Chances for Columbia and NYU Stern

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Could you chance me for Columbia (economics) and NYU Stern?</p>

<p>I’m a rising senior from Poland.
White female
GPA: 5.3/6.0
Rank: 3/~800
SAT: 2310 (740 W 800 M 770 CR)
SAT II: 750 World Hist, 790 Math II
TOEFL iBT: 110/120
No AP since they’re not available in here.
We can’t pick classes individually so I took the same subjects as everyone, with some extra hours in math and geography, total 14 subjects, taking 11 senior year.</p>

<p>ECs:
Finalist of national Economics Olympiad
Captain of school’s Business club (we were very active at school, also raising money for school events)
1st place in youth Best Business Plan competition in Warsaw with the club
Working for a small accounting company (part-time) as an assistant for almost 2 years now.
Volunteer for a foundation similar to Make a Wish Foundation (a lot of hours, been involved in it since I was 12)
Fundraiser and local coordinator for one of the biggest charity organization in Poland GOCC every year since I was 14)
Volunteer in a local community theater as an assistant director in a theater workshop for kids aged 8-12
2nd place in a photography contest in my area (random, I know ^_^)</p>

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<li>Fantastic (and completely dishonest :-P) recs. Working on a good essay.</li>
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<p>bump bump bump :)</p>

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<p>You have a very good chance at both those schools.</p>

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<p>Excellent chance at Stern, good shot at Columbia. If you need aid things will be harder.</p>

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<p>I don’t need FA. I have a great scholarship so all I need is maybe a small loan on top of that. </p>

<p>And BTW: Which one (Columbia/NYU Stern) would you pick (assuming getting into both of course :slight_smile: )?</p>

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<p>I would pick columbia, but it doesnt have a business dedicated undergraduate school.</p>

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<p>I would pick Stern, but not the rest of NYU.
Great chances.</p>

<p>Are you Polish?</p>

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<p>@Extemp: I know and that’s my most basic concern. I would have to study economics. But then again: Its an Ivy… So I don’t know :)</p>

<p>@henrymoore: Stern kinda comes with the rest of NYU, it’s doesn’t have a completely separated program. Plus I planned on minoring in Math.</p>

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<p>Oh and yes, I’m Polish :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know that.
But Stern= NYU’s pride.</p>

<p>That is great news!!
Although you are an international, you are in a significantly easier pool :D</p>

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<p>anyone else? please… :)</p>

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<p>Columbia, no contest. It’s in a whole different league-no pun intended</p>

<p>Being a business major is not an advantage for elite jobs in business, going to a top college is.</p>

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<p>@Redroses. Thanks a lot. :slight_smile: It’s not so much about the difference between business and economics though since I’m cool with both. What I like about Stern is that it gives you chance to focus more on a specific field (finance/accounting/whatever) when at Columbia its just Economics (of Financial Economics which I was considering). Does it even make a difference in terms of jobs and stuff?</p>