want to pursue a career as an actuary or financial analyst… I’ve been accepted into NYU Stern and JHU BME. My mom wants me to go to JHU and try to change majors to stats/ECON (I applied for BME because at first I thought I wanted to but realized I wouldn’t survive that hard of a major). I think that NYU is better for job placements on Wall Street. So my question is, would getting a stats/ECON double major from JHU be viewed as better for jobs than a stats/finance double major from NYU. Thank you in advance!
Statistics and economics > biomedical engineering for finance or actuarial employment, regardless of school. Check on the change of major procedures at each school.
For actuarial work, see http://www.beanactuary.com for more information about course work and actuarial exams.
Be cautious about going into BME.
http://www.quora.com/What-would-you-say-to-someone-considering-majoring-in-biomedical-engineering-bioengineering-in-college
It might be difficult changing majors at Johns Hopkins. Go for NYU if it’s affordable!
you’d be doing yourself a huge disservice by going to JHU if you eventually want to end up on Wall Street
NYU Stern is is heavily recruited - one of the best schools in the country in effectively placing its students on WS
JHU on the other hand, while highly regarded for the sciences does not have a great rep for business/econ
Here is an article that shows which undergrad schools are the most sought after in Wall Street / Finance placement
http://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2015/02/04/the-top-feeder-schools-to-wall-street/