<p>A few classmates of mine and I were pondering which of these three combinations would most likely lead to the highest paying job within a few years from graduating. What do you think??</p>
<p>Financial Engineering from Princeton</p>
<p>b.a. english+ b.s. econ honors + business certificate from Duke</p>
<p>african american studies honors + minor in cultural anthropology from Stanford</p>
<p>FE from Princeton. FE is a job that is designed for the sole purpose of getting a high salary right after college.</p>
<p>Although, assuming the African American Studies major is black, affirmative action will get him/her good job easily.</p>
<p>Getting him/her a good job in what field?</p>
<p>Something prestigous- ibanking, venture capital, CIA, congress, semi-high level management, or even just what would be best for grad school mba</p>
<p>thanks again for the comments</p>
<p>Oh no I was just trying to understand this comment</p>
<p>Although, assuming the African American Studies major is black, affirmative action will get him/her good job easily.</p>
<p>It seemed rather contrived and myself as someone who would consider pursuing African American studies was wondering what jobs are applicable to such a degree.</p>
<p>I think your title is off. The highest paying job is not necessarily the best job. </p>
<p>You could get a high-paying job with absolutely brutal hours (and some people do). Many people would find the "better" job the one who pays a little less but lets you work less than 70 hours a week.</p>
<p>All three schools will get the student in the door. After the first five minutes of the interview, the school (and probably the area of study) is irrelevant. The interviewer wants to see how you think and how you communicate and how you support your answers with specific examples that have relevance to the question and preferably to the industry (this is true for any industry, not just Wall Street). </p>
<p>Frankly, the biggest difference in the way that these schools might help you is 1) who from that school already works at the firm you are interviewing and is he/she helping grease the wheels for you? and 2) who else from your school is applying to that firm? If the job and the firm are really hot, the competition can get very tough and there are only so many positions available. The firms are not going to hire 10 from one school and none from the other two. Some strategize that they are most advantaged coming from a lower profile, but still very high quality, school as they will stand out most in the pool of students applying. The firms want to hire a breadth of students so this approach can work in your favor (if you are good-if you aren't, then the school doesn't matter). </p>
<p>The true best strategy is go where you will be happiest academically and socially. If you have a great undergraduate experience and the school can get you into position to interview, your enthusiasm about what you have done for four years is a very attractive thing (even if it is in an area completely unrelated to finance). Good luck.</p>
<p>Princeton FE - 1st
Pretty Quantitative major + finance</p>
<p>Duke Econ and English - 2nd
Coming from Duke Econ, has MC or Ibanking written all over it</p>
<p>Stanford Humanities - 3rd
The hill is harder to climb if you don't have any finance coursework and a very non-quant background</p>
<p>I'm also assuming that the Pton and Duke guys will do more Finance related ECs and stuff, which would correlate with their majors</p>