Have just started list for S24. Have WUSTL and Northeastern.
Leigh CSB - and U of Alabama has STEM to the MBA - so it’s a 5th year and get an MBA.
I wouldn’t recommend that…but for some, i’m sure it works. I think the MBA should come years later…but i’m old school.
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I completely agree with you! In the case of my D24, though, he wants to develop trading systems. Is looking for schools that would allow him to take CS courses beyond the typical CS courses in undergraduate B schools that are meant to help you understand how to use software tools. Is already programming in Python and R, and scored a 5 on the AP Computer Science Principles as a sophomore.
CS has become more embedded in business curricula - even at schools where there is no formal joint degree. Wharton and Tepper have a lot of CS opportunities within their framework. Take a look at their programs.
Check out Lehigh - see if good for you - i’m sure there’s more.
I’m not totally familiar with it but folks on here also recommend Penn (but obviously being Penn it’s long ods. Can’t find the link to that or forget what it’s called.
Bama may work - tons of smart kids - huge merit. So for high stat kids - really cheap. See link.
I think they take a business class each year and then one year after but less if coming in with AP, etc.
Welcome | Computer Science and Business (lehigh.edu)
STEM Path to the MBA - Manderson Graduate School of Business
Tepper actually has a BS in Computational Finance, if that’s of interest.
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Lehigh has multiple tracks. A dual Business / Engineering and Business/ Comp Sci (and I think a Business/ Math). You get two UG degrees. A kid I know did a fifth yr in Financial Engineering (masters) which is heavy quant based. He got a job at an elite PE firm and is doing some pretty interesting stuff.
GT. Their business school is now rated in the top 10 according to poets and quants.
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As others have said, Penn’s dual degree M&T program would I think be an option.
Just so we are clear on what is being asked, if the intent is to develop trading systems for other people to execute trades on (i.e., an execution platform – no trading intelligence embedded in it), then the regular CS degree is fine. Some business courses on the side will suffice – not the other way around.
Instead, if the intent is to develop trading systems that will trade in the market on your behalf – i.e., prop trading, which you will eventually do for yourself or go work for a prop trading firm, then the CS requirements are large, and so are the math/stat requirements. There are no business requirements for the most part. This is what is traditionally known as the “quant” space.
The Raikes School is a unique honors program at UNL, with a competitive admissions process and a high-stat cohort. The curriculum combines business, CS, and design. https://raikes.unl.edu/
UT Austin has a combined honors program https://csb.utexas.edu/
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Yale: Econ and CS
UIUC: CS+Econ
USC: CS+B
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@elephantmom, what is your budget? What are your son’s academic stats (GPA, test scores, etc)? And do you have location or other preferences?
Seems like doing CS as a primary major and adding some finance, economics, statistics, and math courses could be a way to gain the needed preparation, if he is not that interested in other aspects of business (accounting, marketing, management, etc.) which may consume a lot of schedule space that could be used for more CS (and finance, economics, statistics, and math) courses.
However, at some colleges, the business courses are full with business majors and may be difficult for non-business majors to enroll in.
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What OPs son wants to do may even mean more math/stat than CS. Relatively more
And indeed interviews tend to be more math than stat
I believe USC might have what you are looking for.
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UT Austin. CS plus a business minor. Or the honors program spanning both business and CS programs.
https://csb.utexas.edu/