<p>Hey guys, I'm thinking of applying ED to Columbia College, and I would like to know if it's too big of a reach for me. Can you also give me any suggestions/tips on the essay/app in general, thnnnx. </p>
<p>ackground~Chinese Canadian, located in Vancouver, need about 25k of aid a year, female, not a legacy~</p>
<p>Stats
GPA: 3.93 (9th+10th) 4.0 (11th) unweighted
School doesn't rank</p>
<p>SAT: 2210 first try
SAT II's : Chem 720 Math IIC 760 Lit 680 (EEKKK!!!)
<em>somebody tell me if its better to retake SAT I's or II's in Oct</em></p>
<p>AP's: Schools offers only 1 AP (Calculus), taking senior year</p>
<p>EC's: (they basically suck, no major awards or anything)
-School Newspaper, 4 years, Editor
-Interact Club
-Various Math Contests across Canada (scored in the top 25% of contestants)
-Volunteer @ Vancouver General Hospital
-Gay-Straight Alliance
-Working @ local toy store
-Peer Tutoring
-School Golf team
-Writing for local student magazine</p>
<p>^ you're quite a balanced candidate, sat 1 in fine, sat twos could be higher, but nothing hits me when i read that summary, if you're an incredibly interesting person in real life and that shows through, you could receive a thick envelope, i don't see any real weakness in that profile, but chances are slim</p>
<p>i have a question tho: i want to go do consulting/finance/ibank sort of stuff, should i apply to CC and major in Econ or SEAS and major in financial engineering? </p>
<p>it seems that alot of SEAS ppl end up on wall st, and i don't mind the science courses, so if it's easier to get into SEAS...</p>
<p>it isn't really easier to get into either one, but decide what you want, FE is more mathematical than econ, more competitive, caters solely to wall street, but at seas you aren't guaranteed getting into the FE major, it's new, and there's high demand so people apply and the best are taken, all other majors are not like that i think, if you end up in seas and don't make it FE, you can always do operations research with an econ minor, OR is quite mathematical and leaves with a well rounded set of skills. If you ask me, none of this matters for much, consulting/i bank firms don't care much what major you do (as long as it's somewhat quantative) they realize that there is little overlap between college academic stuff and work in the financial world, they want smart, quant thinking, industrious kids, simple as that. applied physics works if that fits your bill. so choose a major that you like and will do well in, if your bent on wall street then something like art history by itself would put you at a disadvantage.</p>