Anyone ever considered accounting?

low risk = low return

if you're a chicken (bawk bawk bawk) who's cool with doing my taxes at H&R block then stick with it

if you've decided that you're not a BIG PUSSAY (meow meow meow) then take a risk

Sounds like you are apologetic and make excuses. Coming from a non target, I can tell you you'll never make it with that attitude. I agree accounting is much much easier to get into from a non target, but it's all a matter of what you want to do. You're fairly young, so if you decide you want to do finance, then start doing everything you can now - and IF you want it bad enough you'll have a shot.

i hated acct, but i saw a lot of people intimidated by a certain finance prof who quit the major and decided on acct.

acct is for rule followers, finance is for rule makers. personally, i just found it much less interesting. im not sure how you could be at all passionate about accounting (not that im passionate about finance.)

Thanks. Yeah I'm not much of a risktaker which is why I don't think I'd be good in finance. I don't work well under stress. Originally I was interested in sales & trading but I really do not work well under pressure. Maybe I don't want it as bad as I thought. I just feel lost about what I really want to do. I don't want to work 100 hours a week either, another reason why I don't think I'd be happy as a banker.

Honestly, just go where your passion lies, because if you don't, you'll find yourself in a job you hate, doing work you despise and wondering what the hell did you do with your life.

Plus, finance isn't all just ibanking. There's corporate finance where you don't have to go through the technicals, stay up to date with markets 24/7 and put in 100 hours a week.

Ya, if you like accounting and don't like stress or risk then do corporate finance. You are still pretty early in the game, why not double major in finance and accounting that way you leave your options open.

Starting your own business is risky. Prop trading is risky.

Investment banking? No.

I Bankers like accounting majors over finance majors anyways

Agree with harv. Investment banking is about 85% accounting. Knowing the mechanics of a complex transaction cold and how it will impact the statements is a lot more useful/impressive than giving a dissertation on Modigliani Miller.