<p>Now that all the applications are in, and all we can do is wait. I was curious to see some of the reasons people decided to pursue business related fields rather than other fields? </p>
<p>Personally, I have been interning in a real estate business for the last 2 years and I have fell in love with it. Thats y id like to pursue it. </p>
<p>What are some of your reasons?</p>
<p>So I can afford my multi-million dollar house, gold digger wife, and a F430 parked in the front yard next to my yacht.</p>
<p>So I can afford a multimillion dollar house, rich wife and a BMW 7 series parked next to my private jet, and flaunt my wealth in my pcalc teacher's face (he gave me a C: I'm determined to succeed)</p>
<p>Also, it's NOT SCIENCE.</p>
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<p>In the real world, it's more science than meets the eye. No, it's not structured like science in school, but essentially doing business is running scientific experiments on what works, what doesn't work, and what makes the most sense for improving the bottom line. Business, really, is all the sciences, humanities, and histories melted into one extremely complex system of competing against both other companies, and natural resources.</p>
<p>Thus, why I chose business? It is the ultimate science that drives all other sciences. Without business, and its elements, what do we have?</p>
<p>By science I meant hard science like chem and physics.</p>
<p>for the record, i never passed biology so i have no idea how hard chem/physics really is :)</p>
<p>Simple, Business rules everyone else. Its the highest class, lawyers, engineers and doctors bow down to us at our prime...plus there is just so much money to be made......>_></p>
<p>because i want to own you, literally.</p>
<p>so i can afford my $27,000,000 mansion in San Jose, Jet Black Saleen S7 supercar and matching Porsce Supercar;</p>
<p>So i can be one of only a handful of rich black people
To be able to marry a woman who's only real job is to look after the kids
To be bale to send my kids to the I V Y leagues</p>
<p>To have a bank account with $500,000,000</p>
<p>and business is science, it is the science of making money.</p>
<p>oh and i want a collection of jet black rolex oyster perpetuals:)</p>
<p>Because I suck at science and math and I'm more into the liberal arts, but liberal arts = poor so business should be my thing. (marketing) Plus I heard the pay isnt too bad.. I am a very materialistic person, I need money.</p>
<p>Why business? Because finance (my soon-to-be major) plays such a big role in every aspect of our lives, and I want to know as much about it as I can so I can stay on top of all those other non-business losers.</p>
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<p>The several hundred (possibly in the 1000s) quantitative analysts, HFs, and ibanks would beg to differ.</p>
<p>One other reason: so i can pwn n00bs.</p>
<p>The several hundred (possibly in the 1000s) quantitative analysts, HFs, and ibanks would beg to differ.</p>
<p>Refer to post #5. Gosh.</p>
<p>Actually many of those HFs employ people who were in hard sciences (particularly physicists). You will be surprised by the number of people with hard science backgrounds in business (particularly finance).</p>
<p>They also employ many of the experimental techniques used in the hard sciences.</p>
<p>Hard science in finance?</p>
<p>Of course. Browse through the AOPS careers in marthematics forum. Way these firms see it, they want to get the smartest people in the room with quantitative leanings, and teach them practical finance themselves.</p>
<p>I have an idea: LET'S NOT play devil's advocate.</p>
<p>I am not playing devil's advocate but stating facts. I dont think anyone who is in quantitative finance will argue that many of the top folks there are from hard science backgrounds usually employing techniques from those fields in finance. Prime examples are Jim Simons of Renaissance, and DE Shaw. You also have sizable amounts of people from hard sciences in certain industry groups like healthcare and chemical manufacturing. </p>
<p>Anyways back to the topic.</p>