Chance Me + Match Me (Finance or Econ Major + Extracurricular Advice?)

These are not matches for anyone, anymore.

I won’t comment on all the starting businesses and working with investment managers stuff which has been covered extensively.

re: courses.

If you really want top finance programs you almost certainly need AP Calc BC (if offered at your school) or at least a year of Calculus, which I am sure is offered at your school if they have all those APs. Stats instead of Calc could be a huge ding against you given your interest.

I will reiterate top schools want kids with a high degree of intellectual curiosity and ability to explore new areas - make connections between topics and have a high degree of creativity and collaboration. They also see right through kids checking boxes. They don’t want a staff member, they want a student.

Also, not sure if you need FA, maybe not, but being an international student adds complexity to that.

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