<p>I am going to attend Northeastern University next year as a freshman
which dual degree is best to get a job as an investment banker</p>
<p>1) Finance with economics
2) Finance with computer science</p>
<p>Also is Northeastern University recognized for its undergraduate business program?</p>
<p>Also I would like to know which college has a better undergrad business program to get a job in IBanking between SUNY Binghamton, Northeastern University. </p>
<p>Although more expensive, Northeastern has an Co-op program which can help one gian experience. Binghamton on the other hand is very cheap compared to NEU. Which college do you think is a better pick and has better chance of getting a sutdent in IBanking</p>
<p>Thank You</p>
<p>To tell you the truth, it will most likely be difficult to get an i-banking gig out of any of those three choices.</p>
<p>If you are set on i-banking, I'd say get really good grades your freshman year and then transfer to UMich or NYU or a school like that where a lot of recruiting goes on. Firms are very selective in what schools they recruit at.</p>
<p>Northeastern was 26th in the top undergraduate programs
True it will be much more difficult to land an IBanking job there when compared to IVY's and other top business schools.
For the time being, which dual degree do you think is most beneficial for IBanking
Finance with Econ
Finance with Computer Science
Finance with Mathematics</p>
<p>Any of those three would be fine. If I had to choose one though, I would pick finance with mathematics.... i-banking puts a lot of emphasis on quantitative skills and training.</p>
<p>Any of them would be fine though.</p>
<p>As of now I am going to be doing a dual degree of Computer Science and Finance at NU next year. From their orientation they claimed that many IBanking firms have started to recruit at their campus. </p>
<p>Since I have no options currently, I will have to get close to a 4.0 gpa first semester and if NU doesn't seem like the college to get me where I want to be
I am going to look into BC Harvard and MIT UVA</p>
<p>Is having a degree in Computer Science helpful in the field of Finance(esp IBanking)?</p>
<p>Computer Science is not helpful not helpful for the vast vast majority of Ibanking jobs. I mean, they hire Art History out of Harvard.</p>
<p>As an upcoming freshman in Northeastern University Undergrad business program, is there any internship in the field of business i can do in the summer?</p>
<p>the first response you get had the most important advice - it's hard to get into i-banking from a school like Northeastern. You should try to transfer up to someplace better after a year. Truth be told resumes from lower-tier schools are barely even looked at. That's just the unfortunate truth. There is way too much demand for the jobs and more than enough applicants from schools that fit the typical Wall Street pedigree.</p>
<p>Also an undergraduate business degree is actually frowned up on Wall St., it's considered "cheap" especially since none of the Ivys or top schools have undergraduate business/finance degrees. They stick to the classics which is what an undergraduate degree is supposed to be about - economics, math, any engineering, or a quantitative science like physics are the best undergrad degrees to have to land a good position on Wall St.</p>
<p>So you suggest for the time being, I double major in computer science and Finance? instead of finance alone? I am currently on the waiting list for UMich and Boston College hopefully I get good new from one of them.</p>
<p>Do you Boston college has a solid program and network for IBanking recruiters</p>
<p>SilverSpy: Would a semi business-related Ivy-league degree like ORFE (Operations Research and Financial Engineering) at Princeton be "looked down upon" in the same way? I ask because I'm considering Princeton, and the ability to do ORFE and go into IBanking is a definite factor in my decision.</p>
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<p>Or really? Wharton? MIT Sloan? Granted, neither Wharton nor Sloan technically grant you an undergrad "business/finance" degree, instead granting you a BS in economics, and Sloan grants you a degree in "management science", but come on, these are basically business degrees.</p>
<p>Stanford does management engineering, too, I think. Otherwise my summer roomie lied to me, haha.</p>
<p>oh...major in finance and try to transfer (or Economics if you hope to get into Harvard or a liberal arts college of the likes), I'd say. In Boston, Wellington will ask you why you didn't go to Harvard; in NY, Wall Street firms will ask you why you did not go to an Ivy, MIT, et (the traditional) al; in CA, Silicon Valley peeps will ask you why you didn't go to Stanford Tech; and Hedge Fund/Private Equity won't even look at you. </p>
<p>...so, don't EXPECT to get a job unless you can prove you are THE top dog at Northeastern. Can happen, but it's against all odds. Unless, of course, you can pull out stories during your interview (assuming you get one with your 3.999 GPA) about your covert missions in Iraq as a Navy Seal or something (which I doubt). Good luck.</p>
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SilverSpy: Would a semi business-related Ivy-league degree like ORFE (Operations Research and Financial Engineering) at Princeton be "looked down upon" in the same way? I ask because I'm considering Princeton, and the ability to do ORFE and go into IBanking is a definite factor in my decision.
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<p>Given the number of Princeton ORFE majors who go to Goldman, I'd say no to "being looked down upon".</p>
<p>but that's nitpicking. Yes, there is a great undergraduate business program at Penn/Wharton, and MIT-Sloan and Stanford offer top undergraduate degrees in business or finance or what-have-you. But the important thing is, *none of the others do<a href="i.e.,%20it%20is%20neither%20typical%20nor%20required">/i</a>, and furthermore, the type of school matters more than the major.</p>
<p>As sakky said, an art history major at harvard with a 3.3 is more likely to get in at morgan stanley IBD than a 4.0 finance major at northeastern.</p>
<p>BC is different, though. BC gets looked at by the big firms (the small ones don't have time to cover schools that far down), although they're still just as critical when reviewing resumes and may not send as many interviewers as they do to more prestigious schools.</p>
<p>1of42: sorry for the late reply, i rarely scan this board but a degree in ORFE from Princeton wouldn't be looked down upon AT ALL. That is a great degree from the right school. I remember in my college (another Ivy, won't say which :) ) other engineers would look down upon operations research as being an "easy" engineering major but who cares. It shows you have technical skills and it's definitely more technical than things like economics which probably a good half of students applying for i-banking have. Good luck, I'm sure with that degree from a school like Princeton you'll find a good job on Wall Street. Your focus should really be on learning interviewing skills at this point, you have the right "names" on your resume already.</p>