What to major in at UCLA (Math/Econ, Math of Computation, Math/Data theory or Business economics)

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I'm an incoming freshman at UCLA (an international student from India) and wanted to get into finance eventually. I've looked into finance orgs and clubs on campus + business frats which I'll try to get into. Apart from that, what major would set me up best for a career in quant/IB/HF/consulting, basically finance in general. I really like math, so definitely want to do something along those lines. Options are Math/Econ (Single degree combining the two disciplines), Math of computation (Math + cs), Math/Data theory (math + data science) and business economics (self-explanatory).

 

For IB, choose the major that would be most interesting to you and that you’d enjoy for the next 4 years. I don’t think either one of those choices would have a huge advantage over the others. However for quant trading, math and cs is probably the best choice.

 

Math wouldn't be bad if you can add a CS minor, very similar thought process to programming. But you of course would have to learn more languages on the side. Which you should do regardless. I highly recommend SWE if you want high comp and a work life balance. Don't get into finance unless you have a clear passion for it, you will burn out.

My roommate is a level 2 engineer after 1 year (22 years old) and clears $200k TC working 30 hours a week, in a mid-tier company.

 

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