<p>It has always been my goal to become an investment banker. Which would college would set me up better to land an IB job. I got into CMU's Tepper School of Business, where I plan on concentrating on Finance, and I also got into USC's dual major program combining CS and BA. Which university(and major) will help me the most during my journey to investment banking?</p>
<p>Do more research about what investment bankers do. You won’t need CS for Ibanking.</p>
<p>Anyways, USC is strong in LA and is better suited for banking. Tepper is great for trading and tech, but doesn’t do too bad for IB anyway.</p>
<p>yeah i understand your point about cs. However, IB recruiters love engineering/cs undergrads cuz they have strong math skills. My cousin, who studied Electrical Engineering at Cornell and is currented at JP Morgan, said that in his year, approx 50% of the recruited undergrads for IB were engineering/cs students. He also said that because of his mathematics background, it was easy to pick up the technical aspect of his job. 4 years of studying finance was not needed at all. Also, I somewhat enjoy coding. It’s been 2 years since I learned java and it’s still just as entertaining to write code. </p>
<p>And AvgAsian, which university would you say is better?</p>
<p>After attending several carer fairs and talking with recruiters from citi group or credit suisse or JP morgan, I was informed that if you’re a CS major, most likely you will end up doing tech stuff in their companies, and it is not always the case that after a few years you can just transfer your position into financing. Although if money is your aim, you can consider doing computational finance in CMU which will get your salary very high after you graduate but on the other hand an very competitive program (enroll around 8 students a year).</p>
<p>I picture USC to be more well-rounded, but CMU hands down if it’s about engineering, applied science, and math. Comes down to your preferences.</p>