<p>does cas get the same exposure as stern concering i-banks , i plan on majoring in math or econ and minoring in finance , wouldn't that be as valuable as a finance major from stern...</p>
<p>i'm not sure if you can minor in finance if you go to CAS...</p>
<p>jwblue was from cas, and he got some i-bank offers. Hopefully he'll answer your question...</p>
<p>Can you minor at finance at CAS? If yes, it might work out.</p>
<p>You can't minor in finance at CAS (the minor is pre-business), but you can take a limited number of Stern classes...finance and financial/capital markets among them. </p>
<p>I was an i-banker after college, but I work at hedge fund now (better $, MUCH less hrs). Wall street firms will recruit from all majors in CAS and Stern (why limit your access to potential talent?), the only exceptions will be very technical/specialized fields like accounting and comp. sci...these of course will require a particular major. </p>
<p>Econ. and math should be a solid combo...students with these majors generally fare pretty well at getting wall st. jobs. If you want to be in investment banking, you have to learn the finance and valuation techniques well regardless of your major. Note that econ. is not finance, and you WILL still have to learn the finance topics for interviews and for generally just being a banker (can be done on your own or by taking a Stern class or both). </p>
<p>A few tips:
*Get good grades (Stern finance majors will be cut a little more slack in the grades department...but Stern has a brutal curve as well).</p>
<p>*Participate in EC's, especially something athletic (if possible varsity, but intramural will also do)...i-banks like that. I played varsity soccer, and it gave me something good to talk about on interviews plus it shows an ability to work on a team (also something banks value). </p>
<p>*Start your internship search as early as possible...don't wait. You have wall street in your backyard, other colleges don't, exploit the advantage. Example: I was able to work at a VC fund the summer of my sophomore year (Internet boom days--excess baby!) since my dad was friends with the person who ran it. Even though it was a boring internship and I mostly did meaningless work, I did learn something and the fact that I had a decent internship before the standard summer after junior year helped me land a summer internship at a large bank my junior year which led to a full time offer after NYU. Network, use family connections, visit the career office, do what it takes. New York is the world's finance capital, you're at NYU (which along with Columbia trumps every other college in the city)...you shouldn't have a problem if you have the drive and halfway decent talent. </p>
<p>*Acquire a good business sense, its essential to working in finance. Remember it is ALL about the money (though don't ever say that on interviews...lol). Be familiar with the industry and be able to analyze things from both a long and short term P/L perspective. Read FT, WSJ, and the Economist. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>"econ at CAS is more historically and culturally based, while econ at stern is more practical and geared for use in the work environment"</p>
<p>No it isn't...at the undergrad level its the same department, same classes, and same professors. The econ department is in CAS and shared by students from both CAS and Stern. One possible difference is that for the most part, Stern students do not major solely in econ (while many CAS students do), most Sternies will have econ. along with finance. </p>
<p>The differences you mention factor in at the graduate level (MA vs. MBA) not undergrad.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information jwblue.</p>
<p>Whoa--the post I responded to by Supervillian (his post in quotes) and hence post number 5 by me just disappeared....very odd.</p>
<p>by the way do you live in south ken ? lol</p>
<p>I officially reside in Manhattan (I'm American)..but my girlfriend lives in London, add in the fact that my firm has a London office, and I'm there a lot. Where abouts in Ken are you?</p>