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You'll make the most out of college with an undergraduate business degree in finance.
Highly doubtful unless you went to an excellent school.
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You'll make the most out of college with an undergraduate business degree in finance.
You'll make the most out of college with an undergraduate business degree in finance.
Economics or Accounting if you actually want to work in finance outside of making sales calls.
I'm not a Finance major, but all of my friends are Accounting, Finance, and Econ majors at Boston College undergrad business (top 10 program). This is pretty consistent with what they're saying/doing. It seems like a pretty cut-throat program.
Now-a-days humanities majors are mostly worthless without grad-school follow-up. We are no longer living in the times when an average employer will look at your history degree and think, "Now THIS guy is a critical thinker with an ability to write well!"
I have a hard time believing BC is top 10 in anything...I also don't think "business" is a legitimate undergraduate major even at schools like Wharton.
Computer Science, IMO, creates the most options out of school these days for big money. This includes big money in the financial professions. Of course, you have to actually like the subject, and you've got to be comfortable with the numbers. Do you actually dislike math, or is that just something that someone has told you at some point in your life? A lot of teachers and even parents will try to discourage subjects in which they don't think you're a good fit. But you have to know yourself better than they know you. If you actually do hate math, well, that's a different story. But a high-paying life is going to be hard to come by in that case, unless you go into law or specialized medicine.
http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschool...te/10rankings/ ...?
Also, if you can combine programming with accounting/econ I think you'll find there are alot of positions available for you. A lot of large financials, especially those with proprietary trading systems are in need of people experienced in both. Then of course there are companies like Reuters and Bloomberg who are heavily IT oriented.
Now-a-days humanities majors are mostly worthless without grad-school follow-up. We are no longer living in the times when an average employer will look at your history degree and think, "Now THIS guy is a critical thinker with an ability to write well!"
Highly doubtful unless you went to an excellent school.
I also don't think "business" is a legitimate undergraduate major even at schools like Wharton.
Also, if you can combine programming with accounting/econ I think you'll find there are alot of positions available for you.
These firms have very very high expectations. Any prop trading firm will only want the best of the best (unless they suck in which case they will go out of business).
What about communications? That seems like it could be too broad of a degree to get a specific career. Comments?
What about communications? That seems like it could be too broad of a degree to get a specific career. Comments?