<p>I am contemplating whether or not I should pursue a minor in either math or econ. I am currently attending a top business school and I was wondering if achieving a minor would be worth the effort. </p>
<p>How much do minors help in the potential job market?</p>
<p>Too many factors there to answer. Depends on the minor, depends on the major, depends on the school.</p>
<p>I am a business major from one of the top b-schools in the country.
I was considering maybe doing a minor in math or econ or maybe both.</p>
<p>They don't help that much really because you usually end up working in an industry similar to your major (not minor). </p>
<p>However, I think a minor in psychology/politics will be pretty useful in the workplace when you are trying to move up the corporate ladder.</p>
<p>What school and what is your concentration?</p>
<p>I think he is obviously avoiding releasing the schools name.</p>
<p>I dont see why he's trying to hide the schools name</p>
<p>Its not like we have his name,address,SSN</p>
<p>Then he can't really expect much help.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses.
Who said that I am avoiding release to the schools name?
I didn't think that would be relevent. </p>
<p>..It is michigan...</p>
<p>I was just wondering. I think that your major is really more relevant. Personally, I wouldn't think that an econ minor would augment your major that much.</p>
<p>What are you concentrating in? finance, business administration?</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Minors are almost completely irrelevant in the job market. Minors are completely irrelevant in graduate school admissions.</p>
<p>If you want to learn specific things, use up your electives in that field. If it leads to a minor so be it, otherwise your minor is just a line on your transcript.</p>
<p>How about double majoring then?</p>
<p>That's not true. I'm under the impression that while it depends on what your minor is, something like a math minor will give your resume a little boost. Employers recognize that it's not a BS minor, and especially in the business world, ie: ib's or accounting firms, having quantitative skills doesn't hurt.</p>