Art History& Econ Double Major Need Advice
Funny enough I double major Art History and Econ at a non-ivy semi-target (Notre Dame). I am a sophomore and my school has a pretty big business school (Mendoza) that places many kids into IBD every year. but I went with econ for a STEM major for I am international, non-white, non-diversity.
With those being said, I am still looking into finance and currently choosing from snt and ibanking. I had an IBD internship last summer and worked with a tech-health startup part-time.
I know my situation is awkward, please don't remind me this and tell me fuck off. Just wondering which one would appear easier at this point and what I should do to prepare. Appreciate it. BTW I have a pretty good pressure endurance, otherwise I won't post here.
More to add, I still applied to all the sophomore programs and rejected by some already. Currently networking hard to see whether there is any opportunity for my next summer.
Rejected by Akuna in personality round, don't know what that implies
Where are you from?
China, another thing that makes me disadvantaged tbh
I think if you already had an IB internship, go for that if you like it. If you think you’d like s&t go for it. Personally IB has better prospects but up to you. I think it will be slightly easier to get into IB with previous experience. I think having art history is an advantage tbh, especially when compared to just econ majors. It shows you have other interests outside of finance and you are driven enough to peruse them. Follow the advice on this site and you’ll be fine.
Thank you so much! Appreciate your advice! The only thing I heard is that S&T interview prep may appear to be easier than IBD’s. And for most of the kids, certainly finance majors, from my school go for IBD, I’m just thinking whether it makes more sense to apply for sales or trading especially Im an Econ major.
And to my surprise monkeys here are saying IBD are much easier to get in compared to S&T. I have been preparing for S&T for a while, keeping up with WSJ and morning Brews, and some basic technical stuff. I’d listen to you and really seriously considering switching a track if it is really the case.
I don’t think one is necessarily easier than the other. Both can be very difficult. For example in s&t they can ask you about your opinion on any market or asset class in the world really. For banking they can ask you about DTLs NOLs and asset sales vs stock sales. I would go with what you think you’d enjoy more. If you already had a banking internship you can spin it easily either way. Story would probably be slightly easier for banking. But I’d do some research and see what you want from your career in 5-10 years. If you think you’d want to be in s&t for the long run its a great career. Might suffer from automation but if you know some code and trade or sell a less liquid or exotic asset class you will be fine. Banking is also great, lot of hours but as an MD you sure make a lot. With banking exit ops are worth considering also, PE, HF, corp fin, ect. Basically go for what you think you would like more. Honestly you could go for both too. Only reason Im going into such depth is bc I was choosing between IB and S&T and I did both, ended up with offers in both.
This is truly helpful! And your achievements are really impressive! Yes I am digging into WSO at this point to figure out what I’d be doing
Thanks. Would also recommend cold emailing some smaller firms you may not want to work at and just ask very basic questions about IB and s&t. Basically ask questions not to impress but to figure out if one is for you. This is assuming you have not networked substantially prior to this.
Are you a rising junior or rising sophomore?
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