<p>What would you choose for undergrad if the goal is investment banking? I was thinking of having engineering as a backup degree, and I really think EE and ME both look very interesting.</p>
<p>EE is better, makes more use of probability and statistics which comes up more often in I-banking</p>
<p>yeah, EE deal a lot with probability in many of it's classes</p>
<p>Sorry to hijack this topic but, would you say that EE,CompE, and CS are equal in usefulness in investment banking? Or is one more beneficial than the other?</p>
<p>EE hands down. CE might be good too, since you will gain a little more CS skills.</p>
<p>What advantages(experiences,knowledge) would an EE major have over a CS major that are useful in investment banking?</p>
<p>At MIT, you are unlikely to be successful unless you enjoy your major. The amount of work and dedication required is too much otherwise. So I would say, pick the one that you will enjoy the most. EE at MIT requires probability, and MechE, as far as I remember, does not, but it's not like you can't take a probability course if it's not required for your major. There are tons of them.</p>
<p>Trust me (I certainly went to enough career fairs at MIT), if you are an MIT student at an MIT career fair, it doesn't matter WHAT major you are, the finance/i-banking types will be falling over themselves to get you to come talk to them. I had zero interest in that field, and I practically had to fend them off walking through the fair. I'm now working at a job I like, and I still occasionally get calls (at work!) from finance people or their headhunters expressing interest. And I had zero econ or business classes!</p>
<p>yeah just go to a major you like and get a good GPA. You wont have to worry much if you do that.</p>