<p>Hey guys, I am a new user of this website. This is my first post: </p>
<p>I am a high school junior, and I will be a senior next year. I am thinking to apply to Business schools in US. I have worked in a bank before, and I don't think I really like the job of an accountant- i.e. balancing transactions, recording accounts, filing documents, counting cash etc. Can anyone tell me what's the benefit of majoring in accounting? </p>
<p>Secondly, I know lots of b-schools, like wharton, have students majoring in finance. Is finance really just math and stock markets? I don't like stock markets, to be honest. Can you anyone tell me what majoring in finance really mean? </p>
<p>tQ!</p>
<p>Wikipedia is your friend.</p>
<p>Also, you should probably reevaluate why you want to go to business school. If it was "major in finance, go work in an investment bank and get rich" then you need to reevaluate your plan. The investment bank as we knew it is dead (literally. There are no more investment banks. The last two that had avoided being bought or collapsing outright converted themselves into deposit banks with more government regulation and oversight that mean the gargantuan returns of the last couple years are over and they're not going to be coming back anytime soon, if ever. Finance will revert to its pre-1980s role in the economy--that is, no more well-paying than a doctor or lawyer.</p>
<p>Wikipedia is your friend.</p>
<p>Also, you should probably reevaluate why you want to go to business school. If it was "major in finance, go work in an investment bank and get rich" then you need to reevaluate your plan. The investment bank as we knew it is dead--and that is not maudlin hyperbole, but a simple fact. There are no more investment banks. The last two that had avoided being bought or collapsing outright converted themselves into deposit banks with more government regulation and oversight that mean the gargantuan returns of the last couple years are over and they're not going to be coming back anytime soon, if ever. Finance will revert to its pre-1980s role in the economy--that is, no more well-paying than a doctor or lawyer.</p>
<p>Wikipedia is your friend.</p>
<p>Also, you should probably reevaluate why you want to go to business school. If it was "major in finance, go work in an investment bank and get rich" then you need to reevaluate your plan. The investment bank as we knew it is dead--and that is not maudlin hyperbole, but a simple fact. There are no more investment banks. The last two that had avoided being bought or collapsing outright converted themselves into deposit banks with more government regulation and oversight that mean the gargantuan returns of the last couple years are over and they're not going to be coming back anytime soon, if ever. Finance will revert to its pre-1980s role in the economy--that is, no more well-paying than a doctor or lawyer.</p>