FYI, here’s the most recent CGS career placement data (63% response rate.)
OP’s results may be different because they are an international student, but clearly plenty of CGS grads are going into IB, other finance/banking and consulting jobs.
OP- do yourself a favor and familiarize yourself with the in’s and out’s of students visas-- what IS allowed and what is not.
Then, figure out what career options you’ll be interested in if Plan A doesn’t work out. No school can guarantee a particular outcome no matter how solid previous year’s “placements” appear to be. Students who graduated after the global banking meltdown in 2008 had markedly different results than students who graduated a few years earlier- and the statistics do not capture that. Nobody can predict what recruiting targets will look like when YOU graduate. The targets go up and down- and unfortunately, they typically move in lockstep. So an institution’s London office needs/Singapore/HK/NY-- if the number of hires they need goes down, they aren’t likely to be UP in Singapore but down in London- they will usually ALL go down.
There is now longitudinal data on what happened to new grads who ended up getting hired (or not) into recessionary economies-- or depressed economies in certain sectors. Most of it indicates that it takes years to catch up.
So a thought experiment- if it weren’t for your interest in I-Banking, what would your educational goals look like, where would you want to study, what does that plan look like?
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Columbia’s definition of eligibility to apply to its SGS is different from most definitions of “non-traditional student”. It says that “Applicants are only eligible for admission if they have taken a break of a year or more in their educational paths or have a compelling reason for which they can only attend Columbia as a part-time student”, with no mention of mandatory military service.
Note that Columbia’s CC and SEAS admission web site does list mandatory military service as an exception for suggesting that applicants consider SGS (although it does not say that those with a gap in education must apply to SGS). Combined, it does imply that some applicants may be eligible to apply to either CC or SGS (engineering majors would have to apply to SEAS for their major).
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You can only have one first-choice school. If you don’t think you have a reasonable chance of getting admitted - even with ED - then it’s not really a viable first-choice. It’s like saying a 1966 Aston Martin is my first-choice automobile. Not gonna happen. 2022 Subaru Outback will do nicely.
Do not ask the career center for lists of alums - they will 110% not give you this information. You can do your own research on LinkedIn
I am not sure how much of an ED boost exists for international students for Dartmouth. If you are just looking at ED rates, it is not a good point of reference because ED will have athletes and other heavily hooked applicants. My guess if you can get in ED, you can probably also get in RD. Based on my time in Asia, Harvard carries way more brand recognition than Dartmouth in the finance world.
If you are eligible to apply REA for Harvard, I would do that and RD Dartmouth if you are rejected or more likely deferred.
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