<p>So I may be wrong, but it seems like CMU's econ program gets people better job than the business administration major. Go ECON!!</p>
<p>What does "gets people better job" mean? We can make the opposite argument with more Tepper kids getting into the more prestigious companies such as Deloitte (4), Deutsche (4), UBS (4), Goldman Sachs (3), IBM Consulting (3), JP Morgan (3), Merill Lynch, and Lehman Brothers (2), Citigroup (2), and other prominent titles in other companies. This is from almost a complete database of around 60 or so kids? </p>
<p>Perhaps you were referring to the slightly higher mean, which can change from year to year. Both schools have students that go for basically the same kind of jobs but as you can see the econ survey is far from complete from those who replied and those who haven't. Both schools graduate top students who get great job prospects. It is really not a big deal to compare them as the differences are marginal. </p>
<p>Apply to the school you like best and whether your personal tastes incline more to theoretical or practical appliances. If you are totally undecided I'd go with Tepper just because you would have an easier time transferring to Econ if you ever decide otherwise.</p>
<p>oops bad grammar on my part</p>
<p>not just the mean, but according to the statistics the max and min are both higher.</p>
<p>p.s: Don't take it personally, I'm just trying to convince myself that CMU's econ program is good.</p>
<p>Oh yeah they are definitely both amazing programs and CMU as a whole is known for getting its students great jobs and futures.</p>
<p>Since we're on the topic of tepper, is their a regular finance major, or just computational finance? And how easy would it be to double major in econ and finance/comp finance?</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore CS major with some friends in Tepper, and another in Math one who just got into the Computation Finance program.</p>
<p>The regular "finance" major is actually a concentration within Tepper. This concentration isn't as math heavy as comp finance, but is still highly regarded by recruiters. Juniors get internship offers from Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, UBS, etc.. all the time.</p>
<p>Computational Finance is very competitive and difficult to say the least. The best applicants are those who take the most intensive undergrad math courses. This includes the 20.0 unit each Math Studies I and II, which about only 14 students enroll in per semester.</p>
<p>How hard would it be for me to double major in econ and the comp finance (assuming I get it, which is assuming a lot)?</p>
<p>Continuing on the last question, or be able to get a double major in econ and the tepper finance program, if I am not in Tepper</p>
<p>btw, Thanks for all the info so far!</p>
<p>"How hard would it be for me to double major in econ and the comp finance (assuming I get it, which is assuming a lot)?"</p>
<p>Very hard if not impossible. I know no students who are a double major in comp finance, whether that is because of the extreme difficulty or because it is not allowed, I do not know. You may look up the comp finance office/major on the CMU website and ask or ask a counselor/advisor. Not quite sure on this topic.</p>
<p>"Continuing on the last question, or be able to get a double major in econ and the tepper finance program, if I am not in Tepper"</p>
<p>It is not possible to double major in econ AND get a "finance" degree. Only students who have Tepper as their MAIN school may choose a track such as Finance or Management or Marketing, etc. A double major in Econ and Business would have the Economics degree and then a "plain" Business Administration double major. </p>
<p>However it is possible to be in the main Tepper school, get a track in Finance, AND double major in Economics. So if you wanted to pursue this route you would have to transfer to Tepper, do the Tepper courses, do the track for Finance, and then complete the necessary courses for a double major in Economics. </p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Yea I agree with Accepted...</p>
<p>Comp Finance is hard. If you get in, you no longer need Econ, you're practically set.</p>
<p>Are there tracks within the econ program itself? I read somewhere that the major is divided into Financial, Behavioral, etc, but I couldn't find that info anywhere on the tepper website.</p>
<p>Yes, like Quantitative Economics and well, honestly I forgot the rest but you may find it on the Econ degree or in the Econ Ugrad department website.</p>
<p>Does anyone possibly know the job placement for MSQE? There is nothing at all on the website for it, and its "job" page is very very vague.</p>
<p>Necrobump (sorry) - so only math studies students get into Comp Finance? Do any tepper students ever get in?</p>