Please help, I'd appreciate it.

Next year, I'm going to go to the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champiagn. My dream job is to work on wall street--something in Investment Banking or Hedge Funds, something like that.

My question is what should I major in? I know UIUC is not the best school to go to if I want to go to Wall Street. I am accepted into Mechanical Engineering and I'm sure I can change that to something like Electrical engineering or Finance or Economics. The best program at UIUC is definitely engineering (5th best in the nation.)

With that, what do you think I should major in. I also think I will have a few internships before I apply to a job anywhere.

Thanks in advance.

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