What to major in at UCLA (Math/Econ, Math of Computation, Math/Data theory or Business economics)
Title, 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.
I doubt I can do math + cs since they’re in different schools (arts and sciences vs engineering), would math of computation or math + data science work as well for quant?
If you’re interested in SWE not a bad role. Heard first year engineers at stripe clear $270K TC
What major should I do for a job in SWE, Math of Computation or Math + data theory? Can't really do CS since it's in the engineering school.
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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