<p>I've been told that finance + econ is the best to study if you want to go into ibanking.. What if I only major in econ, how are my opportunities? Does a finance major get more experience, recruiting, etc? What does an econ major get? What good jobs come out of those who only major in econ? I do not want to double major, but I would rather study economics? OVERALL, what can you get more out of (meaning experience, opportunities while in college, job outlook, etc.)?</p>
<p>no ones going to be able to give you anything meaningful insight if you dont list the school.</p>
<p>guess what -- if you dont go to a school that's an IB target chances are you're not going to get the job and it wont even matter what you majored in.</p>
<p>if you go to a school like wharton then you obviously do finance.</p>
<p>if you go to harvard or an ivy with no business majors then you obviously do whatever</p>
<p>if you go to umich uva or ucb / any other school with a top business program then you should major in finance</p>
<p>if you go to a non-target like ohio state or penn state then you should probably still major in finance just because the boutiques and mid-market banks that might recruit from there aren't going to have training as great as BBs so they'll want someone with more financial knowledge.</p>
<p>the only time you should really do economics is if your school does not offer business majors. and the best double major combo for banking would probably be finance and accounting, not finance and economics, dunno why anyone would say that.</p>
<p>Investment Bank Recruiters don't care what you major in as long as you have a good enough knowlege of the buisness world and can show that you can do their quantitative work. So if econ is what you want to study, then go ahead and do econ. </p>
<p>The main benefit of the business school is the environment (since you'll be with business ppl who are constantly looking for jobs). The other benefit is that the business school sometimes has more resources in contacts. If you think those two points will help you significantly, then take finance. Otherwise, if you think you can get around fine without those benefits, then study anything you want.</p>