<p>I am now considering to major in economics but is this a good idea for someone who wants to work in a consulting group?? I plan to also take Mathematics, Finance, Computer Science, Psychology, Business, History.. What should I take?</p>
<p>p.s. I am going to business school after college to get the MBA.</p>
<p>Undergraduate econ is the most represented major at consulting firms. In terms of school, the better the school the better the recruiting (go for school, not major - ie Williams is a great consulting feeder even though the the econ dept in unranked since its a LAC).</p>
<p>So you mean I should look into top schools..?</p>
<p>Consulting recruiting is at most top schools (ie Ivy League, Stanford, Duke, Northwester, Top Lacs like Williams Amherst and Swarth)</p>
<p>You can major in anything and go into consulting, but you should have decent math/econ knowledge, I'll check back with more info after looking into it</p>
<p>Its amazing how much emphasis there is on where you went to school. The best firms literally only hire the top school grads. An econ major from HYPS, Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, Columbia, Penn, Williams, Amherst is far better off than business majors anywhere outside the top 2-3 business schools - and are evenly matched with those. Vault.com published recruitment schedules. You'll see the schools I mentioned above on practically every list, and even a place like Rice or Northwestern get only 60% of the firms those schools above do.</p>
<p>I don't know much about consulting but my cousin is a consultant and has his degree in Comp Sci.</p>
<p>wat slipper is saying does have some truth to it. What he fails to see is that Dartmouth and Brown aren't on many of the lists. I have checked these lists out. UPenn makes all of them, just b/c of Wharton. It is not coincidence that Penn makes them. The companies aren't hunting primarily for CAS kids, they are going for Wharton kids.</p>
<p>Slipper, i can assure u that cornell and uchicago make as many lists as dartmouth does. UMichigan makes many of the lists as well. Idk how helpful this information is.</p>
<p>^^
I predict slipper is gonna pwn you when he sees this</p>
<p>slipper, what about economics @ uchicago?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lazard.com/careers/FA-NA-UG.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.lazard.com/careers/FA-NA-UG.html</a></p>
<p>Lazard is one of the most notable investment banking firms in the country.</p>
<p>Look at the list. I don't see Brown or Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Lazard is still small, I think</p>
<p>The big Ibanking are Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Lehrman Brothers, Blackstone, Citigroup, Credit Suisse...these are large companies that recruit lots of people from a select group of schools usually</p>
<p>Of course, the question is consulting, and big companies in that field are Bain, Boston Consulting, McKinsey, Booz Hamilton, Mercer...the schools Slipper has named are consistently recruiting lists for atleast Bain and McKinsey, couldn't find others</p>
<p>However, you can still apply for jobs places even if you don't go to a school that they recruit at lol</p>
<p>^ I strongly doubt MIT and Chicago aren't among that 'select group of schools'.</p>
<p>PhD in Theoretical Physics works really well. I am not joking, but speaking from experience.</p>