A focus in Financial Economics with an expansive liberal arts background, internship opportunities for professional development at the center of business, and a chance to network and learn abroad. This is why Columbia College interests me the most. Despite my inclination towards the mathematics and business aspects of a liberal arts education, I also aspire to expand my insights beyond the buttons of my TI-84 and into diverse cultures and natural sciences, both inside and outside of the classroom. I find the major of financial economics to be unique to Columbia College and believe that it will to pertinent to my career goals in investment banking. Furthermore, the idea of applying the objective quantitative analysis to determine subjective
