Humanities in finance

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>I'm a junior majoring in history with a 3.8 from an non-HYP Ivy university, and I've got the finance/equities/investment banking bug from all those career center presentations. Which is somewhat tragic, considering that the only quantitative class I have on my transcript is a first year calculus class taken to satisfy a science requirement. </p>

<p>What should I do? Is there is hope at all in applying for positions? When looking at options on, say, Credit Suisse's application page, I don't even know which one (Private wealth? Equity-Research?)to click on. I hear people speak of this or that philosophy/english/anthropology major they know who went on to work in the industry, but I just don't get how they finished writing a cover letter that asks "What skill sets do you bring?"</p>

<p>I'm not hoping to work at the forefront of the company, but I would like a way in to see how it works. It's intriguing, and I've had internships in publishing and non-profits.</p>

<p>Would appreciate any anecdotes, advice and other feedback, thanks.</p>

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<p>Don't worry about not knowing anything about finance. They'll teach you that when you show up for your first day. What you do need to show them, though, is that you can handle the workload and that not only that, but you can excel at the company (no pun intended).</p>

<p>Just read up on it and decide what you want. The departments aren't written in gibberish you know.</p>

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<p>thanks, I've been reading through the vault guide and the descriptions given by the companies themselves and departments like Global Compliance or ____Research or Operations sounds the most promising because quantitative skills seem to be an afterthought in their job descriptions.</p>