Graduate Early and Travel or add Stats Minor

Hello, 

I am currently recruiting for S&T. Fully open to Equities or FICC, probably derivs in Equities if I went that route or something more macro and faster in FICC like Rates, macro derivs, FX, CDS etc. 

I am currently studying Economic Consulting and minoring in general Economics. I am learning Python and interested in statistical analysis. Economic consulting coursework has focuses on Predictive Analytics and includes exposure to VBA but it is still business school so I have heard it is very basic exposure. Thinking about adding a Statistics minor as it would give me better exposure to statistical forecasting techniques and probably help me as I get to the job. I think a masters in Stats would be a cool degree to get at some point down the line as well if I am trying to go towards a hedge fund

Here's where the question really comes: I am currently scheduled to graduate a semester early, with the money I would save not paying tuition for a semester, my parents have agreed to let me travel through Eastern Asia for two months on their dime before I head back to campus to live with my friends, get rowdy, and live out second semester senior year without school. This sounds amazing but if I added a stats minor I couldn't do that as I would have to stay the full 4 years instead of 3.5. I still think I would have a blast if I had to stay the extra semester at school to be honest. I'm not sure there's necessarily a wrong choice but opinions would be appreciated. 

What do you guys think? Currently leaning towards travelling but would like some perspective on how useful a stats minor would be for S&T and getting into a stats masters program as my school advisors are garbo. 

Thanks

 

Thinking Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, and India 

 

I think of those countries only Bali in Indonesia has really announced concrete plans to reopen international travel although Korea seems more open to reopening travel than the others. At the very least if you are planning to travel I would make some contingency plans if visiting Asia is not allowed or if the travel bubbles in Asia pop. Traveling in Europe may also be considerably simpler if that interests you.

 

Been to Europe with family so wanted to see something new. Maybe LatAm? Didn’t really realize travel restrictions would be in place for a fully vaccinated person at that point.

I would value your input on statistics though given your quant background because I am now more so considering a second semester in senior year if travel restrictions will be around.

 

I think whether you complete the minor or not is unlikely to be important but if you learn something useful then it could matter. The relevance of most theoretical stats classes to finance is pretty low though. Understanding some of the details behind and being familiar with common stats/machine learning packages should be helpful for some quant roles although I'm not sure about S&T.

 

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