<p>As a senior who is interested in Finance (also finance engineering, I-Banking, and perhaps accounting), I’ve applied to seven great eastern coast Colleges that all contain prestiged business programs. When the decisions come by, it seems that only McIntire (UVA), Tepper (CMU), and Goizueta (Emory) are my currently viable choices (I am not hopeful of getting off the waitlist from either Cornell CALS or NYU Stern). What makes this decision particularly hard for me are the following reasons:</p>
<li>Having spent 3 years in a Virginian Private High School (A really good one that is considered one of the biggest feeders to UVA), I am looking for a more diverse environment.</li>
<li>Although I do bear a strong interest in finance, I still want to engage in real college life, meaning that I want to enjoy sports, sunshine, friends hanging out, etc etc.</li>
<li>Even if I claimed not to have a preference over campus environments, I still prefer a pretty, green, suburban campus filled with sunshine.</li>
<li>I’m Asian, but I’m not a big fan of constantly hanging around with my peers with same ethnicity and speaking our language. (like Koreans, if you prefer).</li>
<li>Prestige is still quite a factor for my parents (and me to a certain extend)</li>
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<p>Thank you–if your kindness ever take you through these lines–and please help me out in making decisions. As you can see, the 5 points are indeed hard to accommodate with given my choices; so please, if I may ask for you furthering your time and generosity, offer a few words and opinions to assist me. My appreciations once again!.</p>