into the school is the easy part.

 

[Marcos Paterson]

now i´d say it´s about the time for invites begin to pop up.
anxiously waiting... anyone?

 

[jamba trader]

Same here. Just keep my fingers crossed

 

[mukundquant]

Has anyone received the interview invite since decision date is April 1

 

[Cam Connor]

Looks like some round 2 interview invites went out today, just received one

 

[sjylvsh]

received one just now.

 

[wbpku]

Looks like some round 2 interview invites went out today, just received one

me too, just got one

 

[Andy Nguyen]

me too, just got one

Update the Tracker?

 

[red_devil]

are they sending mails ? did not yet receive any

 

[Saumitra]

Do they generally send interview invites to everyone at the same time (for a given round)?

 

[kyjswh]

I interviewed with Rick this morning. One of the question Rick asked me is that what are the results of my other application.s I answered that Columbia has rejected me(to be honest). And he even did not bother asking me how CMU compares with the other programs. This probably would reduce my chance of being admitted...sigh...