major decision
Hey,
If I go to Amherst College and major in psychology will that hurt my chances at a BB/MBB job out of college (just thinking ahead, may not even go down that road, pretty sure I will though). The "catch" if you will is that I've already interned at MS and plan on getting it again next summer. Judging by some of the other kids that have gotten this internship from my prep school I am assuming I'll continue to internship for them into my freshman and sophomore summer.
So lets say I'm a psych major at Amherst with very good internship experience over the summers (lots of the guys are now interning at other BB, Im guessing they got because of their previous internship) does that put me at the same level as the econ majors? Or maybe I should just suck it up and do econ?
Hopefully being at Amherst doesn't disadvantage me also, I would go to an Ivy but I'm set on playing my sport in college. If you couldn't tell I'm just a 18 yr old high school kid, if anything I said is stupid let me know
p.s, this is all hypothetical, hopefully i still end up at an Ivy
Suck it up and challenge yourself.
Amherst is an awesome school, my BBs head of investment banking went there and majoring in English... don't major in psych, its useless and gives names to conditions/mannerisms that everyone is already aware of. Why do you want to major in psych if you aren't even there yet?
what sport
what prep school
It seems as if you have many connections in the industry, which is impressive for an 18 year old. That being said, when you say you're interning at Morgan Stanley, are you talking about a PWM branch? That's completely different than working at a MO or FO type position. Economics is an interesting major and it will definitely challenge you. Not sure about Amherst's major catalog, but Finance also makes for a solid choice. Why do you want to major in Psychology?
rmahal: It's not so much that I want to major in psychology, it just seems like the most interesting major that I don't have to do any work for. But Ill do economics if I have to. I know what I'm doing now at MS isn't important at all of course, just want to use it to get me future internships.
what: football
correge: a top prep school
So if I do it I'm putting myself in a bad position?
It's great to hear that you're so ambitious and driven...........
pick a damn major that you find interesting and will challenge you
do econ if you think football won't impact your grade that much. you'll come out looking much better. you'll more than likely be able to use your current internship towards something in the future so just keep your GPA up and you'll look solid. and get that "don't have to do any work for" shit out of your head as early as you can.
Thank you all for the advice. What if I want to do consulting or something not banking. Does that change any opinions or should I still do econ.
I don't know if football will impact my grades, I'm not the greatest math student so I don't know how well Ill do in econ. But if I do it I'll work hard at it.
You're going to need to be a good math student if you want to do consulting or banking.
I mean I'm not math illiterate (idk if theres a word for that)...but I'm also not in calculus bc honors with the asians.
Calc BC isn't hard.... You sound retarded. I seriously doubt you're getting accepted at any school anywhere near the quality of amherst. Fuck you.
thanks for the descriptive answer. once again, you will feel like an idiot later on if you major in psych. grades dont matter enough to miss out on cool classes especially when you go to a top tier school like Amherst. Just start networking with football dudes and youll be set. major in poli sci or history or something. I got a d and a c- in micro and macro at another NESCAC (Amherst was the only other school I applied to, hockey), decided to do poli sci and now I'm at a BB. Just network your ass off
haha if you really care Ill mesage you the school. Thank you all for the advice, wherever I go I'll do economics, if I fuck up I fuck up, whatever.
Amherst is an excellent excellent school. To be honest I think you have better chances as a Math, Economics, or History major. Psych will be challenging unless you distinguish yourself with other applicable education such as finance internships. If you can't get these it's going to be difficult.
playgoodguitar: whats so great about history? just curious as to why people bring it up. I like history but I thought it was viewed as a joke major
By the way, I know Amherst is an excellent school. I only referenced the Ivy's because I'd prefer them for athletic/social reasons, nothing academic.
I've had many friends that did history undergrad and went on to top law schools and MBA programs. Just thought of psych as more soft material like sociology.
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