math major in ivy league school, however i dont want to do very much quant work after college.
I was told that being in M&A is the safer route, and that it would be easier to shine as a quantitative mind. On the other hand trading also seems like an exciting field, especially commodities and/or derivatives, however there are the obvious risks involved, and the limited exit opportunities as discussed many times on this forum.
What do you guys think?
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oh also my long term goal is most probably to work for a hedge fund
Start your own hedge fund first day out and make billions. What kinda Ivy grad actually works for other people these days :P
No offense, this is a pretty dumb post. Do the field which interests you more. You will find it easier to get into trading if you are a math major though. If you don't want to do anyting quantitative, look into operations or janitorial.
by quantitative i mean i dont want to do stochastic analysis, and data mining all my life... m&a is not quantitative in my book... I had the impression that getting into banking would actually be even easier as a math grad though...
well, doesn't matter anymore... accepted an offer from a hedge fund already
which fund?
he accepted at the Galleon Fund
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