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too general
That's kind of a general question. There is no 'right' major. In fact with the right attitude and skill set a person with almost any major can get an ib job. That being said majors that are more quantitative are probably given slight preference HOLDING EVERYTHNG ELSE EQUAL. Examples of quantitative majors are almost all engineering majors , and math and econ.
imo, double in math and
imo, double in math and econ. (or applied math and econ).
I don't think Econ is that
I don't think Econ is that quant. EGR, Physics, Math and Stat are all quant.
I would major in Econ minor in Math, you'll have an easier courseload that way. However, like searchingforbananas, if you think you'll get the same GPA than Math is looked upon as a more difficult/challenging major than Econ.
This is the other way round
Shouldn't you be chosing what you like?
Honestly, if you dont like it, a math major can be brutal and you will hate every minute of it. I am an engineering and took plenty of advanced math courses but leaving aside a few people, most people didnt like it. And doing just that for a major would positively amount to torture for most of the folks with me (mind you, all were engineering majors and graduated with pretty high gpa's.)
So think again. That said, the keyword is a quantitative major (math/stat/physics/engineering whatever). No one has cares about math/applied math. In the end, you will start of as an excel jockey who will play around A LOT with numbers. No one will care much whether you majored in math or applied math. All they want to see is evidence of education which makes you very comfortable around numbers/models and manipulating them. Its not like the difference between math and history!
Finance + Math + Econ
I'm a finance major with course focus on quantitative finance (financial engineering and start-up finance) and with extra classes in economics (intermediate level econ) and math (quantitative business analysis, cal 2, cal 3). I tried to create my own IB-oriented program by picking and choosing classes, ha.
The correct answer is
The correct answer is whatever you will find the most interesting and will do the best in.