Advice for sophomore?

ucbalumnus
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:24:31 +0000

If you want to go into finance, stay on the math track (precalculus and calculus). Business and economics majors typically require at least a year of calculus, and finance and economics can get heavily mathematical, needing math courses beyond calculus.

You should really consider the minimum level of math in high school for a college bound student to be the level at which you will be ready to take calculus as a college freshman. You do not want to be paying college tuition to take remedial math courses that you could have taken in high school. If calculus is available to you, it is a good idea to take it after completing precalculus.

Statistics is useful, but should be taken in addition to the math sequence, instead of replacing the more advanced math courses.