<p>My parents have been pushing so hard to major in finance, business, preferably at a top school like NYU stern, telling me that upon graduation, I can easily find a high paying job if I go to a high reputed university for business like STern. I am very good at math, and I am consistently 99% in my math classes every year, including this year in AP Calc AB. However, the only business class that I've taken is Accounting I. I absolutely HATED that class. I got an A in that class, but found it incredibly boring and tedious. Basically, my only exposure to the business field right now is that Accounting class. Should I major in something like finance if I do not like accounting, which I understand makes up a part of every business related major. And it certainly doesn't help when I hear that Accounting is a weed-out major, which although I would never major in Accounting, makes me worried about the Accounting classes I'd have to take to major in a business field.</p>
<p>If you are good at Math, math majors make even more money than Accounting and Finance majors from top schools.</p>
<p>^^ That’s a good point, I would consider being a math major if I were you.</p>
<p>I have two business minors and therefore I have to take two semesters of accounting. I also took it in high school. I didn’t hate it as much as you seem to, but accounting is not a good representation of the whole area of business. My major is English, and if I were comparing I would say that accounting is to business as grammar is to english. I’m not crazy about learning grammar, but that doesn’t turn me away from the whole English field!</p>
<p>The math behind finance is significantly different than the math behind accounting; there is of course some overlap, but they’re different.</p>
<p>But your parents have strange ideas. Finding a job in this economy isn’t “easy” for most people, even graduates of top programs. There are millions of Americans who work professional jobs and the majority of them are not accountants are in finance, so you can do something else and still find gainful employment.</p>
<p>I agree that math is a great major - it can prepare you for careers in finance, risk management, operations/business research, actuarial science, market research, educational research, etc.</p>