<p>I'll be applying to Northwestern this year and I'll also be applying to the MMSS program as a freshman (looking to do my social sciences major in economics). I just want to get a rough idea of how competitive the program is to get into to.</p>
<p>I was also looking at the MMSS program website and saw that you could triple major and I thought that'd be a great way to get a degree in mathematics also. But I was also looking at Kellog Certificate in Financial Economics. I want to go into the business field (doing something) and I was wondering if you guys could give any input on triple majoring in math vs. the certificate in financial economics because I really love math. And any input as to how difficult any of this would be?</p>
<p>where is sam lee... if he doesn't post here try sending him a PM, i'm sure he could answer some of these questions for you</p>
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<p>If you are talking about placement to elite firms, I think kellogg cert is gonna help you more. the name "kellogg" carries weight and the kellogg cert students are provided career services described here: <a href="http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/certificate/prospective/career.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/certificate/prospective/career.htm</a>. a math major wouldn't have such access. also, some (or even significant amount) of the math taken by math majors probably won't be utilized much in the business world. kellogg cert is a very preprofessional program while math is a rather "academic" one. ultimately, it's a matter of what you want out of your college education--preprofessional vs intellectual.</p>