Chance Me for ED Columbia in Poli Sci/Econ + Match Help

collegemom3717
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:29:22 +0000

You really, really need to sort out the affordability question. Have your parents run the NPCs and see what the cost is going to be. No point getting into Columbia (etc) if you can’t pay for it. UT-A (you are OOS) and NYU are unlikely to be affordable- and they are not so great that they are worth extra debt.

Depending on what you want to do with your PoliSci UG, you are likely to need (expensive) grad school 1-3 years after graduation. Most of the jobs that your PoliSci degree will get you will pay very poorly in the early years (possibly all the years). As you genuinely like your Safety, targeting a small number of reaches where the prestige of the name / quality of the network could make a meaningful difference is a reasonable strategy.