Columbia MFE Columbia MFE Application Discussion

[skyzzm]

Yes. "discuss your candidacy and interest", and "no longer than 15 minutes" explicitly mentioned. I feel it is the same old thing as past years'.

Maybe Chinese students are under a different selection mechanism (selection pool)?

phone interview?

 

[charlesc]

monetoile, charlesc: Where are you from??

International student at a U.S. college. You know where I come from if you can identify my profile pic

 

[freaka]

congrats to those who got interview!
if you dont mind, can you share the info about how many slots they gave out?

 

[charlesc]

phone interview?

Correct. And apprently pretty loose schedule. They are in no hurry.

 

[monetoile]

monetoile, charlesc: Where are you from??

international student at a US college

 

[monetoile]

congrats to those who got interview!
if you dont mind, can you share the info about how many slots they gave out?

Didn't say in the email

 

[freaka]

Didn't say in the email

I thought that was sth like an online registration system that you have different choices to choose from.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

So these are the set of phone interviews for applicants already in the US, unlike the group we heard earlier about in-person interviews with oversea Chinese candidates.

Can you guys updates the Tracker with the latest updates? That would be HUGELY helpful to everyone.

Congrats and goodluck.

 

[monetoile]

Yes. "discuss your candidacy and interest", and "no longer than 15 minutes" explicitly mentioned. I feel it is the same old thing as past years'.

Maybe Chinese students are under a different selection mechanism (selection pool)?

same old thing as past years? what's their usual way of doing interviews?

 

[Nanda Kishore]

I have a phone interview on Friday 17th (9 AM - 1PM ET) and I am from Mumbai, India. Any Idea what this years interview is gonna be about?? Does anyone have an interview scheduled before me?

 

[Nanda Kishore]

congrats to those who got interview!
if you dont mind, can you share the info about how many slots they gave out?

They did mention in the mail that were slots next week if in case i couldn't call them this week.

 

[charlesc]

same old thing as past years? what's their usual way of doing interviews?

Past applicants seem to suggest that Columbia requests interview just to see how interested you are. They don't want to waste offer letters on those very likely to turn them down -- to protect their enrolment rate and ego .

 

[Andy Nguyen]

From 2011 Columbia MFE Admission/Phone Interview thread
https://www.quantnet.com/forum/threads/phone-call-from-columbia-mfe-admissions.5580/

 

[freaka]

They did mention in the mail that were slots next week if in case i couldn't call them this week.

thx congrats and gd luck!

 

[littlelady]

I wonder whether they send out invitations in batches or those who did not receive emails can assume a rejection?

 

[charlesc]

I wonder whether they send out invitations in batches or those who did not receive emails can assume a rejection?

I guess it's a sequence of batches. Don't lose hope and good luck!

 

[Milz]

Just received the same invite to a phone interview. Will be interesting to see how much of a better chance of admittance phone interview means. After reading last years thread the chances are pretty good, not sure how to read into those Beijing interviews.

 

[gradaplicant]

So these are the set of phone interviews for applicants already in the US, unlike the group we heard earlier about in-person interviews with oversea Chinese candidates.

Can you guys updates the Tracker with the latest updates? That would be HUGELY helpful to everyone.

Congrats and goodluck.

The interview invites seem to have gone to students outside the US as well. I fx got an invite, being a student in Europe (not from the US), and I see there is another one on this thread that is from India who received this invite as well.

Can someone comment on how many slots there are?

 

[holbond]

I have a phone interview on Friday 17th (9 AM - 1PM ET) and I am from Mumbai, India. Any Idea what this years interview is gonna be about?? Does anyone have an interview scheduled before me?

do u know anyone else from India who got call for the interview?

 

[Wowbagger]

I did.