Quant Trader Degree Situation

Hi people, I've just transferred into a top 20 uni and will be changing degrees. I'm looking to go into quantitative trading at a quant fund like two sigma, citadel, d.e.shaw, jane street etc.

I have the following options for degrees: 1) 3 years - Bachelor of computer science, majoring in machine learning 2) 4 years - Bachelor of computer science majoring in machine learning + Bachelor of mathematics, majoring in statistics -- doing both as a dual at the same time

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