Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Admission Discussion

[rickbass]

There is no interview till now, is it a bad signal for my application?

 

[rickbass]

i think my gpa is not low, but i did not receive interview invitation.....how to interpret this?

 

[Wendy_Z]

i think my gpa is not low, but i did not receive interview invitation.....how to interpret this?

I'm also an US undergraduate and I haven't received the interview invitation either...It seems like nobody in my school received it...I don't know why

 

[rickbass]

I'm also an US undergraduate and I haven't received the interview invitation either...It seems like nobody in my school received it...I don't know why

I doubt that there could be more than 1000 students applying for this program this year....
I just tried to analyze the tracker for candidates who got interviews, but unfortunately i could not conclude what kinds of students may receive the interview invitation....at first, i just think that CU will only give interviews to students who are math or science major without any finance background, and CU may just want to check if these students know some basic financial stuffs. but from the tracker, i found some who have tons of years of banking experience also got interviews, then i get stuck....

 

[adamcai]

There is no interview till now, is it a bad signal for my application?

I believe they are still reviewing the applications. Be optimistic. Good luck.

 

[rickbass]

I believe they are still reviewing the applications. Be optimistic. Good luck.

but from tracker it seems that almost all the admitted students got interviews...so...can i think the tracker is just a small sample and cannot represent population?

 

[alferd]

I doubt that there could be more than 1000 students applying for this program this year....
I just tried to analyze the tracker for candidates who got interviews, but unfortunately i could not conclude what kinds of students may receive the interview invitation....at first, i just think that CU will only give interviews to students who are math or science major without any finance background, and CU may just want to check if these students know some basic financial stuffs. but from the tracker, i found some who have tons of years of banking experience also got interviews, then i get stuck....

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[adamcai]

but from tracker it seems that almost all the admitted students got interviews...so...can i think the tracker is just a small sample and cannot represent population?

I think a few people got admitted without interview. But there's nothing we can do now.

 

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don't worry, because we can do nothing

 

[Penguin]

I got interviewed by Columbia on Feb 5, but today I received an almost same email again from Columbia asking me to have an interview on Feb 21 or Feb 22. Does anyone have the same problem? Does it mean it will be a second interview or just a mistake?

 

[Lele Liu]

You got another interview invitation today? That's pretty strange, because it is a holiday today.

 

[Penguin]

You got another interview invitation today? That's pretty strange, because it is a holiday today.

I don't see why today is a holiday but I know other people who also get the email today. But for them, it is the first interview invitation.

 

[Lele Liu]

I don't see why today is a holiday but I know other people who also get the email today. But for them, it is the first interview invitation.

You may call them. So it seems that the results won't come out around these days. :-(

 

[Lele Liu]

Someone said they started conducting another round of interviews, so does it mean the results won't be announced around these days?

 

[conan]

I got the same email as well. My first interview was 2 weeks ago. I take this as we are at the bottom of the first round, and they want to evaluate us together with the second round. But having an interview is better than nothing, just prepare for another interview and hope for the best.

 

[Lele Liu]

I got the same email as well. My first interview was 2 weeks ago. I take this as we are at the bottom of the first round, and they want to evaluate us together with the second round. But having an interview is better than nothing, just prepare for another interview and hope for the best.

Did they conduct another round of interviews last year?
Anyway, good luck to you!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

I remember something similar happened last year. The reason is that the admission people scheduled people twice because of mistake. It's very likely what is happening here. There are so many people and so many slots so they may not be able to keep track accurately of everyone.

Just tell them that you are already interviewed. They may not have that record.

 

[adamcai]

Someone said they started conducting another round of interviews, so does it mean the results won't be announced around these days?

I had my interview two weeks ago, but I got an additional invitation today
(they said it was a system error) . Here is the part of invitation email that was not included in the first round.
"Please note that it is likely some admissions decisions will be made for other students before your interview at the end of the week. Rest assured that we will not make a decision on your application until after your interview."

 

[conan]

I had my interview two weeks ago, but I got an additional invitation today
(they said it was a system error) . Here is the part of invitation email that was not included in the first round.
"Please note that it is likely some admissions decisions will be made for other students before your interview at the end of the week. Rest assured that we will not make a decision on your application until after your interview."

I got the second invitation as well. Did you confirm with them about it being a system error?

 

[adamcai]

Yep. I called them. Then I got an additional email saying it was a mistake.