Econ/Stat vs. Econ/Math

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Hello:</p>

<p>I will be attending the University of Pittsburgh in the fall, and I just wanted to get some fellow CC'ers input on a semi-common topic. I am planning to get an MBA later with a focus on investment banking, hedge fund management, financial analysis and the more computational parts of the business world.</p>

<p>There are two good joint degrees at my University - an Econ and Stat or an Econ and Math. </p>

<p>Here are some quick links in-case:</p>

<p>Econ/Stat -> <a href="http://www.asundergrad.pitt.edu/advising/documents/ECON-STAT.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.asundergrad.pitt.edu/advising/documents/ECON-STAT.pdf&lt;/a>
Econ/Math -> <a href="http://www.asundergrad.pitt.edu/advising/documents/MATH-ECON.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.asundergrad.pitt.edu/advising/documents/MATH-ECON.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I am leaning towards the first one (Econ/Stat) a bit but I would like to know some other prospective(s)!</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>SA</p>

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<p>Anything would be appreciated!</p>

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<p>Depends on whether you are interested in stats or math.</p>

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<p>Math would open up more job possibilities, and you’ll need a good job to get into a top B school to get into ibanking.</p>

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<p>I agree with Waverly. You can also take a more stat heavy math load if that’s what you want but general math will open up more possibilities.</p>

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<p>Math will also help with graduate level of studies if you want to pursue that</p>

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<p>Stats will be more useful to that end. The early identification program here just told a group of us that.</p>