<p>I’m taking a “gap year” this year and will be applying to colleges during my year off. I’m planning to major in finance or economics and pursue a second major in Computer Science. After undergrad, I intend to study financial engineering in grad school and pursue a career as a quantitative analyst.</p>
<p>At the moment, I have way too many colleges on my list. Can you give me some suggestions on which school I should remove? Also, feel free to let me know if there are any colleges I’ve overlooked that offer what I’m looking for. </p>
<p>Early Decision:
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper or H&SS</p>
<p>Early Action:
U. of Michigan - LSA (Economics) and Ross pre-admit program
U. of Illinois - Business
U. of Virginia - Economics
U. of Chicago - Economics
Georgia Tech. - Business</p>
<p>Regular Decision:
Georgetown - McDonough School of Business
Wash U. - Olin School of Business
NYU - Stern School of Business
Emory - Economics
Brown - Applied Mathematics and Economics (financial math concentration)
Boston College - Carroll School of Management
U. of Richmond - Business
Northwestern - Economics
Johns Hopkins - Economics or Applied Mathematics (financial math concentration)
UC Berkley
UCLA
UCSD
UC Davis </p>
<p>If you’re interested in my stats, you can find them on this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/1361743-apply-ed-tepper-h-ss.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/1361743-apply-ed-tepper-h-ss.html</a></p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon is amazing! it is a meat and potatoes school.(you go their to learn not to find yourself)
all your schools look like they will get you where you want to go. I would drop the schools in CA unless you live there and really really want to stay. jobs that still exist are flowing like a river out of CA, so you would probably have to move after you graduate.</p>
<p>What’s your financial situation? Are you going to be able to pay OOS tuition at these schools?</p>
<p>@bruno14, I picked mostly private schools so I could get some decent financial aid. If I don’t get any scholarships, I might need around 10k in grants to attend (assuming a standard COA of 60k/year). I don’t know my EFC yet because my parents’ aren’t sure of their income this year. I do know however that my family’s total income is less than 200k and greater than 100k.</p>
<p>My sibling will start college in two years however, so I know I can bargain for a better aid package then. As far as I know, the only schools on my list that don’t offer good aid are UMichigan, UIllinois, UVA, Georgia Tech, and the UC’s. Are there any I’m missing?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my previous post is incorrect. I just ran the FAFSA calculator and it looks like my EFC is pretty low. Again, assuming a standard COA of 60k, I’ll probably need at least 20-30k in grants to attend. I got a financial aid estimate at my ED school however and their estimated package is pretty generous. Given my new financial circumstances, are there any colleges that I should definitely cross off my list? </p>
<p>I feel like UC schools are a bad idea given that California is so miserably broke. Do these schools still offer financial aid to OOS students? And how good is the financial aid at UMichigan, UIllinois, UVA, and Georgia Tech?</p>
<p>With that level of financial need, UCs are going to be out of the picture. They really are counting on full-pay OOS students because the budget crisis is so severe, and will probably not give you much if any aid.</p>
<p>What state do you live in? With your financial situation you need a good safety, and it’ll probably be your state university.</p>
<p>I’m out of state at all these schools and my in-state university is not that impressive. I’d prefer not to disclose the university’s name in order to remain confidential. I did finish my application for it however, which is why I didn’t include it on my college list.</p>
<p>bumping for more opinions.</p>