(CFA) Undergrad Finance vs accounting vs econ vs stats

adidasccr12
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:47:15 +0000

Hey everyone,
Currently, I am an undergrad student at Ohio University - Athens. I was previously in electrical engineering, but decided against that recently and am looking for some advice on what to major in. I love math and science is a close second. Eventually, I want to land a job in the finance industry and hopefully get my CFA. I have heard from people that just finance or accounting is good enough for the CFA, and from others ive heard that you should major in econ/math/stats in order to gain the analytical skills you dont learn in finance/accounting. What I am not sure about is whether I can even handle the math in stats or math… which one is easier of the two? Which, of all of these majors, is the best to prepare me for CFA / a career in finance?

Thanks for any advice!
Alex