<p>Can anyone talk about this major? or how it is different to econ? How difficult is it? and is IEMS or econ better for internship/job opportunities? thanks</p>
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<p>It depends on what kind of jobs you are looking for.
<a href="http://iems.northwestern.edu/docs/undergraduate/ie-econ.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://iems.northwestern.edu/docs/undergraduate/ie-econ.pdf</a>
If you do both, you don't need to worry about it.</p>
<p>Well I want to get into hedge fund/private equity, probably first investment banking though. What better prepares you? Is one harder then the other? Or is it extremely hard to do both, and still have a quality social life? thanks</p>
<p>I was told GPA matters more than your major even when the majors are say, English vs econ. It's not like IB is rocket science and that mathy.</p>