<p>so this may seem somewhat stupid but i haven't really been able to find one answer to this.... If i'm interested in say the financial markets and the economy which major would that be...... econ or a business major... Take U Penn for example would i apply to wharton school of business or the general school which offers econ... </p>
<p>sorry kinda stupid but i haven't been able to find out which is which.....</p>
<p>Dude a career in the financial market or in the economy is not limited to having a major business related or even economics related. It’s a recommendation and it will probably prepare you more if you do major in them but majors such as philosophy and communications will even work. </p>
<p>To really answer your question, I personally am an economics major and find econ to be a more flexible major than finance, accounting, supply chain etc. (all business majors) Finance etc. are more specialized and econ is more broad based. Thats why Penn’s economics department is in Arts & Sciences rather than Wharton. Same with schools like Syracuse and NYU. Overall, both will work in the field you’re looking into but I personally will go for econ. Theres a chance you might not want to go into the financial market but if you take econ instead, it will work for you more than the business majors.</p>
<p>Either one would render you qualified for jobs in finance. Conventional wisdom is the only job you need a business school for is one in accounting.</p>
<p>If applying to Penn, only choose Wharton if you have great stats, much easier to get into arts and science and then you can take all the classes you want at Wharton.</p>
<p>one way to look at it might be if you want to go for academic research or not. the bs in economics at wharton doesn’t reallly give you a strong foundation in classical economics, but does prepare you to go into a career in financial services etc. Finance at Wharton and econ at the college are completely different things!</p>
<p>if you’re trying to decide where to apply, your stats do matter, but maybe think more about what kind of environment you want to work in. regardless, you can still take wharton classes if you’re in the college and vice versa</p>