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Hey,
Personally, I see no problem as long as you had your reasons. For example I started with a Double Major - Economics/Computer Science and then completed Computer Science as a Minor while filling up the leftover credits with a Minor in Mathematics. Obviously in this case it is easy to justify as the three fields can be viewed as somewhat complementary to one another.
Back to your case, I believe that myself and all fellow monkeys will need more info in order to provide an actual answer to your question. Perhaps you could tell us your story the way you see it and would present it if you were asked?
What Majors did you drop and why do you believe that you made the right call?
All in all, there are a ton of success stories from people who graduated in fields not directly related to Finance, so you do not have to stress about it too much.
I had a lot of credits going into college from AP. Initially I wanted to go into medicine. My first major was biochemistry (dropped it after one semester). Added a double major in Neuroscience and Chemical Engineering. Dropped Chemical Engineering and added Biology. With all the credits I had going into college, I was technically a junior my freshman year. By the end of my sophomore year I could have graduated with a double major but realized I didn't want to go into medicine. That summer I did a marketing internship at my mom's company. When I got back to school my junior year I dropped Biology and added Marketing and Economics. Last summer I did an AM internship at a BB, realized then that I wanted to go into IB. When I got back to school I switched from Economics to Finance.
This might be a stupid question, but you don't have to mention all changes, right? I would avoid doing so, since an employer might have the impression that you're fickle and that your interest in finance is only temporary.
But hey, that's advice from a primate who switched 3 times...
EDIT: reread your question. I would simply say that you started with medicine in mind but realized your interests laid elsewhere. College is the right time to try fields, but I would still try to avoid mentioning your entire history.
changing major (Originally Posted: 10/26/2013)
Is it a big deal to a company if you change your major after you applied? I'm currently thinking about switching majors but I already applied to all of the BB's, what is the consensus on this?
No, it's not. Since you have the luxury of changing majors, I assume you're a soph/junior. People change majors in college all the time, it's definitely not unheard of. Keep your current major until you get past interviews (you can take classes in your new major, but don't officially switch over in the system). Once you have a job offer in hand, switch away.
thanks
is it a huge major change (like finance to english)?
finance to management, and I want to do it next semester but I have to go through OCR, I dont know what to do still
do you think they'll care from finance to management?
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