<p>My main career goal after college is being hired at a top consulting firm. Investment banking is an other option I am currently interested in.</p>
<p>I was wondering if it's better to go to Kenan-Flagler or major in Economics to get to this career. I know Kenan-Flagler is highly ranked but I have also really been enjoying my econ classes thus far.</p>
<p>If anyone has any knowledge on career prospects for these two majors at UNC, I would greatly appreciate your input!</p>
<p>As a current BSBA and ECON double major, I can definitely recommend. Kenan-Flagler does a much better job than the econ department of preparing students for their future jobs, in my opinion. For example, BSBA students are required to do a mock interview with a real company as part of their orientation; this was a great opportunity to network with real professionals and learn a lot about opportunities after college. In addition, resume and career search support are a lot more readily available at Kenan-Flagler than other departments. Long story short, the same resources are available to both majors, but econ students have to go out of their way more to utilize them. My best advice would be to strive for KF, while still taking econ classes (or perhaps even double major if you have the interest).</p>
<p>Would all of these great opportunities for business students still be available to business minors?</p>
<p>Chiming in to recommend the minor in entrepreneurship for people interested in business. You can land a top consulting job from any major: Psych, IR, Chinese, whatever. Not knocking the B school in any way though - I’m sure it’s easier from there. What you do outside of class is what lands you in your career after you graduate. It is never too early to develop your Rolodex!</p>
<p>From what friends at UNC have told me, Kenan-Flagler has prestige independent of UNC. This means that recruiters often look specifically to KF rather than the rest of the UG population. This doesn’t mean that you can’t get an IB job from econ. But access to it may be a little more difficult.</p>
<p>Definitely going to be easier from KF, even though plenty of econ majors get sweet consulting gigs too.</p>