should i go into trading or M&A

math major in ivy league school, however i dont want to do very much quant work after college.

I was told that being in M&A is the safer route, and that it would be easier to shine as a quantitative mind. On the other hand trading also seems like an exciting field, especially commodities and/or derivatives, however there are the obvious risks involved, and the limited exit opportunities as discussed many times on this forum.

What do you guys think?

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by quantitative i mean i dont want to do stochastic analysis, and data mining all my life... m&a is not quantitative in my book... I had the impression that getting into banking would actually be even easier as a math grad though...

 

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