Hi!
I was lucky enough to be admitted to UPenn CAS recently. I’ve been looking to enter data science, what’s the best major/minor or double major combo to set me up for a career in data science in the future? I was looking into Mathematical Economics with Data Science minor from SEAS, but MathEco seems to be more prepping for PhD.
Also a reason I applied for CAS and not SEAS is because I originally thought I wanted to go into energy research - my entire high school profile was dedicated to this! Since I’m from Australia, university has already started and I’ve got to experience more what research is like… and I feel it isn’t exactly for me. Contrarily, I’ve taken some online courses in data science and I loved taking statistics in high school.
Also just in general, what is the typical career pathway of a data scientist? Do they normally go to grad school or get a PhD?
Thanks very much for any help to this clueless Australian 