<p>I’m entering college in the fall and am considering a route into financial analysis or advising, or even market analysis. I am in the business school of my university and have currently declared a Finance major. Would this be best supplemented by an English major (communication/writing skills) or an Economics major (quantitative skills)?</p>
<p>At the same time, I am planning to get my MBA sometime in the future, and have heard iffy things about taking this route after attaining an undergrad business degree. So should I drop the pre-professionalism of a business degree altogether and take the liberal arts route, doing Economics + English?</p>
<p>I really don’t think an English degree would be best suited for the career paths you mentioned. You may want to consider econ/math or econ/finance. You can also just go with either econ or finance. GLOBALTRAVELER might be here any second now to tell you that a double major is worthless. While I don’t fully agree, I think that it is not worth it for a job in advising or as an analyst.</p>
<p>Do you have any idea if you want to work in corporate finance as an analyst or at a bank? That’s pretty important too. If all you ever plan to do is be an analyst, you won’t need an MBA. An MSF would probably be more appropriate if you really want to pursue further education.</p>
<p>If you can provide more specific information on what you want to do, it may be easier for me to help you.</p>
<p>Just my uniformed opinion about majors - A double major can be useful in some cases. However, in this case, there’s really no need to add a major in econ if you’re already adding a major in business. If you’re really worried about your quantitative skills, take a couple of math-heavy econ classes. Some for English. If you’re really interested and love English though, there’s nothing wrong with doubling with English just for self-enrichment.</p>