<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>Skip to the last paragraph if tl;dr. I originally intended to be a music and hard science major. Although I'm keeping windows for MD/PhD programs open, I have recently decided to shift my post-graduate focus to "business." Specifically, I am interested in trading, hedge funds, and IB (insofar as an IB internship will help get me into a 2-year analyst role). I'm not necessarily uninterested in other fields, just unexposed.</p>
<p>As a result, I've taken very few courses that are explicitly related to business outside of the economics curriculum and probably lack the business experience that others my age may have. I've been reading as much as I can but I still have a lot of ground to cover.</p>
<p>I am signing up for ACC 271 next semester. My friends have told me that they have never been asked about the material covered in ACC 272 during interviews but I'm taking that winter semester anyways. What else should I take that will help me prepare for interviews? Fin 300? Math 525?</p>
<p>Disclaimer: Banking is my area, not trading</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend 525 – too advanced. The type of probability questions you would get in trading interviews is 425 Chapter 1 material.</p>
<p>Intro Financial Accounting is definitely good (pretty essential for banking), but take 471 if you want an easy A while learning all the same material you learn in 271.</p>
<p>Don’t take 272 – waste of a class for finance if you don’t need to take it. It’s more of a consulting class. Your friends are right.</p>
<p>If you want another accounting class, take 312 (Intermediate Financial).</p>
<p>Definitely Fin 300. Other good Fin classes (for banking) are 314 and 317. 314 > 317.</p>
<p>For trading: follow the markets. Have 3 long and 1 short pitches prepared. Know the inputs to Black-Scholes. Know basic probability and brain teasers. It helps to know what you want to trade. It helps to understand the basics of options, swaps, FX.</p>
<p>Math 423 could be good for trading.</p>
<p>If you have specific questions related to banking, I’d be glad to answer them to the best of my ability. For trading, I defer to someone more knowledgeable.</p>