Undergraduate Schools for Finance/Quant Finance/Minor in CS

College Search & Selection
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<p>As college app time comes rolling around, I'm still looking for colleges to apply to.</p>

<p>I'd like to go into investment banking or hedge funds post college and plan to do that with majoring in finance/quant finance/mathematical finance and minoring in computer science or stats.</p>

<p>SAT: Critical Reading: 670 Math: 690 Writing: 670
Sat II's;
US History: 700
Math 1: 680
Math 2: 640 (It was the 3rd test of the day so I ran out of gas. I'm in AP Calc BC so I assume that will ease colleges concerns)</p>

<p>GPA: UW: 3.66
Classes: I have 1 AP (my school only offers 2) with AP Calc BC
Every other class is taught on the Honors Level .
School Rank: 30ish in NJ and 300ish in US</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities with future senior year included:
1. French Honor Society: 3 years, French Honor Society co-president
2. French Club: 4 years, French Club Co - Vice-President
3. Key Club: 3 years
4. TSA (Technology Student Association) : 2 years</p>

<p>Community service hours: Approximately 460 combined over 4 years (4 major activities including one founded organization)
Leadership Positions:
1. Job as Head Football Referee 4 years (also director of referees)
2. Assistant head coach of flag football team for 2 years; won 'super bowl'
3. Assistant head coach of baseball team for 1 year.</p>

<p>Jobs:
1. Construction worker (manual labor) 5 years
2. Head Football Referee: 4 years
3. Entrepreneur (cant find a way to implement into college essays/resume/anything)</p>

<p>I live in NJ, parents have 50k income combined, (told me they'd be willing to pay up to 30k/yr) and I'm willing to pick up 5-10k/yr. I estimate the financial aid of any college I attend will meet or exceed the number considering I have a bother coming to college 2 yrs after me.</p>

<p>Colleges I Plan to apply to EA:
1. BC
2. Fordham
3. Georgia Tech
4. UMD College Park
5. UNC Chapel Hill
6. Northeastern
7. Rutgers NB (instate)
8. Villanova
9. (Maybe Tulane)</p>

<p>College I plan to apply RD:
1. Lehigh
2. Stevens (Quant Finance)
3. Baruch</p>

<p>Let me know what OTHER college I should consider.
Let me know what I can do to get into these colleges and if I'd be considered for their business program.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot</p>

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parents have 50k income combined, (told me they’d be willing to pay up to 30k/yr</p>

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<p>what? how? </p>

<p>Do your parents own their own business? Is that their take-home pay?</p>

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<p>long unexplainable story but there are little to no assets recorded on the css / fasfa</p>

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<p>**Edit note: I am a senior now</p>

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<p>You have five years of construction experience? Isn’t that illegal?</p>

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<p>I’m not fabricating anything. I just want answers to help decide on a college, not to confirm whether I did something or not</p>