My plan for college.....comments?

Applying to College
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<p>So here it is… (I’m a senior in high school by the way)</p>

<li><p>Go to Centre College and complete the 3-2 engineering program with Columbia Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. (3 years at Centre and 2 years at Columbia). While at Centre I may minor in economics. Centre also has a program where you can take classes for one semester at Shanghi (a university in China). This program focuses on international business. </p></li>
<li><p>Go to Columbia Engineering for 2 years. While at the Columbia Engineering school I will minor in political science.</p></li>
<li><p>Go to law school. </p></li>
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<p>In the long run I want to work in international business and law. I love math and science so I figured the 3-2 engineering program would be a good fit for me since liberal arts schools (like Centre and Columbia) don’t offer an international business major, or any majors like business administration or management. </p>

<p>The three career fields I’m interested in are: law, business, and medicine. I will explore the law field by minoring in political science at columbia. I will explore the business field by minoring in economics and doing the 1 semester program in China. I will explore medicine through the Centre and Columbia 3-2 engineering program because engineers take most of the same science courses medical students do. I’m mostly interested in law and business anyway. </p>

<p>The reason I’m doing the 3-2 engineering program instead of majoring in economics or political science is because you can’t do much with an economics or political sci degree unless you have a PHd. I don’t want a phd, I want a law degree.</p>

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<p>I think you mean Pre-meds. In that case, there’s usually 3-4 courses that all pre-meds take that aren’t really relevant to real medicine: Biology,chemistry,inorg/org chem, etc,.</p>

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<p>Wrong. Many wall street firms and I-banks hire econ majors straight out of undergrad.</p>

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<p>Since you like math, why don’t you major in it? It will allow you to go into almost any field</p>

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<p>You might want to make a semester-by-semester list of the courses you would have to take to accomplish this. With the extra year, it may be possible. My experience with a four-year engineering program meant that I had, at most, one elective a semester, which was not enough to complete graduation requirements and the required courses for a minor.</p>

<p>How’s the bank balance? This looks like an expensive endeavor. Are you being realistic in your evaluation of costs?</p>

<p>Aren’t you spreading yourself a little thin? If your goal is medicine, you’ll want to take as many courses in that field as you can to help with medical school and the practice of medicine. If your goal is international law, a second or third language is important. There’s no hard or fast rule, but what you have here is a something of a buffet approach to college. Use it as a guide, but don’t be afraid to change strategies. And, save a copy of this post to look back on in 2-3 years. You’ll see how much you’ve grown and changed.</p>