Drexel College Help Pls econ/finance

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<p>Helo </p>

<p>I am transferring to Drexel University this fall and I am feeling really stressed. I am majoring in economics, but I keep having second thoughts and think I should change to finance. I want to work in investing and the stock market and have lots of money later in life and I am willing to work as long as it takes. </p>

<p>I see alot of people who do well in the finanical industry, wall street, and the investing field have majors in econ like Warren Buffet and many others I have seen on corporate websites and billionaire biographies, but this might be becuase most sucessful people went to ivy leauges. </p>

<p>Another post I read said that the two majors are pretty similiar and I should choose the better one at my school, which at Drexel, I think is probably finance. I know I am not gonna get really far with a BS from a low level school like Drexel and so I gotta get a graduate degree from an ivy league school or one of the top B-schools. Could anybody out there please tell me what I should do and what major I should select. </p>

<p>PS. I am going on an Army ROTC scholarship and will be in the military for 4 years after I graduate. I will proably be in military intel or psychlogical ops. Is this gonna mess things up cus most people will use this time to get valuable work experience and all I will be good at after 4 years is running around shooting people. I am so stressed cus I dono what the heck im doing right now. Please somebdoy tell me what to do.</p>

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<p>First off, calm down. It seems like a simple solution. If you want to do investments and such then major in Finance, especially if its the better program. Also these billionaires you see are only a TINY amount of people who do that well. Majoring in finance takes a lot of work and you will probably need to try and pull off some major work at internships during the summer. In terms of ROTC, employers will respect your service and although it could hurt you in the job market, it could also help you a great deal. Having that on your resume will definitely be a boost. Don’t worry about your graduate degree yet, do undergrad, work hard, and think about that after.</p>