UCLA MFE R2有谁拿到的么

irisyeah

To zxyaa, yes I have researched into linkedin previously, you are correct in terms of the 2009 placement. That's why it's not strong compared to Berkeley, it's expected though.

As far as ranking goes, Cornell/Chicago/Columbia/UCLA -- it's hard to rank them because this sort of program has not formalized in such a way that is very easy to rank, plus a lot of programs are new. There is no true independent ranking out there -- gd is very outdated, quantnet is a brauch marketing tool, at was in 2008.

To alfredyuan, yes, 30% is the Berkeley rate, however, as you might notice, the spread in terms the number of applicants over the 10 years is pretty high, a couple years back, there was more than 400, this year it's down to reasonable 300.

As far as UCLA goes:
1, I think you mean a final project? and for the finance phD, the admission rate for that is extremely low, besides, on average, only one student per year will go back to do a phD in finance.
2, yes, Berkeley definitely has stricter requirement, so I assume you finish the first interview and waiting on the 2nd one.
3, true, the finance faculty@UCLA is very good, on par with Berkeley.

I have to disagree on the brand name -- UCLA and Berkeley is not the same, (almost) depends on your scale of the almost. e.g. UCLA math ranking increased recently due to Tao, engineering wise it can't compared to Berkeley. All my friends from Berkeley, MIT, standford, princton, harvard, Columbia, Cornell consider UCLA a step down in terms of the brand, a lot of them did undergrad in one of these very top schools and phD in the other ones, e.g. Berkeley undergrad, MIT grad, MIT undergrad, princeton grad, etc.

zxyaa

I don't know what's this debate for...

UCB and UCLA MFE? UCB for sure

UCLA undergrad and MIT, standford, princton, harvard, Columbia, Cornell ?
Not at the same level, it's a state school, low tuition and 25% enroll rate for undergrad.

UCLA MFE program housed in Anderson gives it a little edge, as only 3 top 20 b-schools have MFE program.

irisyeah

There is actually no debate, we all agree on most things we discussed. I just disagreed with alfredyuan on the brand name. I think we have a healthy discussion here and exchanged information with each other.

yes, I think only 3 schools in the US has a formal MFE program@bschool, Berkeley, UCLA, CMU. BU is actually moving it's math finance program to its bschool.

alfredyuan

I did not think I am qualified to talk about the brand name... for I simply heard some comments of my friends in California. In my mind, berkeley is  better but some local students told me that XXXXXX.... so I said that...

yep... i am preparing for 2nd round.. it sounds a tough one...

irisyeah, nice to talk u..

alfredyuan

with u....

i msged u my contact info...

sundra_shi

I got the admission too, although i felt terrible after interviewed by a guy from citigroup

nsbtg

虽然没抱希望，但是还是有点失望。。。

zxyaa

你的背景很强啊...打个电话问下吧，我的面试就是打电话问来的，呵呵

irisyeah

you still have 2 weeks. But if your personal statement is the similar to what you wrote in your profile, it would be a automatic reject from the top programs.

besides, it sounded like mba is better for you ..

nsbtg

Actually I am considering both MBA and MFE. Maybe I am too old for MFE? hehe
I applied for MFE mainly because it is more like extending my current career path.

I am currently in London for business trip, so not accessible by the phone number I filled in the application form...
Anyway, congratulations to all of you!!!