UCB MFE UC Berkeley MFE Application Discussion

[twang]

Did my interview yesterday with a current student. All questions are technical and directly related to the courses and internship/research on my resume.

 

[Akarsh]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Don’t give me specifics, but what were the fields u were tested on? Purely statistics or programming also? Asking since I have a day to revise it all.

For reference, if you are aware of it, would cfa level 2 quant section be a set from which you were asked questions? Or are we expected to go beyond that?

I understand that this is all subjective, and can be a bit much to answer, but your help is greatly appreciated ^^

 

[Changyu]

Hi, are you a round 2 applicant?

 

[YHL]

Hi, my wechat ID is cannes0408.
Please add me. thanks

 

[Akarsh]

Round 1 applicant

 

[Non-Euclidean Narwhal]

Shouldn't R1 be decided by March 1st? Are all of you in this thread who got invited R1 or R2?

 

[akshayjoshi]

Did any of you who got admitted in the first round got a mail from Linda / Berkeley as such about paying the deposit?

 

[Shimai Zhang]

Hi how did your interview go? I'm also a Round 1 student, got an invitation today, my interview will be on 3/24. Really worried about it... good luck!

 

[Akarsh]

Interviewer was nice and friendly, so u don’t feel like ure being pushed, so it was good in that sense.

It was mainly to get to know u better, so questions based on ure resume and some technicals.

Just revise basics and be clear in concepts you should be good.

 

[Changyu]

Congrats to your admission. If you don't mind, can you share your interviewing process, please? Thank you for sharing the questions you were asked.

 

[adrs]

Any updates on this? Did you guys get any final confirmation?

 

[Akarsh]

Yeah application was formally put on hold.

 

[Alvis]

Has anyone received an invite? Also is it true that UCB placements for 2019 have fallen? Thanks.

 

[DarseZ]

According to the statistics of last year, r2 interviews will be released at the start of May. Waiting for it as well.

 

[zoey]

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[TheSquashGuy]

Got a straight reject from UCB, not even an interview invite or a waitlist. A brief on my profile:
Electrical Engg & MBA Finance from top Universities in India (IIT/IIM)
CFA Level 2, FRM certified
2.5 years+ FX Trader at Citibank
GRE 329 (169Q + 160V), awa 3.5
Is there any way at all to find out what was written in my recommendations.? I did sign the agreement not to waive off my right to view my recoss.

 

[BhavA]

Did any of you who got admitted in the first round got a mail from Linda / Berkeley as such about paying the deposit?

Did you get any email from them yet? I was accepted in early March but haven't heard back since then.

 

[akshayjoshi]

Did you get any email from them yet? I was accepted in early March but haven't heard back since then.

Nope. Nothing from them yet.

 

[YangXu]

Hi, my wechat ID is jasonxu0704, please add me in, thx!

 

[XIYU LI]

Hi, sorry to hear the sad news about you. May i ask what do you mean by "direct rej"? recently, i was updated to "hold status" and it seems this is an euphemism of "rejection". Am i in the same situation with you? Your information would be very helpful.