<p>yea..dats my question.wat shud i major in college(undergrad) to be able to become an IBanker???suggestions?heres a list i think would work.
1.Finance
2.Accounting
3.Economics
4.Mathematics
5.Computer Science</p>
<p>can some1 choose 2 of the most important ones from choice 3-5??cuz dats wat i have to do for UMich.
thanks in advance!</p>
<p>greed...lol...sorry...I'd go with econ or finance</p>
<p>I agree with above statement</p>
<p>major in something useful so after u get laid off from ibanking, assuming u get into it, you'll have something to fall back on.</p>
<p>From what I understand, you can major in whatever you want and still get into investment banking if you go to one of the target schools. From your low post count, I'll assume that you're relatively new to the process, so basically, you need to go to one of the "target schools" and network (that's the key) while you're there to land an investment banking job. Typically HYPSWM, etc. are the targets, among others, but in general it includes the top (read prestigious) privates/LACs and top state schools (UCB, Umich, UVA, UT, UNC, etc.). </p>
<p>As far as major though really, who knows. Some people say to major in engineering b/c the quant and teamwork skills you gain from it are looked upon favorably by the investment banks, but others will argue that they kill your GPA and you should just do finance. So basically, just do what you would like (preferably biz or math-related), try and get business-related ECs, get a good GPA, and then network your way into I-banking. </p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>thanks everyone esp hookemhorns23 for ur long, clear post.is mathematics or computer science more important regarding this question?cuz i dont really c why computer science makes that big of a difference.some1 help me out?</p>
<p>If you want to do straight up Investment Banking, and not trading or quantitative research, etc, then math and CS will be useless. You could still get in, but you'll rarely use any of it in a practical fashion.</p>
<p>thanks C-Revs for clarifying it for me!</p>
<p>Useless is a bad word, but if you are going to be in M&A, most of what you'll be doing is excel and pitch books. So knowing VBA is helpful, but complex algorithms and programming languages is not going to be very helpful. Not that most of the finance you learn in b-school is directly applicable aside from the general concepts and all. Whatever they want you to know as a basis they teach you in mandatory training, so you won't be out in the dark no matter what you do. So don't let that be your decision, pick what you enjoy.</p>
<p>Since you don't know what to major in to get into banking, I'm going to assume you want to get into it for simply one reason ($$$) and therefore are very likely to fail.</p>
<p>What's wrong with $$$? Any other reason for wanting to go into it at that age aside from perceived prestige is probably a lie anyway. How does someone so young know exactly what it involves? And even so, at that age, how does someone know he’s going to like it as a career?</p>
<p>I would recommend majoring in economics... its a popular major for investment banking.. but if you decide Investment Banking isn't the career for you.. you have tons of diff career paths to choose from.. same goes with finance but to a limited extent.. and for accounting even less choices.</p>
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<li>I am personally double majoring and minoring in those 3 finance, accounting, and economics.</li>
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<p>I'm young yet I love finance. I've been reading WSJ, the Economist and am a news junkie for ages. And I'm relatively good at math so I'm aiming for a double major in math + economics with a minor in finance. </p>
<p>I'd like to do quantitative work though so I'm going for a PhD in economics + math. I think its called Finance math or econometrics, not sure? Which one looks better in Wall Street? I'm not a huge sciency guy so not going to do Physics or Theoretical Chemistry at PhD level so looking for an economics + math or math only PhD as I really enjoy those two.</p>
<p>major in agricultural bio-physical chemistry = great major :p</p>
<p>Honestly most people don't get a PhD in Math in order to go into finance, its a huge time commitment. Maybe consider a Masters first and see if you really want to be in school that long, particularly because you have to do thesis, research, etc. If you are dead set on FinEng, I'd suggest looking into a PhD program that has it as a concentration.</p>