CMU MSCF CMU MSCF Application Discussion

[KareemK]

Hey all,

I just received an invitation to interview for CMU. I have been checking out the tracker and it doesn't seem like anyone who has received an interview has been rejected in recent years. Any opinion on this?

 

[Dave Lee]

when is the interview?

 

[KareemK]

Theres a whole bunch of options on a list from now till the end of march

 

[satya prakash biswal]

Hi ..I got a n invitation too...Any idea on what is asked ...Is it technical ?

 

[Junyong Choi]

I got an invitation too. My interviewer is a professor, so I'm assuming there may be some technical questions. I wish a current student/alumnus from the program could provide some information.

 

[cab]

See
https://www.quantnet.com/threads/cmu-2014-fall-r1-interview.15783/

I got accepted round 1. My interview was non-technical, but he explored my motives for going into finance and future plans in great detail(maybe because I come from applied math?).

Also, I suspect that anyone who gives decent interview gets into the program. HOWEVER, the pressure is still on because I think you may be fighting for scholarship money. This Is ~Speculation~ but I think scholarships are common and the interview is with the director of the program (who would have the power to control scholarship money). So, killing the interview may net you some extra $$$

Best of Luck

 

[damonloveavril]

@cab

Couldn't agree more

 

[satya prakash biswal]

@cab
Thanks pal ....btw how many extra $$s did u net

 

[Rohit Sarma]

When are the interview emails for R2 candidates sent out? Any idea?

 

[damonloveavril]

When are the interview emails for R2 candidates sent out? Any idea?

I think they have sent out all the invitations on Saturday night.

 

[lizzzzh]

I think they have sent out all the invitations on Saturday night.

Hi. can i ask what makes you think that?
A bit sad still get nothing……I think the best result without an interview would be WL

 

[damonloveavril]

Hi. can i ask what makes you think that?
A bit sad still get nothing……I think the best result without an interview would be WL

According to the online interview sign up sheet, 68 of 71 have been taken.

 

[lizzzzh]

According to the online interview sign up sheet, 68 of 71 have been taken.

Oh……okay……this does make me upset.
Thanks anyway.

 

[DONG. B]

@cab Dude do you remember how many interview slots they provided for R1 students? There are 71 for R2 students...... I heard that students who got the interview have had a good chance to be admitted, but it just seems so unlikely that they will admit all (or most) of the 71 students out there.

 

[cab]

This is a good observation that emphasizes the speculative nature of my first post. I really don't know. Are round 1 and 2 treated the same? What is the correspondence between interview slots and students (I doubt it's one-to-one)? What is the accepted student retention rate?

All of these things are important to reason effectively but are unavailable to us. All I can say is that based on my experience and what I have read of others, the interview stage occurs after they have already done most of the cuts to their applicant pool. I could be wrong though ha

 

[New Trader]

I am an aerospace engineer. How would I best prepare myself for CMU interview ? Any advice would be much appreciated

 

[govindia]

Any Update on round 2 interviews, going by the above post it seems they already have sent invites, I received nothing and that saddens me a bit

 

[himaja]

For the information of future applicants:

The interview was non-technical and fairly casual. I come from a non-finance background (BS/MS in math) so he asked me "Why are you here?" once my motivations for entering the program were clear he said that I "made my case" and the conversation seemed to switch to chit-chat mode. I got the impression that once my motivations were established that I was deemed acceptable, and then he just wanted to give me information about the program. I left with the expectation that I would be accepted, but I can't be sure until the 31st!

@cab do you have any idea if the round 2 interviews have started, I dint receive any mail till now n the results for round 2 would be out on 1st april , should i consider mine to be a reject??

 

[himaja]

Any Update on round 2 interviews, going by the above post it seems they already have sent invites, I received nothing and that saddens me a bit

@govindia same here getting tensed

 

[KareemK]

Hey all,

I had my interview a few weeks ago and the admission responses for R2 come out tomorrow. Im quite nervous, but the fact that I have yet to see someone who has been rejected after interviewing has been comforting me. Any one else have thoughts on this?