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Date: November 23rd, 2008 7:51 PM Author: floppy pervert patrolman College Freshman trying to decide majors. I've got enough hours coming in to double major/dual degree without taking another year.
What are some job prospects for the following combinations of majors:
Philosophy/Linguistics Philosophy/Finance Linguistics/Finance Econ/Finance Econ/International Affairs International Affairs/ Finance Marketing/Advertising Romance Languages/Finance |
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Date: November 25th, 2008 10:23 AM Author: haunting diverse nibblets Do engineering (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10422168) |
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Date: November 25th, 2008 8:49 PM Author: floppy pervert patrolman I'm at what some of you would call a TTT, I call UGA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10424414) |
Date: November 23rd, 2008 7:53 PM Author: Cordovan stubborn lodge intern all you can. give it away if you have to . (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10414940) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2008 8:14 PM Author: Sepia Address Mexican Romance Languages/Finance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10415039) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2008 8:33 PM Author: Saffron native milk the reality is that really, nobody cares about your major so do the combo you love. get a solid internship or two to prove that you're capable of working in the real world. by solid, you should at least be an excel monkey, but not a copy/coffee monkey. like bothered said, beg if you need to. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10415139) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2008 8:38 PM Author: Puce aggressive degenerate yup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10415164) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2008 11:21 PM Author: Bateful Electric Furnace Nowag how about mandarin + finance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10416179) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 1:08 AM Author: Misunderstood bull headed codepig study something that's interesting and/or easy you moron (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10416661) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 2:13 AM Author: Burgundy orchestra pit travel guidebook totally depends what school you are in. If you're in a good school, GPA trumps all. Do something that either inevitably leads to easy ass GPA (like asian studies) or something you would actually enjoy doing work for. |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 2:14 AM Author: Burgundy orchestra pit travel guidebook of course if you're in a TTT, you should just major in giving head in 5 minutes or less in the passenger seat of a hyundai (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10416828) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 7:15 AM Author: Thirsty 180 brunch corn cake I got magna *cum* laude! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10416977) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 10:16 AM Author: Lascivious wild national anemonic mnemonic is right BUT taking a few econ/finance/accounting/math classes never hurt anyone and can keep open some doors that would otherwise close.
as usual people on these threads severely understate the importance of the school. if you're at harvard, major in whatever, since you'll have good options. if you're at directional state univ. i would take more "vocational" classes and double major in something else that i'm more passionate about. |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 12:33 PM Author: Thirsty 180 brunch corn cake The second part is especially true. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10417597) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 4:03 PM Author: Cordovan stubborn lodge econ should be taken by everybody (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10418514) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 4:13 PM Author: Lascivious wild national TITCR
probability/stats too |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 4:23 PM Author: Cordovan stubborn lodge for me, econometrics was the big one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10418621) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 4:26 PM Author: Lascivious wild national same, and math dep't probability (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10418630) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 4:42 PM Author: Cordovan stubborn lodge my favorite class was IO taught by a ABD dude who didn't speak much english, but he spoke math so well even clowns could get it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10418688) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 4:43 PM Author: Lascivious wild national IO was my favorite econ class, by far. good memories http://wps.aw.com/aw_carltonper_modernio_4/
and the prof was a native english speaker, to boot |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 4:59 PM Author: Cordovan stubborn lodge Subject: omg a/s/l (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10418757) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 8:59 PM Author: Thirsty 180 brunch corn cake Hmm, any work I've seen in that statistics or econometrics would really make a difference in getting a job has required at least a Master's degree in one of the subjects--I mean quantitative jobs. An understanding of statistics is crucial for a lot of jobs, surely. I have four semesters of statistcs/econometrics but I still don't feel qualified for any jobs that require heavy statistical analysis. Probably due to my aversion of the subject.
For flyfisher, I could understand why it mattered for entry-level economic consulting. But I always thought econometrician/statistician jobs in finance required a minimum of a Master's qualification. Did your undergraduate training in regression analysis really stand out? I'm asking seriously because if that's the case I have been underselling myself--as long as they don't expect me to figure out plims and all that boring crap.
Edit: Furthermore, would they expect you to do anything more than plug data into a statistical software package and interpret the results? Seems easy enough if that's the case. The jobs I have interviewed for that care about statistics only want to know if I can use Stata, SPSS, etc., and interpret the results. They haven't cared about my knowledge of the theory or my math skills. |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 9:34 PM Author: Lascivious wild national having some background in econometrics is a near-requirement for economic consulting, and i haven't used it at all since i've been there. i think it's more of a weeding out mechanism. and it does come up (or at least the way of thinking comes up) so it makes sense that they think it's important. i think having some background in it can help immensely, even though for most jobs you won't use it regularly.
the emphasis would be in sas, stata, etc. but you still need to interpret/think about the results. |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 9:58 PM Author: Thirsty 180 brunch corn cake Yeah, I figured it was at least a weeding-out mechanism for consulting in particular. I would assume any technical econometric/statistic work is going to be left up to the people with graduate degrees that had an emphasis on the subject. The interpretation is the most important part.
Funnily enough I am looking at some non-economic consulting jobs that want me to have the knowledge of statistics despite my dislike of the subject (nothing beyond reyond classical regression so far). Most of them focus on SPSS, which luckily I learned as part of my Master's. I know Stata and EViews from econometrics, of course. Could one get by with those packages or is SAS a universal requirement? Most jobs I have seen ask for SAS specifically, but I never used the package in any course. I've even used LISREL, but never SAS. |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 10:05 PM Author: Saffron native milk god i hated eviews (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10420146) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 10:07 PM Author: Thirsty 180 brunch corn cake It is the most cumbersome one I've dealt with. Stata and SPSS are the easiest. LISREL is pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it, but I don't think one would ever have a need for it outside of academic research. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10420167) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 10:12 PM Author: Saffron native milk eviews is the reason i dropped out of my econometrics class. stata is pretty nice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10420199) |
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Date: November 24th, 2008 10:21 PM Author: Thirsty 180 brunch corn cake I've yet to come across a econometrics text that doesn't confuse what--in my mind--should be a relatively straightforward subject. Of course the mathematics of it is important, but I think the application should be stressed more at the undergraduate level. I took a statistics course for my Master's that basically covered the same stuff as econometrics (mulitple regression, etc.), but I felt it was much more straightforward than my econometrics course because the application was stressed over the mathematics. The mathematics was covered, of course, but I feel like I actually learned the logic better than in econometrics. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10420274) |
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Date: November 25th, 2008 10:18 AM Author: Lascivious wild national my place is very heavy on SAS. i think as long as you know (or are willing to learn) one of them you should be fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10422156) |
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Date: November 25th, 2008 11:04 AM Author: Thirsty 180 brunch corn cake Sweet. I have access to SAS, R, and a few others. I might start experimenting with them just to add them to my resume. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10422275) |
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Date: November 25th, 2008 11:04 PM Author: stimulating dun state dysfunction if you're young i say medicine is a great choice. neurology for one. most patients that see neurologists either dont have any serious problems(like migraines or some bullshit) or they have something incurable like myeloma. so neurologists basically do nothing. it's like family medicine, except instead of diabetes+cardio+blabla the patients usually have a very specific condition and very few options to choose from. not the highest paid job. but you can make $200k while spending most of your day watching porn or something. and of course it is considered one of the most intellectual specialties because all the things that they treat are incurable. and women neurologists are often at least 6/10. that may not be impressive to u, but not many drs are above average.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=890034&forum_id=1#10424985) |