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  • Michaelbevan has no tracker for this program.
I am neither a student nor an alumni but it sounds like this "Hold" might mean a conditional acceptance as opposed to a Waitlist? Just an idea...

I thought being a Waitlisted candidate gets you a better chance of getting in.
 
  • kmisha has no tracker for this program.
I guess it is how you look at it. Being Waitlisted - nothing is in your hands. Being conditionally accepted - it is up to you to do well in the courses required for your admission for you to get in.
 
  • 2012  Enrolled Kittu has a tracker for this program.
Sorry to say, a "HOLD" is UCBs way of saying reject(well almost). The idea behind hold, according to them, is that they keep your file for consideration later on. They go on to offer admits to some students and also draw up an unranked WL towards R3/R4. Most of the guys who get late admits(towards Feb) are the ones who move off the WL to Admit. They keep the HOLD as the last buffer, in case the WL empties without UCB filling out their class. Sadly, this rarely happens. Most of the times, people are left stranded on WLs.
I would say, it will be a good idea to make sure all your other applications are sent out in time.
 
  • 2012  Enrolled Kittu has a tracker for this program.
@bronson : Did you accept your MFE offer at UCB? I got an admit too and I will be joining MFE next spring.
 
  • 2012  Rejected oldfishdk has a tracker for this program.
Hi All,

I just wanted to know what is the realistic chance of getting admitted into the program after being put on "Hold" status. I have also been asked to undertake preprogram courses in stats/Maths/C++. I am more than happy to take those but just wanted to ensure if it is a step in the right direction as its a lot of effort in terms of time and money. I would really appreciate any advice from alumni or their current student in this regard.

Thanks

You might find this message useful. It is from the global derivatives and answered by someone from Haas.
http://www.global-derivatives.com/forum/index.php?topic=7409.msg45192#msg45192
 
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  • 2012  Enrolled sgupt has a tracker for this program.
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Just got mine 5 minutes ago...not too happy with myself :(
Now we wait...
45minutes over the phone, tech questions (finance, stats, brain teaser)
 
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  • 2012  Enrolled Moumou has a tracker for this program.
Just got mine 5 minutes ago...not too happy with myself :(
Now we wait...
45minutes over the phone, tech questions (finance, stats, brain teaser)
Was the interviewer a current student with the same background as you?
 
  • 2012  Rejected SagaG has a tracker for this program.
Was the interviewer a current student with the same background as you?
Nope:
-he was not a student anymore (he was from the 2010-2011 promotion)
-he had a different background
 
  • 2012  Enrolled Moumou has a tracker for this program.
Nope:
-he was not a student anymore (he was from the 2010-2011 promotion)
-he had a different background

I wonder how difficult are the questions.
For example, in Statistics, do they ask about simple questions(gaussian distribution,parametric tests) or more elaborated questions(non parametric tests, regression, least squared methods, etc.) ?
 
  • iniesta has no tracker for this program.
I wonder how difficult are the questions.
For example, in Statistics, do they ask about simple questions(gaussian distribution,parametric tests) or more elaborated questions(non parametric tests, regression, least squared methods, etc.) ?

OH ANYTHING BUT LEAST SQUARE METHODS, MY VIRGIN EYES
 
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More info from anyone ?
I had a second technical interview last Saturday, no more news since then
 
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