<p>Since CUdude if not here, I might as well answer your question.</p>
<p>Furnald is definitely the dorm to get if you want a clean and quiet environment. There are two bathrooms on each floor of 26 students, so you are in essence sharing the bathroom with 13 students. However, the bathrooms do not get crowded at all, and you are basically guranteed to find some available shower/toilets whenever you need. </p>
<p>If the public bathroom scene really turns you off, then the choice for you would be Carman. In Carman, you will be sharing the bathroom with your suite (total of 4 people), but then you also run into the inconvenience of occupancy since only one person can be in it at a time.</p>
<p>I definitely recommend Furnald. I'm glad that I chosed it and wouldn't trade it for any other.</p>
<p>As a freshman, you'll most likely be eating most of your meals at John Jay. Obviously, if you live in John Jay the dining hall would be right in your building, and even if you live in Hartley/Wallach, your building is still connected to John Jay and you will not need to venture outside in order to eat. Dorming in Carman/Furnald entails walking across the south lawn to get to John Jay, but I don't really find that to be too much of an inconvenience. Sometimes those short walks are exactly the kind of break that I need in the middle of the day.</p>
<p>This semester I'm taking only two Core classes: Lit Hum and Frontiers of Science. I thoroughly enjoy my Lit Hum class despite the ungodly amount of reading. My professor is simply awesome; she encourages lively discussions and poses great lead questions. Frontiers of Science is another story. It's somewhat poorly organized and no one really knows what to expect from it. Some lectures are way over our heads and some problem sets demand unreasonable time and understanding. However, keep in mind that this is the FIRST year Frontiers of Science is implemented as a requirement, and they are making every effort to refine and modify it to make it more enjoyable. Being the inaugural class to take it sorta sucks for us, but I have no doubts that as they get feedbacks from the current students, much improvements will be made and by the time you guys come in, it may not be so bad at all.</p>
<p>do you think it would be smart if i began reading some of the required readings for LitHum now and during the summer? Or do you think that i will end up reading them again anyway</p>
<p>As an econ major are most of your classes quantitative? I'm thinking about I-banking, so econ's the logical major-choice, but I've only taken Calc AB so overly quantitative things turn me off...you've said that your friends who are also prospective I-bankers are taking majors outside of econ...would english/history/polisci/philosophy open the door to the field (I'm also considering law)? Thanks for your time</p>
<p>Well, if you have the time, enthusiasm, and perseverance to read some of those texts (and believe me, they aren't the most enjoyable leisure readings), then there is no harm in doing so. You will definitely have to re-read them during the year, but the second will absolutely go faster. That being said, if you want to read the books ahead of time because you want to familiarize yourself with them, then it is a good choice. However, if your intention in reading them now is so that you don't have to read them later, then that is not so smart.</p>
<p>Hey I'm only gonna answer these questions tonight. Gotta cram.</p>
<p>Sure read all you want in the summer but it won't end up mattering. You should read it during the semester if you want to be prepared for the exams. No, most of the kids are not familiar with the works. No matter how many times you read Homer, you won't know the kind of specifics and stuff that your teacher will go into.</p>
<p>For I-Banking: Do Econ if you really want to do it. I don't know why you would want to go into I-Banking though, if not for the money. It's a pretty *****ty job. I'm doing it for 2 years just to get money and go to Biz School, but if there are other passions you have pursue them by all means.</p>
<p>Like I said, do Econ if you want I-Banking. Sure it's possible to get into the door without it, but being an English major and trying to get a job on Wall Street is like having an 1100 on your SATs and trying to get into Harvard. It's possible, but not likely. In the end they take whoever knows most about the position and the industry and has good people skills, so I guess quantitiative skills are not the only thing but they are central.</p>
<p>Furnald is good. I had Furnald freshman year but I lived in a double in it. It is more quiet, but everything is clean. Go to Carman for a party atmosphere. But don't worry you won't be left out of the fun if you go to Furnald. </p>
<p>Yeah, basically I want to go into I-banking for the money (want to go to b-school as well)...you're right, econ is the best major; my questions are really as follows: how much math is involved in econ? is calc ab sufficient prep? thanks and good luck on your finals.</p>
<p>There is a mandatory stat class and two semesters of calculus. I passed out of one semester because I got a 4 on Calc BC.</p>
<p>So that leaves one semester of calculus which was not too bad and stat which was easy. Some of the econ classes, like Econometrics, are heavy math and are damn hard. But most of them are electives and you can avoid the quantitative ones if you try. So not too much math. I am definitely 10x worse at math by this point than my engineering friends, so I'd say that Econ is not too demanding in that respect.</p>
<p>However I wish I was better at math. Any sign that you took hard math courses or have good advanced math skills helps with I-Banking, which in case you did not know is mostly regression and model analysis.</p>
<p>1) there is no pre med track. there are simply the courses that are required for pre med that one should take if he/she wants to go to med school. pre med at columbia is more of a concentration rather than a major or a minor. </p>
<p>2) Of course SEAS doesn't hurt you in any way for med school. my bro went there for undergrad and did biomedical engineering, and now he's at one of the highest ranked med schools.</p>
<p>Yeah you guys should get the basic info from the site. But to answer anyway, there is a "science" requirement which you can take math for, but don't have to. Certain majors require two semesters (or one semester if you got a good AP test grade) of math.</p>