<p>Another question about Econ: for potential graduate school, how would, say, a double major in Economics and Computer Science work? I was looking at the requirements and I would get a “free” minor in Math for graduate school. I also want to have options after graduation; I want to be able to go for the Econ PhD, something like a Master’s in Financial Engineering, or, perhaps, law school. I’d be coming in with ~50 AP/IB credit hours, so I’ll be fine for four years. Would it be possible for me to gain financial industry internship experience at a school in a small city like Chapel Hill, perhaps during the summer? I haven’t gotten my decision yet, but it seems like two colleges I’ve already gotten in to (Hofstra and State), by virtue of location, would be better for getting financial industry experience while still in school. I wanted to be a banker as a kid, but the ethics with that are making me want to go more towards the academic side… I want to have the option to go either way after graduation. </p>
<p>IB? I knew a few people in my CS course who interned as IB analysts at GS / MS / etc., so its definitely an option for you here if you put the work in. Having said that, the two things IB recruiters look at is prestige and GPA and if you’re choosing from UNC/Hofstra/State, then you’re kinda screwed on the prestige part already so its an uphill journey.</p>
<p>This question is going to sound a little shallow. Please understand I really don’t mean it that way. I had a tough day with a lot of rejections yesterday, so Chapel Hill has moved much higher on my list. I’ve always liked it, toured the campus, and I have friends going there. I just never loved the way I did some of the schools I did not get into. If you could tell me what made you fall in love with Chapel Hill and why you chose to go there, that would really help me. Thank you very much!</p>
<p>The bright friendly students, the fantastic school spirt, warmer weather than home, great sports to watch in my down time, strong academics. Saved some $ to put toward grad school also…</p>
<p>Regarding banking… KF does a great job establishing recruitment relationships. Hofstra is not even close to being on par, even being 20 miles from NYC.</p>
<p>Do u know about excel@Carolina? I received an email about that, but I still have no idea about it by just browsing the website. What are the actual benefits of the program…and how ‘selective’ it is?..my parents believe it’s just a way to increase the yielding rate and want me to go to UCLA…sigh
I’d be happy if you can give me some info.thx</p>
<p>I was looking for a roommate and I want to room with an international student. However I am an instate student so my question is that will school let me request an imternational roommate?</p>
<p>Regarding Excel@Carolina, it is certainly a way to increase UNC’s yield of higher academic achieving students AND it is fairly exclusive. For example, AAP KF students when I was a first year numbered approx 30.</p>
<p>See below from the UNC Housing site FAQs. You can do a find a roommate tool to look for international match…</p>
<p>What if I don’t have a roommate?</p>
<p>◦If you don’t have a roommate in mind, don’t worry! We will place you with another first-year student who is also going “potluck” – it’s quite common.
◦You can also use roommate searching tool within the myhousing.unc.edu portal to search through potential roommates based on their living and study habits and exchange email communication through the portal.</p>
<p>thanks for all your help. dont international students move in at a different time?cuz i know they usually move in the last week before school started. does that mean i will have the room by myself for a couple weeks? i dont want that…</p>
<p>oh no I found this girl on UNC’s facebook group and we want to room together but there seems to have some differences between domestic students and international students, specifically on the timing of move in. I do not want to be alone while everyone elses in my suite already have roommates with them. </p>
<p>aha! it just happened that we found each other to be a good fit and decided to room together! she goes to a high school in north carolina too so she is not all that “foreign” in a way.</p>
<p>There shouldn’t be any differences in the timing of international and domestic student move-ins. If anything, the international student moves in before you because their orientation is 2 days before move-in date so they’re already on-campus.</p>
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<p>Huh? You can’t live in your dorm weeks before move-in date…</p>
<p>Makes sense. The way you put it first made it sound like you were looking for a foreign (sorry, “international”) student to room with. That would be a little odd/creepy.</p>
<p>ohh sorry for the confusion. for the timing, somehow i thought we move in in august 10ish and class starts around august 20ish…i dont know where i got the “weeks before” from, maybe i was just too anxious about thing! thank you for all your helps!</p>
<p>Feel free to ask or message me any questions as well guys. I can give you tips about classes, especially on how I snagged both semesters freshman year with no Friday classes (its the best)</p>
<p>@klkl3045 Its really up to you, if you’re a morning person like me, you can schedule all your classes from 8:00 to 1:00 usually without a problem. Same for afternoon people, except for 101 classes, they usually have enough to where you can go to class from 12:00 to 7:30. On average I have 3 or 4 classes a day, and none on fridays</p>