Accounting/Finance Double Major

Ae1231
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:03:35 +0000
Business Majors

My plan for a while has been to puruse a Finance major with a Leadership Minor. But I was recently messing around with the degree planner thing on my college’s website and put in an accounting and finance double major. I noticed that at my college, it is only a 5 class difference between the two majors. I’m thinking about either dropping my leadership minor and doing this double major instead (able to graduate in 3 years still) or taking 3.5 years to do both majors and the minor. Either option is affordable. For additional context, the 3 or 3.5 year is possible because I will be bringing in tons of AP/CLEP/DSST for gen eds, all of which my college take and I would be only taking max 16 credits per sem to get my degree done in this time.

I was thinking the double major might be good because I know Finance majors are one of the few where undergrad prestige matters. I am going to a top 30 “new ivy,” but it is not yet at least a major feeder for things like IB. From what I understand, Accounting is way less prestige oriented and might make it possible for me more easily build my skills and work my way up in the finance world. It’s like good job security in case Finance does not work out right away. Also, there is a chance I pursue law school after undergrad, so the double major might make me look more competitive for that possibly.

But anyway, i’d love your opinion on this. Should I stick with my original plan (finance major+leadership minor), do finance+accounting double major, or something else? Please let me know if you have questions or I can clarify anything. Thank you so much!

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