Accepted to Columbia, but I still have no clue if I should be

>>1430439
accepted or attending?
undergrad or business school?

>>1430445
accepted undergrad

>>1430452
fuck, me too. small world. see you on campus this fall.

>>1430457
nice man! Major? What hall? Have any advice for me?

>>1430439
>Accepted to Columbia

Why aren't you studying law ?

>>1430481
dead end job.

>>1430439
Finance, not economics.
Finance = Big money, power moves only.
Economics = Autistic nerds arguing over shit they don't understand while Chad Thundercock is climbing an investment bank.

>>1430479
carman, majoring in finance + stats or CS
you?

>>1430503
Thats kind of what I thought. How much will my minor count? I was just going to make it fun like history

>>1430504
Probably finance now that I think about it. However, physics is a possibility

>going to a $65,000 a year college
congrats for getting into an elite school but unless your parents are rich or you have scholarships out the ass this is a mistake

>Going to Columbia
>Picking a shitty major like economics or finance when you're at a top STEM school

Fucking christ.

>>1430561
>>1430564
>what's a silver spoon
>what's a scholarship

Finance at Columbia is fucking top tier. I am looking at physics, but the idea of mentally masturbating to functions all day in an office isn't my thing. Likely going to get an MBA too, and I'd like to specialize in plants, because they're fucking cool

>>1430561
major scholarship $$$$, I can't speak for the OP but I'll pay less than one year's worth of tuition over the course of four whole years. same thing is the case for most of the student body who aren't trust-fund babies. columbia also has very generous financial aid.

>>1430564
that's SEAS, judging from the OP's post he's in CC too. at the end of the day, the only thing that is different besides specific majors is your degree saying B.A. or B.S. though the financial engineering program in SEAS looked cool, but all of those classes are offered to CC students anyways.

>>1430545
Think of your minor as a secondary specialty. What would maximize your Finance degree's value while also differentiating you from the pack? I don't have a specific answer for this, but think about how others will respond when reading the combination off your resume.

For example, political science, mathematics, or business would be smart choices, basket weaving or sociology would not.

>>1430503
not true, Crispin Odey and Paul Tudor Jones took economics, MBAs seem to be frequent among successful traders also

>>1430571
this

if you go to the Engineering/Math school you're slaving away doing chem, physics, and calc all day for the majority of your undergrad years.

>>1430572
This guys got it.

I think ivies are a really good opportunity for any major, really. Although, it's really shady sometimes with it's applicants... dumb ass affirmative action