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What role do investment banking verticals play in recruiting?
Do internship programs (or even analyst recruiting) for investment banks (specifically BB) accept a larger pool of people and then randomly assign them to different industry groups? Can one specifically target opportunities in certain verticals such as healthcare? I am asking because my major (at a...
Don't waste your time
Don't waste your time in college getting a crappy business degree. Either get a science or engineering degree or go home. Also, if you're looking to impress people with your intelligence go math or physics, because everyone knows engineering = p*ssy version of math or physics.
Stigmas and majors..should I leave the business school to raise my GPA?
Hello, I'm currently a rising junior (majoring in finance) at a target business school. A lot of people get placed in IB especially. The school also has an econ major that I'm considering, but it's outside of the business school and not as prestigious. Recruiters mostly focus on the business school,...
College major (pls don't crucify me)
I know I'm going to get shit for this because it's posted about a lot, but honestly there are so many conflicting answers out there. I'm coming at a lower level ivy (brown) and 8n trying to decide what to major in. For getting onto wall Street, here are the different opinions I've heard 1. The most...
Choose your major wisely
Back to school season is just around the corner. In few days, millions of aspiring students will be attending college for the first time. And for most of them, attending college is a way to achieve higher income potential and better life satisfaction. But not all college students will be able to...
Economics vs Industrial Engineering
Just wondering which major would be most useful towards getting into IB . IE seems more related to finance, plus the math helps. Economics seems very general and more public policy than IB . I am happy learning either, because both are interesting. Which one works best for IB? More specifically, IE...
Why are top colleges not offering more business oriented classes?
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Undergrad business vs. Econ/Math vs. transfer?
Hey guys, I'm new to WSO and need some advice about planning my education. I'm going to be a freshman in Georgetown's McDonough School of Business next year. When I applied to colleges in the fall, I had the intention of majoring in biology. Long story short, I changed my mind over the winter, and...
Undergraduate: Management At Top School?
Hello, I'm a 17 year old Swedish prospective university student hoping to study in the UK or USA, with my main choice of schools being LSE , WBS, UCL, amongst others. Since I was 12 I have been programming and developing different apps and websites, something which sparked an interest in...
Major 2015-2019
I'm an upcoming college freshman, looking to work for a financial firm in the future ( preferably quant/macro hedge funds). Due to my weird financial situation, I wont be able to attend the target school that I got into early action, or ( probably) any of the RD target schools I applied to. I was...
Student at target school wants help with major
I am a student at a target university hoping to go into finance or consulting after college. Would a Statistics major and Econ/Finance minor be enough to get hired at any major firm, or would a double major be appreciably more impressive? Thank you!
Applied Accounting & Finance Major?
I go to a non target. my gpa should be at 3.5 after i finish my 2nd year. My school offers an "applied accounting & finance major".. does anyone think this may be a better route to take than just the traditional finance major in order to break into the industry?
Who would get hired first?
Let's say you go to a good target school, and GS , JPM , MS or any bank is recruiting students. There are 2 candidates in the running for the final spot at a summer internship . Student 1 is a math/physics double major with a 3.2-3.3 GPA. Student 2 is an English major and has 3.7-3.8 GPA. Both of...
What are my best options (aka how badly did I screw up)?
For reasons I can't go into because of privacy, I am an undergrad majoring in political science. However, I recently discovered that I enjoy finance and economics (yes I know vague but I don't want to divulge too much). Anyways, since I'm already a third year and only got interested in finance my...
Is this cheating the system?
My friend is for sure completing the econ major, and he's thinking about also doing a math major. On his resume for recruiting, can he technically say "X University, B.S. Economics and Mathematics" even if he hasn't taken any math major-specific classes yet and can definitely switch to econ only?...
Double major with math an advantage?
Hi. I currently attend the University of Chicago and am thinking about trading as a possible career option. I am for sure going to do the economics major, but I was thinking about math as a possible second major. However, I'm afraid that it will wreck my GPA for recruiting and also consume time for...
Dilemma: Economics vs. Statistics
Hi I am a student at one of the top 3 public universities undergraduate(Berk,Mich,UVA) and I am at great dilemma of deciding either Economics or Statistics as a major. My ultimately goal is Asset Management but I am also interested in Consulting, Sales & Trading. I am not interested in becoming a...
Advice needed about College Major!!
Hi I am an Sophomore student and am doubling majoring in East Asian studies and International studies with a minor in linguistics, I am also studying the Chinese language and plan to spend a year in China to try and get proficient. Learning about China and learning the Chinese language are all...
Surprising Results : Best majors to get a job
http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/… What STUNNING results. Art history majors doubling in judaic studies DONT GET JOBS?!
Which major is best to get into Equity Research/ Asset Management/ Private Equity?
I'm trying to decide whether or not to change my current major... I am an Econ major at a non-target, but have the opportunity to enter into the Accounting program. While my school is not known for its Finance/Econ/Business degrees, it does have one of the top Accounting programs in the country....
Who Would You Hire?
Harvard Engineering with Econ Minor - GPA: 3.4 Harvard Econ Major with Math Minor - GPA: 3.8 Both with same finance internships/activities/interests *keeping in mind you would probably see a ton of econ majors, and it might bore you to death when you see it for the 40th time...
Care to lend some help to a confused student? (question regarding majors)
Hi everybody, first time poster even though I've been reading this site frequently for the last week. I have a question regarding what I should major in. I would like to eventually get into Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, or Private Equity. Right now I'm going to a community college but I should be...
From a target: My major matters? Philosophy or Economics?
So I am going to be a sophomore at a target, "HYP-level" school. Ultimately, I want to go into hedge funds, preferably macro. I find their work--and macroeconomics--to be very exciting, and can see myself actually enjoying it. However, I also love Philosophy. I love doing it and think it is relevant...
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