<p>good book. I am excited to go, but what are we getting ourselves into? hahahah</p>
<p>Yeah I just finished to book also. I am both afraid and excited. It was really informative.</p>
<p>oh yeah, definitely. I am actually thinking about going into a management concentration. of course I have years to decide, but I am just not the 120hr work week type… and I find management more exciting than investment banking. but who knows what’ll happen.</p>
<p>I don’t think I could last a year or two of 120-140 hour workweeks. I was also thinking about management, but finance is just so enticing. Besides the crazy hours of course. I just need to see if I can survive the first few years of hell.</p>
<p>It does grab my attention, the concept of concentrating in financing. I mean, I will definitely wait and see what the classes at Wharton give me, then decide which ones I find a career choice in. But it seems like TOO much stress. I can’t even last ONE 80hr week, so anything more than that is a little outside my comfort zone. Okay, a lot outside my comfort zone.</p>
<p>i wish Wharton was really that exciting…</p>
<p>so I’m assuming the book is exaggerated?</p>
<p>The book is exaggerated…but from the banking analysists that I’ve spoken with, it is abundantly clear that finance ain’t a pretty field.</p>
<p>okay. well then I won’t rising sway from finance. but I an still slightly more interested in management. mayhaps I will dual concentrate. hmmm…</p>
<p>Know what you’re getting yourself into – Wharton is predominately a finance-based college. The majority of recruiters are looking for finance concentrations, and I know a lot of students who would say that you’re not getting your money’s worth if you don’t concentrate in finance.</p>
<p>That being said, I’m not concentrating in finance. There are plenty of opportunities to do other things, and while you might feel the occasional urge to follow the crowd and go work as an I-banker or hedge fund manager, at the end of the day, Wharton is what you make it. It’s as stressful or unstressful as you want, and you can work the 100-hour weeks after college or you can go work in a coffee shop. It’s totally up to you. :)</p>