Advice for Finance major

heavyweightcollege
Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:23:29 +0000

SJ2727:

an essay totally makes or breaks an application, but one example she gave was exactly like this: a kid who basically said “I want to go to Stern so i can make lots of money”. She said there was debate in the adcom about this, with one point of view being that at least this kid was being honest, but they ultimately decided his essay didn’t reflect the type of person they wanted in their program (apparently the rest of his application was stellar).

i can’t imagine a reasonable school, never mind a top one, accepting a kid with such immature thinking.