<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was wondering if finding ibanking jobs is more difficult if you are a Penn CAS econ major taking some wharton classes that fulfill one of the minors like Urban Real Estate and Development versus a wharton kid. If so, how much more difficult is it and should i consider doing Brown's Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship concentration instead, since i won't have to compete with "wharton" persay?</p>
<p>and are there striking STRIKING differences between a UPenn CAS econ vs Wharton econ major?</p>
<p>^CAS is econ. Wharton might be econ in name (Bachelor of economics science or something like that), but it is 100% business.</p>
<p>thanks for the clarification... but do you have an answer for my question?</p>
<p>ya i wonder that too. Do econ kids have it harder to find jobs than wharton kids</p>
<p>sorry, I'm not much help there, I'm barely a rising sophomore, so i haven't had much experience in any thing job related.</p>
<p>Econ kids will have the interview better. Take lots of Wharton courses, get involved in buisnessy things to show interest. But yeah, I know lots of Econ majors with banking internships or currently working in banking - one of them only had a 3.0 in his econ major.</p>
<p>Check out several of the "Recent Graduate Survey Reports" for the College of Arts and Sciences:</p>
<p>Career</a> Services, University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Be sure to check out not only the Economics majors, but also the double majors of Economics with another field (e.g., International Relations). This will give you a good idea of types of jobs College Econ majors get.</p>
<p>You can also check out the Summer Internships Survey Reports on the same web page.</p>
<p>Your major will not hold you back.</p>
<p>When you consider the naturally smaller % of the CAS class that is looking for i-banking jobs as compared to the Wharton class, I'd imagine they have similar success rates as a % of the class that was in the market for such a job anyway.</p>
<p>I'm talking with one of my CAS friends right now who interned at Goldman Sachs and is now at Credit Suisse (oh and be forewarned, she says i-banking blows).</p>
<p>Is it common/uncommon for someone to do a dual degree with one major in Wharton and the other in Econ.?</p>
<p>45 Percenter, how hard is it to double major in general?</p>
<p>never heard of anyone doing that (wharton + econ together)</p>
<p>^ When I talked to my adviser, she said she knew a couple of people who had done it. But I'm guessing it's not that popular.</p>
<p>Eloquence, double majoring in the College shouldn't be too difficult, depending on the majors. Many people seem to do it (just take a look through the Recent Graduate Survey Reports to which I linked). It's just a matter of planning your schedule correctly to fulfill both majors' requirements.</p>
<p>Eloquence, here's more about double majors in the College:</p>
<p>Double</a> Majors</p>
<p>Usually if they dual degree with Wharton and CAS they'd pick something in CAS that was less redundant to Wharton stuff...things like art history, international relations, romance languages, etc..</p>
<p>Is there any disadvantage to majoring in two unrelated things, such as say History and Econ?</p>
<p>my post definitely didn't say anything about the dual program. if you read correctly, you will see that i asked about opportunities for CAS econ VS. wharton =)</p>
<p>No, I'd say majoring in two different things would be a strong advantage. It will make your education broader and your potential use greater to recruiters. They know that, on average, the econ + history major will probably be better at writing papers/reports than pure econ majors, simply because they have done it more.</p>
<p>I'm willing to bet more Penn CAS kids get sweet banking jobs than Brown kids anyway :P</p>