<p>i applied to MCS(physics) and H&SS(Philosophy). i was accepted to both.</p>
<p>now im starting to lean toward business, but i didnt apply to tepper. how hard would it be to transfer to tepper or to double major in bus admin from tepper?(im willing to work my ass off)</p>
<p>and can someone tell me the difference between econ at H&SS and computational finance at MCS. what is the difference between what they teach and where do those respective degrees take people. is the computational finance more prestigous than econ at cmu? is the undergrad computational finance program in MCS related to the amazing grad programs carnegie has in quantitative econ?
any extra information about CMU and business would be greatly appreciated. </p>
<p>Computational finance is VERY hard to get into. The guy told us he hadn't had anyone below a CMU GPA of 3.5 yet. You can apply to Computational Finance from either Math, Econ, or Tepper. </p>
<p>Now as for business. I would go to HSS and do Econ if you truly wanted to do business and then transfer later to Tepper if you wanted or stay in Econ (as it is in Tepper as of last year).</p>
<p>Extra information: Econ majors and Business majors get the same interns and job opportunities. Math majors are a bit different as many do analyst or research jobs. </p>
<p>The amazing grad programs Carnegie Mellon has in Econ is available to Econ majors (if you have a good GPA) you can be eligible for a 5 year MBA program in Econ! </p>
<p>In your case Computation Finance can be applied to from all 3 schools so I would go to HSS if you truly wanted Business and either do Econ (5 year Econ or Quant Econ) or just do a double major in Tepper (since it is so easy).</p>
<p>Finally: No, the comp finance program is not related to anything. You apply to it from Math, Econ, or Tepper.</p>
<p>what im still confused about is that the masters in computational finance is housed in Tepper but the undergrad computational finance is housed in MCS. so these programs are completely independant of eachother? kind of strange to have a grad and undergrad program in the same field in different departments.</p>
<p>and what year do you need to apply to the comp finance program?</p>
<p>Comp finance is independent of EVERYTHING. Every major has to apply and nobody gets special preference. I think you apply soph/junior year but you have to take the required classes as well.</p>
<p>i am currently a sophomore here at CMU, and personally am taking classes in both tpeper and the computational finance depts.</p>
<p>Double majoring in tepper requires an additional 21 classes, but many people do successfully complete it in 4 years. transfering into tepper requires pretty solid GPAs first semester freshman year, but it's defintely possible as long as you dedicate yourself to it.</p>
<p>Computational finance involves the study of pricing derivatives and using math such as linear algebra, calculus and probability to use quantitative models. The major requires a lot of pretty difficult math courses, so it's defintely very quantitively oriented. Most majors go to firms on wall street, often in sales & trading and such.</p>
<p>The major in CF is defintely hard to get into, has a cap of 10 per year, but they do offer a minor which covers the core courses. I would say spend freshman year figuring out what you truely like, because you won't take real business/physics/compfinance whatever classes anyways. good luck.</p>
<p>Would being a student of the Scholars Program allow that student to major in one college and study a second major in a different college if he/she only applied to only MCS or HSS?</p>