MIT MFin MIT MFin Admission Discussion

[Chashu]

Just received an interview invite R3

 

[MSorMBA]

R3 invite...

 

[pianoman]

any idea until when are they going to send out interview invites?

 

[MAANE MA]

Hey Guys,

I have an interview next week. Any tips ??

 

[AMANE]

MAANE MA, hi are u R3 applicants, do u know how many got admit till now?
thanks for info

 

[gradaplicant]

Hey Guys,

I have an interview next week. Any tips ??

They ask a lot about you work in a group (convincing a group to follow your view, how you worked out when one group member was not performing well ect.)

 

[MAANE MA]

Thanks for the advice

AMANE, I have no idea how many got admitted till now .. sorryy

 

[MSorMBA]

MaaneMa: You could use this site and the M.Fin site extensively... There are some pretty good links on this site that can help... From what I've read, its mostly behavioral... Are you going for the phone or skype? Who is your interviewer?
Good luck!

 

[aaronhotchner]

About 150 people have been admitted in rounds 1 and 2.

 

[MSorMBA]

aaron: May I ask the source of this data?

 

[sonyask]

I had a chat with an admissions officer at the admitted students day. She said they're aiming for around 120 students and they've filled around half. It seems to me that considering round 1 and 2 are finished, half seems pretty little, but a lot of people were also waitlisted last round so maybe they are evaluating them with round 3 applicants.

 

[aaronhotchner]

aaron: May I ask the source of this data?

The M.Fin. directory that every admitted student can access.

 

[MSorMBA]

sonyask and @ aaron: Thank you for this update. Although both sources seem pretty authentic; clearly, there is some serious disconnect.

 

[aaronhotchner]

Keep in mind that the deadline for acceptance in rounds 1 and 2 has passed. It is possible that only 60 people accepted, I have no way of knowing. But about 150 were initially admitted.

 

[Chashu]

Well I am done with my interview. I have a deadline of April 15th to accept Columbia MSOR. So wondering how soon can I expect a response from MIT?

The decision deadline for R3 is Friday, April 13th :P. Just hope they tell us sometime before that!

 

[twwsc]

Well I am done with my interview. I have a deadline of April 15th to accept Columbia MSOR. So wondering how soon can I expect a response from MIT?

The decision deadline for R3 is Friday, April 13th :p. Just hope they tell us sometime before that!

I think it's safe to say MIT will contact you exactly on April 13th, no sooner and no later. If you check the R2 acceptance thread, we were all huddled around the Quantnet forums updating each other as the admissions office was telephoning accepted applicants (It was quite dramatic). The phone calls lasted a few hours, and those who were either rejected or waitlisted were contacted by e-mail shortly afterwards. Good luck.

 

[Chashu]

Ah okay! thx twwsc.. So next 'Friday the 13th' is gonna be real scary

 

[pinetreecutter]

Keep in mind that the deadline for acceptance in rounds 1 and 2 has passed. It is possible that only 60 people accepted, I have no way of knowing. But about 150 were initially admitted.

You've mentioned before that the directory had entries that "weren't real". Is that still the case and included in in the 150 figure? I believe you quoted 146 in a post a few weeks ago after MIT had released R2 deadlines.

Ah okay! thx twwsc.. So next 'Friday the 13th' is gonna be real scary

Conditional probability of admission is actually pretty high based on both MIT's statements and the tracker data. :p

 

[Chashu]

Conditional probability of admission is actually pretty high based on both MIT's statements and the tracker data. :p

True..50% .. But still.. You would only be scared where you see some hope!

I see you had ur interview on 3/30..so how did it go?

 

[aaronhotchner]

You've mentioned before that the directory had entries that "weren't real". Is that still the case and included in in the 150 figure? I believe you quoted 146 in a post a few weeks ago after MIT had released R2 deadlines.

They're probably still there, but there's a handful of them -- definitely fewer than 5. If I said 146, that was probably the total including the test entries. The 150 figure is just an approximation from memory.