Which is the best? (a career in finance)

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<p>as title:
what to do during your college year, realistic and good for long term.
1) A broad education--politics, a foreign language, history, literature, musics, acting, law, computer science, math, econ, psychology, philosophy, alittle finance, etc. This is recommended by many senior executives in Ibanks. But think about it, can you stand out in the interviews? It's good to be all-rounded. But, the recruiters may not find you among thousands of applicants....</p>

<p>2) A tech track--be technical, computer science, statistics, alot of research. Algorithm trading is used more and more. Also a tech person can always train himself to be a business type, but it's hard to do this part after you graduate from school.
But...here's a tough question--you don't want to do tech on wall street, but they are going to put you there as you are good at it.... a narrow road.</p>

<p>3) A finance track--business school courses, corporate finance, accounting, portfolio management, derivatives, fixed income, economics, you do the MBA in your undergrat. It'll be nice during your interview. But isn't it waste of time since you'll learn them during your career anyway? Four year college can't be just for a job/interview....</p>

<p>4) A non-finance major--well, be a bio major or a chem major, maybe econ mnior, this way, you won't get the tough interview questions as the ppl do 3), but still you can land a good job as an analyst covering some sectors. Not to mention it may be much easier to get good grades from certain "easy" majors. also broader choice after graduation. Maybe a CEO of a firm in your field after some years on wall street.</p>

<p>5) be an enterpreneur--money, business experience, leadership, it's good.but do i learn anything here? or what aobut failures. SV respect trial and fail, but if you fail everything during college year, who on wall street gonna respect you? well, most business started during college years are really jokes....</p>

<p>6)how about just slack off and let's drink/social. think about how many frat bros can help their ppl get into wall street. That's called good communication skills. </p>

<p>which path do you go? which way do you think is the best if you've been through several years of work?
lots of thing is about luck, but luck is about choice.</p>

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<p>I seriously hope this is a joke.</p>

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<p>Actually he's pretty much summed up the choices you have.</p>

<p>From my experiences, banks don't really care what your major is. Anyone can learn finance on the job.</p>

<p>Do something you're good at and you like. If you're good at English, do English, get close to a 4.0, do some finance reading on the side so you'll surprise the interviewer with your "demonstrated interest."</p>

<p>You don't have to do finance. In fact, it's a good idea to do something else, so you'll have options besides finance if you end up hating the field, getting fired, etc.</p>