His mental model is to do a non-business degree at an undergrad level and do an MBA later.
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I found this post interesting. I see no value spending the difference. Save it for the MBA.
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Seeing this late, but agree with @Mwfan1921 that quant is unlikely from both.
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Thanks. Would moving to CS + Econ at UIUC improve the odds? (Assuming that it’ll happen)
CS at UIUC makes a quant software engineering position more likely, but not a quant trading position. But the odds still remain low because it’s such a small industry.
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This is my DS’s experience. He is a CS major in Grainger and will intern at a quant firm as a software engineering this summer. His friend in another science major is interested in trading at quant firms, but was unable land an internship. However, he is interning at a hedge firm this summer. UIUC has a quant club. I was told the club membership is 50/50 software engineering and trading types.
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Thanks everyone for you inputs. The kid is going to UIUC.
He also has a direct admit to Kelly with some scholarship, but prefers to defer business education to grad school.
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How did he make his decision (what points mattered to him)?
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He considered feedback from multiple avenues, including this forum. I also got him inputs from folks in his target industry.
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