Downside to not Double Majoring? (Target)

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Hello,

I have used the search engine feature and am aware of how it is not necessary to double major if one is from a target school.

However, I was curious as to what the missed out potential, in terms of pay, could be from this for a non-quant? In particular, I am an Economics major, and am considering to pick up a Math/Stats/CompSci Major.

Anonymous Monkey · Accepted Answer

So as a fellow undergraduate, I can't really answer your last question, as I don't have any experience in that area. However, a much-less talked about quantitative and competitive field is economic consulting - the firms that mainly provide strategy and analysis for litigation.

FinancelsWacc · Answer

You don't need a double major. I did a Finance / Econ double major mainly because I know I wanted to do Finance but also loved Econ.

In UG, work, and in life, you have to find something you're passionate about. Sports, teaching, volunteering, extra curricular, leadership, entrepreneurship, research, literally anything mildly productive.

Pursue it, love it, be able to talk about it, and do something meaningful. If you go home and play video games for 4 hours a night I wouldn't say pick up a 2nd major... but find SOMETHING to do.

Anonymous Monkey · Answer

As an economics major, a math major is only really useful if you want to be an academic economist. Quantitative skills are always attractive, but the GPA hit from classes like real analysis or advanced probability may not be worth it if you’re not targeting a particularly quantitative position. Personally, I’ve taken a lot of stats classes as an econ major because I just like the subject lol.

doggie223 · Answer

(new account because I forgot password lol)

I go to a smaller target so there are not really a lot of options for classes. We have 1-2 intro level classes per subject, for example Stats 101 and 102, then all of the other available classes are upper level ones.

Are you just taking upper level stat classes based upon your interests? Would you suggest I do the same?

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