looking for recommendations for colleges in the us, as well as specific majors
future career is something like financial analyst or actuary, but also potentially corporate lawyer
In Canada, I assume? (Since getting a sponsoring employer in the US for these jobs isn’t something you can count on).
Tagging @DadTwoGirls to get his input.
well i would prefer to stay in the states and work in financial districts in california or new york. would you recommend not staying in the us then?
I’m not making recommendations. I’m saying that as a foreign worker you will need to find a job with an employer who is willing to sponsor your green card. That is not easy in the fields you plan to work in, especially if the economy isn’t doing well.
For your interests, consider a major in data science with economics as your “appled domain.”
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From the title of your post I am guessing that you are a Canadian citizen. Is this correct?
Do you have any ties to the US, such as being a US Citizen or permanent resident?
I was born and grew up in Canada, got both degrees (bachelor’s and master’s) in the US, and currently live in the US with dual citizenship. Whether to recommend staying in the US or Canada is a rather complex subject. If I try hard enough I could write a lot on the subject, but coming up with a clear recommendation one way or the other might not result from anything that I would write.
However, for someone who has neither US citizenship nor US permanent residence, being allowed to stay in the US after getting a bachelor’s degree is unlikely, and is certainly not something to count on nor something to expect. In fact, when applying for a student visa to study in the US, if you tell them that you intend to stay in the US after graduation, that could be grounds to reject your application for a student visa.
For a Canadian who wants to attend university in the US, two things immediately come to mind. One is the cost of university in the US. The other is the difficulty of staying in the US after graduation, combined with at least my experience suggesting that finding a good job in Canada is probably easier with a degree from a Canadian university rather than a degree from a US university (even a very highly ranked US university on the MIT/Stanford level).
There are a lot of universities that are very good for applied mathematics (which was my major). Many are indeed in the US. However, there are also quite a few in Canada.
There are also quite a few things that you can do with a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics. A few that come to mind, or that someone I know has done with some success, include AI, machine learning, data science, law school, acoustics, several types of software engineering, financial analyst, and actuary. I am pretty sure that there are more.
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Thank you so much!
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Oh I see, thanks!
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