Duke Student Looking to IB -- is non-STEM/Econ major fine?
Hi, I am an incoming freshman at Duke and am very interested in investment banking. I know Duke is a target and major doesn't matter at targets, but most Dukies who want to enter IB still do Econ with a Finance concentration.
I find the math in Duke's Econ prerequisites rly time-consuming and irrelevant to IB. I could still maximize the many finance extracurriculars at Duke without doing Econ.
1) Has anyone met any Duke alums who majored in Public Policy/Political Science/History/English and made it into BBs/EBs? Thanks alot.
2) Is there anyth to take note of for recruiting if I do major in the Humanities?
Yes major doesnt really matter from a school like Duke but you could do the BA in Econ and it is only one math class
Know of someone doing African American studies going to Evercore, Political Science to GS FIG etc.
I went to a similar level target (Mich/UCB) and peers who didn’t study econ had a tougher time landing interviews. I think if you want to maximize your chances and have the most optionality when it comes to choosing a spot, Econ is the way to go. I remember when I was applying Econ / finance / math was even a prereq on some of the internship applications.
Both Mich & UCB have business schools, obviously majoring in a non-business/econ degree would raise eyebrows. Duke doesn’t have a finance or business degree — much easier to break in with any major similar to any liberal arts target school.
Mich/UCB
Mich/UCB are not on Duke’s level, and most top 10 UG don’t have business schools so what are you even talking about
Duke below Umich in recruiting lol
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