u/Repulsive_Level_1236

what are firms that hire people with strong raw technical skills rather than people from targets

hey guys, so if i'm coming from a t40-t50 that not a target at all, would getting a mfe from a top program (baruch, cmu, princeton, columbia, berkeley, etc.) be helpful or is it just a waste of time/money and i should just pivot to another field?

hi guys so if my school is considered "fringe rural" and underfunded if that a hook for applications? we have limited opportunities as well especially for stem since the only school ecs we have are sports, theatre, quiz bowl, and one nhs.

also my school is not competitive, our class size average is only like 70 and i don't think we've sent anyone to a t20 or hypsm ever or in at least the 10-20+ years, oh and our test score averages are low. though there's like two school like 20 minutes from us that sends a kid or two a t20 every year so idk if that would affect me

also i am a fgli and the one of two full asians at my school (others are wasian). how much would this be a hook at schools like cmu, mit, uchicago, cornell, columbia, or top schools considering i have good stats and took advantage of what i had?

hi guys, i am i prospective student and was wondering what's the acceptance rate for mellon college of science? it says 18% online but i heard it's outdated so i was wondering if it is lower now.

also does anyone how competitive are the math majors?

hey guys, prospective student here, i know osu isn’t a target schools but are the outcomes for people who want to go into quant, ib, or even data science well? i plan on majoring in financial math + finance with a cs minor. what are the top companies (tech, banks, etc.) that hire from osu?

hi guys so i am currently a sophomore and was wondering is junior year too late to start extracurriculars or awards that are impactful? due to family responsibilities and transportation/time issues i haven’t been able to do much activities so would doing stuff junior year seem like a red flag to admissions officers? i have good grades but none of my ecs are impactful/good

also my school is rural and underfunded so there’s nothing so if anyone has math, finance, or cs ecs suggestions i can do virtually/by myself that would be appreciated. thanks!

hey guys, i'm currently a high schooler looking at school options and i had a few questions about the math department at cmu

1. is the quant placement well for math majors? i've seen a lot of cs majors go into quant from cmu but not really math ones. (i would want to be a trader or a dev)

2. would declaring a cs minor with a math major be useful? how competitive or hard would it be to do that?

3. how is the computational finance major? is it competent or better than an applied math major? i would like my options to be versatile as possible if quant doesn't work out but i still want to go into a high finance field.

anyone who could provide advice would be appreciated, thanks!

hi guys, like the title says will family responsibilities affect me for top schools negatively? i've worked at my parent's restaurant my whole life so it's prevented me from doing a lot of school related activities until right now (i'm a sophomore) due to time issues and transportation.

also my parents are kind of overprotective so they don't want me attending residential programs so i'm stuck doing community or online activities. would the lack of high impact ecs/awards affect me negatively? i do plan on talking about it in my essay or i'll talk about being the only asian female at my school and my experience with those things

for more context, i am fgli asian that goes to a very small non-competitive rural public school. i was hoping to go into math/stats

hi guys, i’m currently a sophomore soon to be junior in high school and was wondering if cold emailing professors was even worth it? would doing research still be considered a strong/unique extracurriculars to have for college? i am interested in math/machine learning/data science or related fields.

would doing virtual research for those topics be possible? also would emailing professors at top schools work or should i only stick to the local level? sorry i am new to this trying to get as much information about cold emailing as possible. any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks

hi guys, i’m currently a sophomore soon to be junior in high school and was wondering if cold emailing professors was even worth it? would doing research still be considered a strong/unique extracurriculars to have for college? i am interested in math/machine learning/data science or related fields.

would doing virtual research for those topics be possible? also would emailing professors at top schools work or should i only stick to the local level? sorry i am new to this trying to get as much information about cold emailing as possible. any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks

DEMOGRAPHICS:

• Gender: Female

• Race: East Asian

• Income Bracket: Low Income

• State of Residence: Ohio

• Type of School: Small Rural Public

• Hooks: First-Gen, Female going into STEM/Finance?, Rural Area

INTENDED MAJOR(S):

Mathematics/Statistics/Data Science

ACADEMICS:

• GPA: 4.0/4.0 (No Weighted)

• Rank: 1/70 (Currently, Hoping to get Valedictorian)

• ACT/PSAT: —— (Planning to take later this year)

COURSEWORK:

11th Grade APs: Calculus AB (My teacher allowed me to skip Pre-Calculus which I am the first female and second person in my school to do so as she said.), Statistics, US History

12th Grade APs: Literature and Composition, Biology

Dual-Enrollment: mostly Math courses

(Notes: My school doesn't allow us to take APs till our junior year and we currently offer only 6. I'll will be taking 5 of them and all my other classes will be max rigor.)

EXTRACURRICULARS:

1. Family Responsibilities

Worked at restaurant all my life and helping with translations and bills

2. Summer Programs

Stanford Code In Place, Girls Who Code Pathways

3. Volunteering

Currently have about 30+ hours

4. Tutoring

Help elementary kids weekly

5. School Clubs

Member of some school clubs and help out with events

6. Piano

Played for 8 years

AWARDS/HONORS:

1. All A's Honor Roll (School)

2. Most Outstanding Student in Advanced Algebra I, Honors English 9, Honors Global-US History I, Integrated Science, Spanish 1, Advanced Algebra II, Biology, Spanish 2, Art (School)

3. Some Piano awards

GOALS:

Extracurriculars I hope to do:

• Research or Internship

• MITES or competitive summer program

• Possibly creating a non-profit or social media

• Building code programs

Awards I hope to get:

• National Honors Society

• National Merit

• USACO / AMC 12

• Kaggle

• CollegeBoard Awards

• QuestBridge + Other Scholarship awards

ESSAYS/LORs:

Essays: Likely will talk about being the only Asian female at my school or my time at the restauran. They might be cliche so I'll probably have some backup options or just talk about a random moment that changed me.

Letters of Recommendations: I'll ask my Math and Spanish teacher who I'm pretty close with.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. Due to working at my family restaurant, it limited me from doing school activities until now due to transportation and time issues.

SCHOOLS:

Ohio State, Carnegie Mellon, UMichigan, UPenn, Columbia, Cornell, MIT or any T20-T30 in general

• Please feel free to recommend me any top schools near the East Coast that are good for my major that I may have missed!

Please chance me for the schools and my profile! Any suggestions on what I should do to change or build my weak profile will be appreciated! Thanks!

Hey guys, I am currently a sophomore in high school and was wondering if skipping Pre-Calculus and going straight to Calculus AB would be beneficial.

For context, the highest level of Math my school offers for honor students is Calculus AB so I would be skipping my junior year of Pre-Calculus and going straight to Calculus AB since that’s what my teacher recommended for me. I would just take Calculus 2 or a college level math my senior year. I have been doing well in Algebra 2 currently and I do plan on learning Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry during the summer or at least certain topics. I also do plan on going into a Math heavy field.

hi guys, i'm currently a sophomore in high school looking for "niche" extracurriculars or even awards that i can do and get to boost my application. not looking for basic ecs that everyone else has.

i'm interested in anything related to math, finance, cs, data science, econ, or related fields. looking for preferably things i can do virtually due to my family responsibilities irl. thanks!