<p>Anybody have like the percentage of people who apply to financial engineering that actually get in? If not, then anybody know like a friend who got in and what kind of grades he had to pull it off??</p>
<p>there is no such thing as "getting into a major"....it doesnt really matter too much what major you indicate on your application....the majority of people tend not to stick with whatever they wrote on their app and the adcom knows that.</p>
<p>actually, for FE, there is "getting into a major" cuz you have to apply for this major at then end of your soph year at columbia...look it up on the website or sth</p>
<p>i'm already a freshman at columbia btw</p>
<p>true, i stand corrected</p>
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In the fall of 2006, the Industrial Engi-neering and Operations Research Department launched a new concentration in financial engineering. Financial engineering is a multidisciplinary field integrating financial theory with economics, methods of engineering, tools of mathematics, and practice of programming. The concentration is designed to provide training in the application of engineering methodologies and quantitative methods to finance.
Students graduating with this concentration are prepared to enter careers in securities, banking, financial management, and consulting industries, and fill quantitative roles in corporate treasury and finance departments of general manufacturing and service firms.
Students who are interested in pursuing the rigorous concentration in financial engineering must demonstrate proficiency in calculus, computer programming, linear algebra, ordinary differential equations, probability, and statistics. This option is available to the class of 2008 and later. Applications to the concentration will be accepted during the fall semester of the sophomore year, and students will be notified of the departmental decision by the end of that spring semester. The department is seeking students who demonstrate strength and consistency in all the above-mentioned areas. Application to this concentration is available online: <a href="http://www.ieor.columbia.edu/bsfe_application.html%5B/url%5D.%5B/quote%5D">www.ieor.columbia.edu/bsfe_application.html.
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<p>However, i dont think anyone would be able to answer your question then since the major just started this semester. Also, I dont see what difference it'll make....you need to try your best and get the best grades you can either way!</p>