My route to I-Banking

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Why are you attracted to ibanking? What job within a bank do you see yourself in and why? "The guy in the middle" would not be a description of too many ibankers.

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<p>Well I'm a hard worker, love playing with risk/rewards, and quite frankly also play for the money. </p>

<p>Nonetheless, I thought we were talking about an ideal job right after undergrad school that would fit my strengths. But those are reasons I'm attracted to I-Banking, I just love the money and the risk game, and am willing to work hard.</p>

<p>By the way are CFAs of any use in my situation?</p>

<p>nbafan, undergrad finance degree is overrated unless it is from Wharton in which case it is highly regarded more for the kind of student in the program than for the program itself. It is easier to teach finance to a math major than the opposite, so go for math and comp sci and probability. Sure, take some corporate finance courses but you are better off with the toughest and most advanced CS and math courses you can excel in, the risk management firms and hedge funds etc are looking for top math brains, the Olympiad winners or the CS brains and not for finance people per se.</p>

<p>Rama is totally correct if you're seeking that type of job. This is where it's really important to keep in mind, however, that we are talking about the top .1 percent of math minds. If you didn't get an 800/99thpercentile/top in nation on every math test you've taken, you are not in the running for these jobs. One third of MITs class has been heading to WS for years now.</p>

<p>A finance mager at a non top school is not on anyeone's 'must hire' list. That said, if you excel at it you can do well, so again, it's about where you are at the top.</p>

<p>So suppose I was equally talented in Finance and CS. Which would compliment my math major better to lead to a Top 5 MBA program and an I-Bank position? That's what I'm basically wondering...</p>

<p>Because I'm kind of confused, ramaswami was just talking about in general that CS/Math is better, and hmom is saying only if you are looking for a that "type of job" (I'm assuming he means some really quant based job), and that you have to be top .1%.
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And should a triple major (Finance, Math, CS) be considered?**</p>

<p>nbafan20, you still don't get it? The answer is CS. It is more rigorous, will give you a shot at the kind of jobs at consulting firms which will position you best for that top MBA program. If you came from Harvard, go ahead, dabble with finance, but from any lower school you need to demonstrate cognitive capacity which a finance degree won't.</p>

<p>Rama, what type of consulting are we talking here? It will be hard to get a management consulting job with any major where is currently, so are you talking IT consulting? Not sure how B schools view that.</p>

<p>To me CS is a smart move for back up jobs because let's all remember, everyone can not get a banking job and the OP has told us he's not inclined to leadership so he needs to be a brilliant quant guy or banking may well not be his best career goal.</p>

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nbafan20, you still don't get it? The answer is CS. It is more rigorous, will give you a shot at the kind of jobs at consulting firms which will position you best for that top MBA program. If you came from Harvard, go ahead, dabble with finance, but from any lower school you need to demonstrate cognitive capacity which a finance degree won't.

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<p>rama I get what you are saying, I was just looking for other opinions on CS.</p>

<p>But what type of consulting are you talking about?</p>