<p>I am seriously considering IB after I get out of college (I'm a high school senior now) but I was wondering what you typically havento major in? I want to major in Econ, but would a double major with Pol Sci be fine too? Or should I do finance? Thanks</p>
<p>All the majors are good except the easy few like business management , I know people majoring in agricultural sciences and even english whom are in IB , IBs need diversity .</p>
<p>Major in something you like and minor in something that’s applicable such as Applied Maths.</p>
<p>Alright thanks. Are minors kind of useless though? Like if I major in Econ and minor in Pol Sci along with Finance/Applied maths (one of those) will my pol sci minor be useless (won really help in ibanking and you can’t get a good job with just a minor in that field, can you?)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Here’s the order of prefereance I would advise (I’m a senior too, but this is what I’ve heard from other CC members)</p>
<p>1.If the school has a top-notch business school (MIT, Penn, Ross) then go there
2. Choose the Econ program for schools without a business school
3. Engineering for schools with good engineering but 2nd rate Econ/Business programs (GaTech is a good example), or any top-notch school
4. Math/Physics are also good</p>
<p>Alright thanks. Is an Econ/business double major pointless because they are so similar then</p>
<p>If the school has a top business school Penn (Wharton), NYU (Stern), Michigan (Ross), MIT (Sloan), Emory (Goizueta), Texas (McCombs), USC (Marshall), etc then major/concentrate in finance within the business school. If you want a second degree get it in something you’re interested in…</p>
<p>I know a few people who majored in finance and accounting within the business school and received a second degree in economics. At the end of the day the second degree in economics may marginally help, but it better spending your time on something you enjoy rather than an extra few words on your resume.</p>
<p>Alright thanks so much!</p>
<p>Nope, if you go to a target school that does not have a designated business program, the minor will help prepare you for your career. A lot of people choose to take something like Psychology for their major (something they like) and double major/minor in something applicable like Math or Econ.</p>
<p>But at the end of the day, major really doesn’t matter as they’ll teach you everything you know when you get the job. Management consulting is a much different story.</p>
<p>How is MC different? If anything, students from my schools enter consulting from a more diverse group of majors than IB</p>
<p>All major consulting companies are the largest employers of top MBA grads at the graduate level (mostly strategic) and business/econ at the undergraduate level. </p>
<p>Diversity only arises from PhDs/MDs and MAs depending on focus, and they too are sent back to school upon hire to learn business basics (McKinsey).</p>
<p>All the consulting companies recruit at the undergrad level for ALL majors…</p>
<p>They more care about that you are sharp/quick and well-rounded. Hence, the intense testing and asking for standardized test scores.</p>