Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Admission Discussion

[remylebeau]

I got rejected after the interview. Didn't even get a redirect to MSOR. I'm not sure why. I thought the interview was meant to test language proficiency and to gauge likelihood of accepting. Well, English is my native language and I told the interviewer that Columbia was my top choice. I've no idea why I got rejected at all. This is so very demoralizing......

 

[ONE]

Anyone admitted without an interview first ?

 

[vilovestar]

I got rejected after the interview. Didn't even get a redirect to MSOR. I'm not sure why. I thought the interview was meant to test language proficiency and to gauge likelihood of accepting. Well, English is my native language and I told the interviewer that Columbia was my top choice. I've no idea why I got rejected at all. This is so very demoralizing......

Double check with Adina.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Anyone admitted without an interview first ?

A few last year. None this year
https://www.quantnet.com/forum/trac...ters[result]=qnt_field_result_accepted&page=2

 

[remylebeau]

Double check with Adina.

Will that help? They seldom, if at all, divulge the reasons for rejecting an applicant, right? Besides, she probably gets tons of these emails from rejected applicants. She'll certainly be kept very busy if she had to personally respond to all of them.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

I got rejected after the interview. Didn't even get a redirect to MSOR. I'm not sure why. I thought the interview was meant to test language proficiency and to gauge likelihood of accepting. Well, English is my native language and I told the interviewer that Columbia was my top choice. I've no idea why I got rejected at all. This is so very demoralizing......

Clerical mistakes happen. Check with them. You have nothing to lose at this point.

 

[vilovestar]

Will that help? They seldom, if at all, divulge the reasons for rejecting an applicant, right? Besides, she probably gets tons of these emails from rejected applicants. She'll certainly be kept very busy if she had to personally respond to all of them.

They made mistakes for my interview invitation emails as well.

 

[ONE]

No actually on the Tracker there is one who got accepted without an interview this year.

 

[vilovestar]

No actually on the Tracker there is one who got accepted without an interview this year.

Maybe he is just too lazy to update his interview date.

 

[ONE]

I did not get an interview however i did not get rejected yet. Is that considered good or bad ?

 

[vilovestar]

I did not get an interview however i did not get rejected yet. Is that considered good or bad ?

Did u check ur junk mail? I got my email from the Junk Folder.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

No actually on the Tracker there is one who got accepted without an interview this year.

That was a 2010 application. Check the date.

 

[ONE]

yeah, nothing there

 

[ONE]

Oh yeah sorry, but its weird why he updated his Tracker now

 

[gradaplicant]

I would just like to point out, for future applicants, that in my phone interview, in the same slot where most others just got the normal standard questions, I got some extra questions regarding future goals, derivatives background and one technical regarding Black-Scholes.
You can see the details in my record on the tracker: https://www.quantnet.com/forum/tracker/columbia-mfe.1233/detail

 

[remylebeau]

They made mistakes for my interview invitation emails as well.

Clerical mistakes happen. Check with them. You have nothing to lose at this point.

Thanks vilovestar and Andy. I'll email Adina and check on it. Have updated my Tracker as well with the entire process with Columbia.

In the event that there's been no mistake and the rejection stays, I would love to seek your advice on what was wrong with my answers to the interview questions. After all, there are probably one or two more admission interviews pending, and if I'm making a fatal mistake, I'd better fix it pronto!

 

[Andrew Zhang]

why i got redirected after interview!

 

[iaochiwa]

Anyone know the general probability of a wait-listed candidate getting admission eventually? Low or high?

 

[monetoile]

I got rejected after the interview. Didn't even get a redirect to MSOR. I'm not sure why. I thought the interview was meant to test language proficiency and to gauge likelihood of accepting. Well, English is my native language and I told the interviewer that Columbia was my top choice. I've no idea why I got rejected at all. This is so very demoralizing......

Same here. English is not my native language though, but I have been studying in the US for four years and I speak fluent English. I had the same doubt as you and I actually called during the day. They refused to check anything.

 

[remylebeau]

Same here. English is not my native language though, but I have been studying in the US for four years and I speak fluent English. I had the same doubt as you and I actually called during the day. They refused to check anything.

That's sad... I'm really curious to know what I could have said during the interview that was so bad. Care to share your interview questions and responses? We can exchange our Q&A's in private if you're more comfortable with that. Hopefully it helps us to figure out what went wrong and how we can improve in future interviews.