<p>Hi guys, I was lucky enough to get accepted to Tufts and have officially enrolled. I want to work in management/consulting, so which major/minor option would benefit me more- Double major in International Business and Quantitative Economics, or majoring in International Business and minoring in Entrepreneurial Leadership?</p>
<p>Thanks for your input :)</p>
<p>You’re going to hate this advice, but here it is:</p>
<p>Take a deep breath, enjoy the summer, and get to know your roommate through Facebook. Once you are on campus in September, enroll in classes that will enable you to get an IR and/or an economics degree. Figure out what you like, what course load you can handle, whether or not you want to study abroad, and how much the specifics of the major/minor combination really matter. </p>
<p>Your job during your freshman year is to get good grades, keep your options open for various major/minor combinations that interest you, find an internship after freshman year, and get acclimated.</p>
<p>Thanks haha, maybe I’m taking this a bit too seriously. But I just want to know which major would be more suited to the career I’m looing into</p>
<p>You are getting a bit ahead of yourself.
If you are interested in consulting, i don’t know that you need to study international business (nor was i aware that Tufts had such a major for undergrads). The International Relations major has a lot of requirements, many of which might not involve subjects or skills that are of interest to you.
Consulting firms hire from a wide spectrum of majors. Some that I’ve noticed appear to be attractive to consulting firms are economics (especially quant ec, but that is a demanding major in terms of math), computer science, various engineering majors and applied math. (N.B. At Tufts, one can major in comp sci in either the A&S or Engineering schools. The A&S school has a lot of distribution requirements, but the Engineering school requires more courses overall, has more specifically required courses, and tends to be more difficult.)<br>
Tufts does not offer a business degree. I assume from your reference to Entrepreneurial Leadership that you’re familiar with the Gordon Institute at Tufts, which offers some appealing options.
Both of my kids opted to go to consulting firms after college. One majored in Econ and English Lit and the other did engineering (not comp sci, which he now wishes he’d done) with a minor in Econ.
Don’t worry about your major now. Deal with distribution requirements as a freshman, and where possible take some courses that will help you in any of these potential majors: Econ 5 (intro), perhaps a Comp Sci intro course, and a math course that would be useful (or a prereq) for either Quant Ec (if that’s where you think you might be headed) or Comp Sci.<br>
Best of luck to you. You’re going to love Tufts!</p>
<p>yeah, thanks man. Sorry I guess I had a brain fart, I meant International Relations instead of International Business.</p>
<p>The reason I’m chosing international relations is because I want to travel a lot in my career, so I know that some classes might not be necessary for a consulting job per se, but they will be vital for traveling to many countries. Plus Tufts is top in international relations</p>
<p>One of the nice things about the IR major is that it has a lot of flexibility in courses for the major, so you can concentrate on what interests you whether it is a geographical region or a subject area like economics or politics. That said, don’t worry about your major yet. Focus on getting some requirements knocked off an pick an intro course or two in areas you might be interested (eg Intro to Econ, Intro to IR). In terms of working internationally, the language skills and having lived abroad are more important than the specific coursework.</p>
<p>I thought that Tufts now had some sort of IR/business focused major option…? </p>
<p>Fletcher also has the Masters in International Business.</p>
<p>Also, the <em>vast</em> majority of Tufts Social Science and Humanities majors have significant international components if that’s what you’re hoping to get. There are so many ways to get an international degree outside of the IR program - anthro, soc, political science, econ, history, ILVS - don’t get sucked into IR just because it has the word “international” in it.</p>