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Hi,

I was wondering if majoring in economics is a safe bet to get into investment banking? I'm currently a first-year student and I were intending on majoring in that so I just wanted to get some clarification.

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Ok see if your school has any classes like M+A classes that you can take t get a feel for which department you would like to go into.

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