Which would be more useful in IB: Managment Information Systems or Computer Science?
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on 8/5/12 at 5:41pm
I have the opportunity to minor in Management Information Systems or get a Computer Science Certificate, but I can only take one and unfortunately I find both subject matters very interesting. Both would be taking the same time committment (both need 12 hours each respectively to get the minor and certificate). I was wondering which would be more useful when it came to IB?





Neither. IB has no
Neither. IB has no correlation with computer science. Besides writing some VBA for excel, there's nothing it'd be used for. And I don't really know anything about management info systems, but pretty sure that's just server/databases...equally useless.
Also, all computer science "certificates" are worthless. Unless it's an actual minor and you mislabeled it or your school calls it a certificate I would advise against it.
1) Pretend like you signed up
1) Pretend like you signed up for all the MIS classes you would be taking if you did the minor
2) Spend a little cash on the IB interview guides, financial modeling self study course, etc (they are worth it)
3) During these "class times" work on everything from #2 along with coming up with a networking and recruiting game plan if you don't already have one
This is what I would suggest, ASSUMING you are actually interested in pursuing IBD. But if you have a genuine interest in CS/MIS then thats a different story and you may want to pursue one of those options.
Certificates are useless.
Certificates are useless. Learn it on your own.