<p>so, next year ill be going off to pomona college in claremont, ca. im thinking about doing a math/econ double major there. i was also thinking about going to business school after that despite my fathers cries of, "noooo, go to grad school instead!!!!" and getting an MBA with a focus on actuarial sciences. but, now im starting to regret this. i really really really like pomona, but will going to a small LAC, even if it is pomona, screw me over in the long run? my other option right now is uchicago, but itll cost a couple thousand more a year, as in 11k/year instead of 9k/year at pomona, and id rather go to pomona anyway. but, should i really worry? i know work experience is important for getting into a good business school, so will going to pomona hurt me a lot because almost no ones ever heard of it? what kind of job can i get with a math/econ degree from a LAC?</p>
<p>actually, i-banking sounds interesting too....
what are my job options out of undergrad? what can i do?</p>
<p>The people who matter have heard of Pomona College. It's one of the top schools in the country. Who cares if the 17 year old punks who go to your high school don't know about it? The MBA admissions folks and the people who will hire you out of college will have heard of it.</p>
<p>thanks. anyone else? what kind of job would i get straight out of undergrad? where can i find this information.</p>
<p>You can do Ibanking straight out of college. You would be hired as an analyst, work for 2-3 years and then after that, many people go to B-school. It would give you a taste of how the I-banking lifestyle is. Many people find that they don't like it. </p>
<p>Even better would be for you to get an I-banking summer internship while in school. That would give you a feel for the lifestyle and decide whether you want to pursue it further. The competition for these spots is fierce, however. </p>
<p>You are attending one of the top schools in the nation, you have little to fear. After graduation, plenty of people take jobs as Ibanking analysts, consultants, bus-dev, marketing, sales, and the like. </p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, not too many 'regular' people have heard of the University of Chicago either, most 'regular' people think it's a low-end school. You have to keep in mind that the only schools that most 'regular' people know to be prestigious are Harvard, Yale, and maybe Princeton. I don't think it should bother you too much what regular people think.</p>