<p>I want to be an investment banker or hedgefund manager some day. Therefore, I believe these majors best suit my interests.</p>
<p>Ivy leaguers on Wall Street? Never in a million years. It’s unheard of.</p>
<p>JK of course. The real issue is to be admitted to a place like Yale. They want students who will maximize their resources – not people looking for a vehicle to a job in finance.</p>
<p>Yale math/econ is top notch but that’s not very relevant to what you want to do. If you want to go into IB/HF I’m assuming you’re planning to be an analyst at an IBank out of college for 2-3 years, go to business school, and then join HF or become an associate at the IBank.</p>
<p>If so, what’s relevant for you is undergrad placement into those positions. I’d say Harvard, Wharton, and Princeton have more students joining finance overall, but there’s a greater number of students aiming to join finance in those schools. Yale has less kids go into IB but there’s a lesser demand. Nobody has figures but I’d argue that the percentages are comparable among the top schools. </p>
<p>Basically, your major won’t have as big of an impact as your activities, why you’re interested in finance, GPA, and work experience. This website called [Understanding</a> Investment Banking | Mergers & Inquisitions](<a href=“http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com%5DUnderstanding”>http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com) gives you a ton of information on how to break into IB or eventually HF/VC/PE. </p>
<p>Your major won’t have a huge impact on that.</p>