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this is quite standard across north american colleges.. i've also had a language, 1st year seminar, english, a obligatory social science, science, humanities, etc etc i don't remember how they were called anymore, i think history as well and probably some other too

WildOscar, well, mine is not a science school. I mean, writing for NYTimes by third year is pretty much a guarantee, theatre and performing arts are too, but science... I'm thinking about majoring in Computer Science at Columbia JUST because the entire department is run by Columbia. Also, Statistics is run by Columbia.


I don't want to do anything non-sciency, to be honest. Yeah, sure, probly UN is a given considering Columbia reputation (also, we're allowed to take cources at Columbia grad school of International Affairs or whatever it's called), and location in NYC, but... I don't know. I mean, Barnard has all these programs in Public Speaking, and a whole center dedicated to Leadership and research on it (Athena), and there are SO many programs with leadership and all that kind of crap, but... I just don't feel I can make a difference and, to be honest, survive on a salary of an IR major who's not making any goddamn difference is not a piece of cake.

I've no idea what to do and am scared that I'll fall into like English or Sociology or Anthropology or Poli Sci or whatever. What I'd love to do - pre-med and med later on. Hard core. Trauma. Thoracic. Surgery. Hard core. But I've heard (from Amherst and Yale websites) that it's very rare for internationals to gain admission to US medschools. Considering I'm not a genius... alright, I'm overthinking it xD

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do a double major then, why not?

both stats and comp sci are very interesting and very applied, so with a major in columbia in them you can pretty much get into any kind of post grad you want to. and a major in public policy/economics/ir/etc would let you into the other part of the "world" in case you ever change your mind

~[*(O.O)*]~,
do a double major then, why not?

both stats and comp sci are very interesting and very applied, so with a major in columbia in them you can pretty much get into any kind of post grad you want to. and a major in public policy/economics/ir/etc would let you into the other part of the "world" in case you ever change your mind

yeah that's true about admitting international students. however my friend had interviews at ivey league schools for med, and he is canadian. at the same time - it's case to case, and you more often need to be hard-working in uni rather than smart....

I was thinking about double majoring, yes. But the problem here would be the depth. Or the lack of therein. I'd love to code my ass of, if I decide to go with CS. And I'd love to debate the hell out of Columbia, if I decide to go for, say, Law.

I'll get in there, and go for a major. And meanwhile try to figure out if I can get permanent residenship and be legally considered for medschool and loans and everything. The majority of schools won't even consider you if you're not in the US college anyways. So, hopefully, with a perm.res. I can get in. Srsly, standards are so high that differences in medical education is minimal. So in terms of first and second steps of USMLE it's about how hard you study. Oh well. We'll see how it goes.

Mayb I won't even want medschool once I find another field just as appealing.