Is Cornell's MFE worth to go.

floatmoon · February 27th, 2004, 5:05 pm

I have offer from them and try to decide if it's worth my time to do their program.My background, Undergrad CS, working 3 years at Big software firm as software engineer. Are there anyone from this forum has done Cornell's program, appreciate any commetns.Thank you.

pb · February 27th, 2004, 6:00 pm

Hi,Congrats...can u please tell me when did u applied for the program...thanks

floatmoon · February 27th, 2004, 6:34 pm

pb, I Applied late January.

pb · February 27th, 2004, 6:38 pm

did u get the decision by email or got a letter...

floatmoon · February 27th, 2004, 6:46 pm

letter, also from michigan, waiting for Columbia and CMU

freshsnail · February 27th, 2004, 9:53 pm

congrats! i also got the letter too..i know a few people in the program and placement seems to be okay.. the few people i know have all landed jobs, one at American Express, one at Fannie Mae, one at Lehman Brothers, etc.. i went to cornell undergrad and i felt that the career center was pretty good.. all the top firms came to recruit..

Balance · March 2nd, 2004, 1:58 am

Congrats to both of you! I also received an admit from Cornell. Did a search on Cornell's program and found a few threads...Dimpkin, you still out there??Anyway, alumni and current students, if you're out there, I think we'd all love to hear anything -- good or otherwise -- you would have to say about Cornell's Financial Engineering option--- classes, profs, weather, food options, Ithaca, anything!Senior Members -- what's your take? Would you recruit at Cornell? If yes, have you been pleased with the caliber of the students?

Cell · March 2nd, 2004, 2:28 am

A good way to find out about the program is to obtain info directly via the students there. When I applied, I simply asked the program director to give me a list of students whom I could contact and go from there. The people whom I emailed were very responsive to all my inquires.

cnu28 · March 20th, 2005, 11:50 pm

Guys,Me too got admitted to Cornell. Also, got an admit at Michigan. Do any one of you know how these two compare with each other and which one would be better. Also, how is the program compared to other universities like CMU, UCB, NYU, Columbia. What are the jobs that people get after the program. Thanks,Cnu