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<p>I'm currently a student at Upenn. I have been reconsidering my study path and was wondering if you guys could help me out. </p>

<p>Some overall info: I come from an LDC, and I'll probably live and work their for most of my life ( aside from a year or two, which I want to work in the US). I think I'll eventually go to grad school (most likely for an MBA or a masters in financial engineering)</p>

<p>Path 1: major in econ and math ( both in college of arts and science) and take random finance courses in wharton
Path 2:major in econ in CAS and dual degree with Wharton ( concentration:finance). This is somewhat hypothetical though, because I still need to apply for the dual degree thing. The cutoff avg GPA is 3.7, right now I have a 3.78, so I'll try to keep it up this semester and hopefully I'll have a real chance of getting the dual degree thing.</p>

<p>Which path do you think is better? I'm worried that econ and wharton would be somewhat redundant ( but I'm not sure though, because I feel econ is more theoretical and wharton could be a good complement). On the other hand, doing math as a second major is more for personal fulfillment, because in my country a math major is basically employed solely in the teaching industry (which I have no interest of entering), whereas an econ major wih a dual wharton degree would be very marketable.</p>

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<p>come on, 35 views and not a single answer.....I seriously need help, if it wasn't important to me I would post it.</p>

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<p>I'd like to suggest a different path from the two you already mentioned - do a dual degree in Wharton (double concentrate in Finance and Statistics) and CAS (major in math). </p>

<p>With the Wharton experience you should have no problem getting into MBA programs. However, for the MFE you would need a solid math and statistics/probability background, which is why I'd go for the math major and the stats concentration. The stats electives especially look like good preparation for MFE (stochastics, financial time series, forecasting, math of finance). </p>

<p>If it's too much, I would say drop the math and go into Wharton completely, but if you're doing it for personal fulfilment it should be quite painless, no? Besides, if you ever end up in economics grad school, undergrad math will be a better preparation than undergrad econ.</p>

<p>(Disclaimer: I'm not even in college yet, lol. But I have agonized and read a lot about this because I can't decide between Financial Engineering or Econ-Math-Stat at Columbia. Doing the latter would necessitate a transfer, not unlike your own situation.)</p>

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<p>any more thoughts anyone?</p>