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i would just listen to dan carlin's hardcore history and fucking rub out mad ones thinking about ancient warrior cultures prob not even go to college just coursera that shit always farm wow gold as backup or do mascot work
i already do that.
next.
next what man what else is there in life but mongols shooting bows off horseback
Now, I could be off base here, but I do not think a history major will help you at all if you pursue IB/Quant/ER/ Corp Fin positions. That said, I guess I am trying to distinguish the primary reason behind your thought process (your post mentions numerous reasons for this pursuit of a history major). I love history and CS, but I didn't think I could afford to spend another year double majoring. If you are asking if you should pursue your passion to keep options open, that is another story. If you are solely trying to develop a skill set for banking, then consider another major (stats, as you mentioned, would be fine) if you are really gung-ho on the double major plan. Otherwise, my advice would be to minor in history, and to have a slightly lighter course load. Why the desire to double major if you don't mind me asking?
I could fit a double major into my schedule, wouldn't have to graduate late. I only want to double major because I suppose it'll challenge me and I might as well make the most of my 4 years in college. Having a stats major would help me if I wanted to go the quant route, but I've always enjoyed history.
Deal Team Six covered it pretty well. In short:
Do it. In my experience, a huge percentage of IB analyst recruits have finance (or something related, e.g. econ) as their sole major. Unless it's going to wreck your GPA or extend your college career to a fifth year, do a second major in whatever you want. And history is good. You'll learn to write, to organize your thoughts logically, to synthesize large quantities of information, and to draw & defend conclusions based on imperfect and incomplete information. Plus, even the most hardcore finance people get tired of talking about finance with candidate after candidate. You just need one history buff during a superday and you're golden.
Basically, I want to do IB at the moment, so a double major isn't absolutely necessary I guess. My parents are paying top dollar for college, so I figured I might as well put my courseload to completing some more degree work.
Stats - in case I want to do quant/tech work in the future. Riskier for my GPA. History - because I am "passionate" about it. Probably easier for my GPA. maybe I can do some cool research and get published, which would look cool.
Do history. Once you have Finance/Econ as your primary major, firms like to see interesting Liberal Arts courses that help with writing, critical thinking, and creativity. A lot of senior bankers were humanities majors a couple of decades ago when that was much more common, and you might find that it helps you bond with them/network. Furthermore, GPA is king. As long as your primary major is legit, then your overall GPA matters more than anything else. So whatever will help your GPA (History, not stats) makes your application more appealing.
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