<p>Can someone describe how a high school freshman can take the right steps to a career in hedge funds?
I'm also looking for the top ten schools specifically for hedge funds.
Which school would have the most connections in that industry?</p>
<p>It’s too early to discuss that for you right now. You should pay more attention to your gpa and ECs, come back when you are ready to apply for college in two years. </p>
<p>Q: Can someone describe how a high school freshman can take the right steps to a career in hedge funds?
A: No, because no such steps exist (other than taking challenging math/physics coursework).</p>
<p>It’s too early to think about such a specific career path; do something that you enjoy.</p>
<p>I am going to respond as if you asked about a career in mathematical finance/financial engineering. Hedge funds are so 2000s. By time you are ready to enter the workforce it will be the 2020s. Hedge funds are hot when there are significant directional moves. Not sure if that is what the near term future holds.</p>
<p>Anyway, you should get all the math you can get…plus econ, corporate finance, accounting, psychology, international relations. Why psychology? You are often trading based on your knowledge of the crowd as much as your knowledge of the numbers. Why IR? International politics drive interest rates, which drives exchange rates, which drives leaders’ decisions, which in many nations drives corporate value. How is the US responding to Putin over Ukraine? Not with bombs. With finance.</p>
<p>What schools? HYP plus Wharton have the most elite connections. Princeton ORFE and Brown Applied Math–Math Finance track have two of the most relevant curricula. MIT-Sloan undergrad is in the mix as well as U Chicago. I am sure I have left some good ones out and that others will fill in.</p>