<p>Is this a wise choice? Generally speaking, how hard can it be? Do a lot of the classes overlap? Will it give me a leg up in recruitment for the top MC firms?</p>
<p>I ask because I'm stuck trying to decide between two possible choices for a second major. It's either Econ, a subject I'm pretty interested in that can also possibly aid in my career goals, or Philosophy, a subject I'm extremely interested in but really has no correlation with what I want to achieve in my professional life. So if doubling up with Econ/Finance only provides me with a marginal advantage, then I'd much rather choose Philosophy. </p>
<p>I'll be attending UMD in the fall btw.</p>
<p>I would think that majoring in something like philosophy would look better simply because they are unrelated fields and would generally mean that you got a much broader education than majoring in fin./econ.</p>
<p>Don't think of your major as being something that has to be related entirely to what field you want to go into. If you really love philosophy then study it, college should be about learning first. If you bust your a** with a difficult courseload in a major you are interested in it will always look better than doing fair in a major you think looks good on a CV.</p>
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Is this a wise choice? Generally speaking, how hard can it be? Do a lot of the classes overlap? Will it give me a leg up in recruitment for the top MC firms?
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When you say top MC firm, your not refering to McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are you? Because if you are....too bad they dont recruit here (im at UMD).</p>
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Don't think of your major as being something that has to be related entirely to what field you want to go into. If you really love philosophy then study it, college should be about learning first. If you bust your a** with a difficult courseload in a major you are interested in it will always look better than doing fair in a major you think looks good on a CV.
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I think this only applies if your at a super-target (Ivies, Stanford, MIT). If your at a school like UMD, you should definently major in a marketable degree like finance and accounting. The difference in job opps is HUGE with a business degree and a philosophy degree coming out of a school like UMD (or any non-top 20 school).</p>
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I would think that majoring in something like philosophy would look better simply because they are unrelated fields and would generally mean that you got a much broader education than majoring in fin./econ.</p>
<p>Don't think of your major as being something that has to be related entirely to what field you want to go into. If you really love philosophy then study it, college should be about learning first. If you bust your a** with a difficult courseload in a major you are interested in it will always look better than doing fair in a major you think looks good on a CV.
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<p>point taken</p>
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When you say top MC firm, your not refering to McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are you? Because if you are....too bad they dont recruit here (im at UMD).
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Okay then. How about the best offers in MC that I can achieve with a degree out of UMD.</p>
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I think this only applies if your at a super-target (Ivies, Stanford, MIT). If your at a school like UMD, you should definently major in a marketable degree like finance and accounting. The difference in job opps is HUGE with a business degree and a philosophy degree coming out of a school like UMD (or any non-top 20 school).
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<p>Leo, I am definitely going to be majoring in Finance. That is set in stone. My question was what would be a better choice to double up with. Philosophy or Economics? Very interesting/not very lucrative major or moderately interesting/lucrative major?</p>
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Okay then. How about the best offers in MC that I can achieve with a degree out of UMD.
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I know a couple ppl that got Booz Allen offers. Also, Deloitte Consulting seems to like Smith students.</p>
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Leo, I am definitely going to be majoring in Finance. That is set in stone. My question was what would be a better choice to double up with. Philosophy or Economics? Very interesting/not very lucrative major or moderately interesting/lucrative major?
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Philosophy and Finance would be good. My friend is a finance major minoring in rhetoric and he got a boutique IB offer. They apparently said they like how rhetoric rounded outhis education. Just make sure your in the biz school. Econ majors are considered biz school rejects.</p>