Is business right for me? (finance/accounting)

dyre00
Sun, 20 Apr 2014 04:45:45 +0000

@pink997: lol, I’m a little amazed that my description sold finance for you (it wasn’t that flattering), but you’re welcome!

In terms of applying directly or having the ability to take classes in other schools, I think it depends on your school. At my (public) school I applied directly and started freshman year as a member of the business school, but I was allowed to double major into the Arts and Sciences school (I’m a Finance/History double major). I did a little college research for my younger brother a few months back and I got the impression that many schools allow people in specialized schools (business, engineering, film, etc) to double major into Arts and Sciences, though usually not vice versa.

edit: almost forgot to say; my older post described the actual finance work, which is reasonably interesting on good days. The classes themselves are pretty boring though. Other than the introductory classes, the courses seem to be split between applied math (portfolio construction, asset pricing, futures and options, etc) and conceptual knowledge (regulatory stuff, ethics, business strategy, global markets, etc). IMO none of that stuff is particularly fun, but given that you were excited about my description about financial modelling and research, maybe you’ll feel differently :P