<p>I'm going to be in the College of Arts and Sciences this fall and would like to pursue some type of business career after college, whether it be investment banking, management, marketing, advertising, or something else in the business industry.
Now, I know that the "business major" at Cornell is AEM, but I don't really want to be in AEM b/c it's in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, which would limit me from taking a lot of classes in psychology, english, and philosophy, which I am also interested in.
So my question is, if I do an Econ/Psych Double Major while taking a couple of finance classes from AEM and maybe even some classes from the graduate business school, will I have the same opportunities to be recruited than people who come from AEM?</p>
<p>Of course.
I am in your position (i.e. in CAS but sorta leaning towards business), and there are lots of others in your position as well.</p>
<p>Ibanking firms recruit at both schools, so work hard, get an awesome GPA and don't sweat it!</p>
<p>Awesome, thanks.</p>
<p>So if this is the case, is there a point to doing a double major or is an Econ major good enough? I've heard the Econ major has very few requirements, so that's why I was thinking of majoring in something else I liked, such as English/Psych/Philosophy. Would it be better to just take a whole bunch of Econ, AEM, and Graduate business school classes or do Econ and get a more well-rounded education? I'm leaning more towards the well-rounded, but I'm going to go into quite a bit of debt going to Cornell, so the outlook on jobs will affect my decision.</p>
<p>Polo, you can definitely double major. You can even double major and have time on your schedule to take a few classes just for the hell of it. If your intent is to go into IBanking, I definitely recommend you:</p>
<p>1) Take a few math/stats courses
2) Take a couple of accounting/finance classes
3) Get to be proficient with a foreign language</p>
<p>Of course, a 3.5+ GPA is pretty much required to get a job at most respected IBanks.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I already speak Spanish fluently (it's my native language) in addition to English and I've taken 3 years of French. I'm probably either going to continue French or take Chinese or Japanese.</p>
<p>How advanced am I going to have to go in math/stats? I've always been pretty good at Math, though I don't really enjoy it very much.</p>
<p>Also, since I'm an international student, will that hurt me when it comes to firms/companies recruiting? What is the process of getting a job here in the United States as an international student? I've lived here for 9 years, but b/c of my visa status I'm an international and will study with an F-1 Visa.</p>
<p>Good, you are set on the languages. You don't have to go to far with math. Calc I, II and III is more than sufficient. Linear Algebra and DFQs impress but aren't necessary. Taking 3 or 4 stats classes will come in handy too.</p>
<p>As far as being international, it should not hurt your chances too badly, especially if your intent is to work for an IBank.</p>
<p>Wait, do you mean it will hurt my chances? Or did you mean it should NOT hurt my chances? Sorry, it's just that it's a bit of an awkward wording.</p>
<p>What wording? I said should not! hehe</p>
<p>Might as well pick up math as a major as well.. (I'm thinking of Econ/Math with possibly another minor)</p>
<p>I've heard of IBanking so much on these boards. Is that pretty much "the job" for people who want to go on to a prestigious Business school in the future? From the little I've heard of Ibanking it seems EXTREMELY stressful, and even though I think I would be able to handle it, I'm not sure I would want to work in Ibanking for more than a couple of years. Are there any other interesting business career that involve more "people-skills"?</p>