HS Senior, want to do undergrad Financial Engineering

Stanczyk
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:26:46 +0000

I am a HS Senior and am applying to Cornell with the following stats:

SAT: Math 760 R/W 720
GPA: 3.78/4 UW 4.57/5 W
AP’s: Took many, classes, but highest scores were Calc AB (4), Microeconomics (4), APUSH (4)

After doing some research, it looks like the Cornell equivalent of financial engineering is called “Operations Research and Engineering”, however after looking at https://cheme.cornell.edu/academics/undergraduate/curriculum/Majors/ore.cfm , all I saw were “buzzwords” and fillers and nothing on what is actually being taught. As well, despite listing “Financial Engineering” as one of the things this can apply to, it also lists a lot of other unrelated fields, which raises doubts if I am applying to the right major.

In short, I want to do financial engineering, what major would be most beneficial?