Dropping a major after application
Hey! I'm currently an econ-math double major. However, if I get raped in real analysis next year, I might drop the math major altogether. This means I would drop the math major after I submit my resume and CV for a summer internship in BB's and other firms. Could I potentially get in trouble if a company sees my transcript upon signing a full-time offer and they see I only did econ while my initial resume said math-econ double?
You have to have the right attitude going into real analysis. If you're already thinking about dropping the math major and you haven't even started real analysis, you will probably do poorly. You can't go into it with a defeatist attitude. Work hard and get the A. Besides, an econ-math double major is a great combination and is worth holding on to.
Keep in mind that I'm at a USNWR top-5 ranked target school. This means that there will inevitably be a ton of international students and hardcore tiger children (I'm Asian by the way) who will be absolutely brilliant and pone me. In addition to the typical analysis and abstract algebra requirements, I'll have to do comp sci or physics as well for the major.
but could I potentially get in trouble for dropping the math major after saying math-econ double on my initial resume for SA interviews?
I know someone who did compsci and dropped the major once they got an offer. Ask any friends at school who have graduated already what they'd think as well. Try to hang onto to it. However, I am not sure you'd lose an offer entirely over a change in major. In the end they will train you how they want you anyways
Yes potentially you could. Just as potentially you could get hit by a bus. At a certain point bro, you just gotta post up, kill it, and hit the dgaf button like a boss.
Dropping a major (Originally Posted: 01/26/2009)
So I have an IBD offer from a BB bank. When I interviewed in September of last fall I was a finance/management double major. However, my finance major GPA is very weak (they didn't ask to see my transcript at the time and my cumulative GPA is a 3.6). I am thinking about dropping the finance major and doing just a management major (and picking up a foreign language minor, as I only need one more class to do so). Could the bank rescind my offer if I drop my finance major?
That might not look as bad, I'd assume you have most of the coursework done already
Maybe not rescind the offer right away, but if they have to get rid of some of the analyst class and they find out you dropped finance, that certainly won't help your chances. Not many management majors in IB.
After interning and working with people with non-business majors it is definitely apparent that knowing finance is not a prerequisite for performing well on the job. However, given the current market situation I would stick with the major if you are in any finance classes that are applicable to banking. Most likely many of us who just got BB jobs will be threatened with layoffs within our first year as analysts. Understanding finance concepts and the industry in general will give us a competitive edge at the beginning of our analyst stint.
Personally, I tend to loose a lot of my knowledge when I go a semester without a finance or accounting course. Simply finishing up the major might be a good choice in order to stay up to speed on concepts from the classes. This way you will have a better chance at staying in that top 20% or so of your analyst class that does not need to worry about being laid off (...or worry as much).
Nobody is going to check that. I would be very, very surprised if it has any impact at all. If you like the finance classes and you have an offer I don't see why you would even drop the major. In the future nobody is really going to ask for your major GPA; people with work experience usually just have brief educational background descriptions and their cumulative GPA.
Take the classes you want to take and finish with the majors/minors you end up with. If you don't have the finance major on their for jobs after your BB it might not be as great as if you had the finance major, but provided you do well at your BB it's not going to matter what your major was in college. The head of my group was a philosophy major and took only one accounting course in college. I'd say things worked out okay for him.
Dropped 2nd major - notify HR? (Originally Posted: 02/08/2010)
Starting FT this summer at bb. Was a business and econ double major but decided not to finish the econ major in favor of studying for GMAT. I personally don't feel that this is important or a material change to my candidacy but is this something I need to notify HR about? If so, do I just send an email to my hr person stating this update and the reason?
I think it's not going to be a problem but it doesn't hurt to give them a heads up.
No one cares.
Send the email. The 15 minutes to send an email --- worth your piece of mind. HR likely doesn't care, but why risk having any perception of discrepancy?
Send the email, attach the new resume. Better to be safe than sorry.
inconsequential, no one will care
Agree with all the above. That said, you shouldn't drop the major for something like studying for the GMATs. You have plenty of time to study for the GMATs after you graduate whereas a double major will reflect well on your resume for the rest of your career. I'm sure you're close enough in credits it can't be too big a burden to simply wait and take the GMAT, can it? It's not like you're applying to b-school right away.
Another vote for no one will care. Not even remotely.
Need opinions on dropping second major! (Originally Posted: 01/16/2014)
Hi all,
Wanted to get everyone's opinion on this. I have two business majors; one of them has a few classes remaining this semester. I have an offer from a great consulting firm already. I'm debating dropping the second business major as the classes will not be related to the work, the classes are time consuming, and I'm not passionate about the topic.
Further, I view the spare time as a way to focus on other endeavors for personal development, study/nail the GMAT, and invest in friendships/family before starting an intense job.
Could this affect the standing of my offer/opportunities down the line? What do you guys think?
Thanks!
Sounds like you've already made your decision. What are the majors, if you don't mind me asking?
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