Deciding a Major at McCombs

snickers2000
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:09:11 +0000

Hi,

So in looking over possible choices for a major at UT Austin McCombs, I’ve pretty much decided that I want to study finance. I’m most interested in Investment Banking/ a corporate finance job of some sort but I want to keep my options as open as possible after graduating. I do plan on pursuing an MBA in the future.
My question is, how can I maximize my four years at McCombs? I was looking at first year salary statistics and it appears that a combination of BHP + a BBA degree has the highest pay, with ERB (Engineering Route to Business)/ Finance tied at second. I haven’t heard much about ERB, but would it be appealing to recruiters?

The options I’m considering are as follow:

1. BHP + BBA (Finance BBA or ERB BBA)

2. ERB alone- Either a Finance & Accounting business block or a Quantitative Finance (more in depth finance) business block along with a Computer Engineering block (out of Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, and Operational Engineering)

3. Finance alone
OR
Apply to the Cockrell School of Engineering and do either Electrical/ Computer Engineering; however I am much more interested in the business side of things.

Which one of these seems like the best option? I haven’t been accepted to BHP so I will be reapplying as a freshman, but I have been accepted to McCombs.

Thanks!!