Applying to colleges/universities soon and need help

College Majors Business Major
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<p>This is my first post in this forum. I have read alot of posts and messages which have helped me alot, but Im still confused. I need alot of help and suggestions from all the seniors and juniours who are well aware of information Im asking for.
To the admin:
I intent to basically focus on the business feild so I have posted in this forum. If this is not the right place, please shift to the correct forum and PM me please :)
To everyone else :P
I am living in Karachi, Pakistan and currently doing my first year of A Levels(AS Level). I will start appyling to universities from August but I need help now.
I have thought of either doing business/economic majors or majors in Math. Can someone please help me chose. I am keenly interested in both and am willing to continue studying any of the above mention fields. I want to know about the job opportunites if I have a degree in business studies or economics or mathematics.
About my academic record:
I have mantained a good GPA in my high school (9-11th) with most As and few Bs. An excellent result in math and economics. My GCE Olevel result is as follows:(all in %)
English(as first language): 92
Urdu(as second language/foreign language): 90
Mathematics(Syllabus D):99
Additional Mathematics: 97
Economics: 95
Principle of Accounting: 95
Islamiyat(Islamic/Religious Studies): 95
Pakistan Studies(History and Geography of Pakistan): 95
Physics: 94
Business Studies: 92
Statistics: 93
I appeared for 11 subjects and thankfully scored all A grades with a mean of 93-94 %.
Currently I am studying in the most prestigious school of Pakistan est 1847, Karachi Grammar School and am studying Mathematics(Pure and Mechanics) Physics Economics and Accounting.
As far as extra curriculars and other awards are concered, (they arent so great):
I keenly participated in debates(in English and Urdu) in grade 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th acquiring postions in grade 7th and 10th.
Hosted a poerty competition in school in grade 11th.
Won essay competition in school in grade 9th or 10th.
Won 3rd position in Art Competition in grade 6th.
Took part in a drama in 9th grade (however this was not in school) and in a dance competition.
Recieved merit scholarship in grade 7th 8th and 9th.
Recieved several certificates for science, maths and Pakistan studies in grade 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th.
I am serving in Scouts for the past 8 years.
I attent relgious school every evening. Actually I just graduated and will soon begin teaching there.
I am a volunter/worker/helper in a small local library and have been voluntering since a year.
I have also (unofficially) tutored. I have tutord 2 1st graders, one 3rd grader for 2months and 1 month respectively. I have also taught a 9th grader GCE Olevel Accounting for 4 months before she appeared for the examination.
Currently I am a memeber of a few clubs/society in my school:
World Affairs Society
Helpers Soceity
Eastern Music Society
Conservation Society</p>

<h2>I will be soon appearing for the Kangroo National Math Competition and may even appear for the euclids.</h2>

<p>I have not yet given my SAT but will soon give it. I am plannig to give my SAT in October/ December 2007 (target: a score of 2000) and SAT 2(maths and physics) in November and January.
Can you tell me which universities are the best for me to apply to given the above information.
The following is the list that I have thought of:
USA:
.UPENN (Wharton)
.MIT(Sloan)
.BERKLEY
.NY U (STERN)
.U of South California(Marshall)
.Purdue Univ.?West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)
.Cornell
.U of Texas
.Notre Dame (Mendoza) South Bend, Ind.
Canada:(Do i have to give my toefl???)
.Waterloo
.Mcgill
.U of Toronto
UK:(however Im not willing to go to UK. Its shyt expensive :P)
.Oxford
.LSE</p>

<p>Can you tell me what are my chances for the above universities and also what should I concentrate on to get a better chance of getting in!</p>

<p>Looking forward for the relpies. Thank You =)</p>

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<p>that is a super long post...</p>

<p>anyways, your interests are pretty broad. business, econ, AND math?</p>

<p>you could apply to all of the top undergrad business schools such as upenn-wharton, mit-sloan, umich-ross, nyu-stern, but then you could also apply to the top privates and ivies such as uchicago, northwestern, duke, etc.</p>

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<p>thank you :)
i was wondering about liberal arts. after much research I learnt that liberal arts enable you to take a vast/board category of subjects
for example.. if i take economics i can also take maths, laaw drama and physology. is it true? But then is my degree weighted the same as others :S
Can someone tell me the correct working and defination of Liberal Arts please :)
and which are the best colleges and best subjects to take in Liberal Arts.</p>

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<p>You can double major in Business and Math or in Economics and Math. Law is never offered to undergraduate students. Law in the US is purely a graduate degree. </p>

<p>Whether you double major in Econ and Math or in Business and Math won't make a difference in terms of job placement, so long as you go to a good university and get good grades. </p>

<p>Obviously, an Econ degree from Harvard will probably serve you better than a Business degree from Purdue. Very few undergraduate Business programs will rival an Econ degree from a top university that doesn't offer Business to undergraduates, like Brown, Chicago, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Northwestern, Stanford, Yale. You also have a bunch of very highly regarded liberal arts colleges, like Amherst, Bowdoin, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Colgate, Davidson, Haverford, Middlebury, Pomona, Swarthmore, Wesleyan and Williams.</p>

<p>So, what Business schools will rival econ degrees from those schools listed above? They actually are universities who's Liberal Arts students are considered as good as their Business students. In other words, majoring in Economics at those universities will probably serve you just as well as majoring in Business. They are Berkeley-Haas, Cornell, Michigan-Ross, MIT-Sloan, Penn-Wharton and UVa-McIntire. </p>

<p>If you are definitely intent on pursuing a career in IBanking, add NYU-Stern to your list of schools.</p>

<p>So, to recap:</p>

<p>Amherst College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Bowdoin College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Brown University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Carleton College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Claremont McKenna College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Colgate University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Columbia University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Cornell University (any major you want, including Business)
Dartmouth College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Davidson College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Duke University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Georgetown University (any major you want, including Business)
Harvard University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Haverford College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (any major you want, including Business)
Middlebury College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
New York University (only if admitted into Stern)
Northwestern University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Pomona College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Princeton University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Stanford University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Swarthmore College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
University of California-Bereley (any major you want, including Business)
University of Chicago (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (any major you want, including Business)
University of Notre Dame (any major you want, including Business)
University of Pennsylvania (any major you want, including Business)
University of Virginia (any major you want, including Business)
Wesleyan University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Williams College (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)
Yale University (Economics, Mathematics and any other Liberal Arts major)</p>

<p>There are other very good universities that can open doors, such as:
Boston College
Carnegie Mellon University
Emory University
Grinnell College
Johns Hopkins University
Oberlin College
Rice University
Tufts University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Southern California
University of Texas-Austin
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Washington University-St Louis</p>

<p>In short, you have a huge variety to chose from!</p>

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<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH! that was surely aloott of help to me!
but what exactly is Liberal Arts? and which subjects should one concentrate on in Liberal Arts?</p>

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<p>Fahad, you lack a basic understanding of the US education system. You should do more research on the matter to familiarize yourself with the system and the lingo. Without that basic knowledge, you will find it diffincult to apply to universities. </p>

<p>A Liberal Arts degree simply means a degree in a traditional discipline while at the same time, completing some sort of broad-based requirements in other traditional disciplines. If you major in Economics or History or Philosophy or any other Humanity, Social Science or Hard Science, your degree will be classified as a Liberal Arts degree. Each university has a basic number of required courses that range accross the spectrum and then, you can major in whatever subject you wish. You can double major or major in one field and minor in another. In a nuttshell, majoring in a traditional field and completing classes in a wide spectrum of other traditional subjects gives a student a well-rounded education, hence the term "liberal arts" education. </p>

<p>A Liberal Arts College is an institution of higher learning that generally focuses primarly on the traditional fields of study. There are exceptions of course, but not too many. </p>

<p>On the other hand, degrees in Business, Engineering, Nursing etc...are generally considered "professional" degrees. Students who major in those fields typically aren't considered "Liberal Arts" majors.</p>

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<p>alexandre, you should just start up your own academic consulting company and make a killing.. haha :]</p>

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<p>I am actually looking into that as we speak forgiven, but it is all very preliminary at this stage.</p>