What is a finance major all about?

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<p>Just out of curiosity, what does a finance major learn? What are some of the career opportunities of a finance major (esp. if one attends a state school like U. Maryland)?</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>how time, money, and risk are related and how to maximize profit given these variables is what I’d generally assume its all about.</p>

<p>Finance is probably not worth much from a state school as far as I know unless you’re at Michigan, Berkeley, Virginia, UT-Austin. The real big names though are Wharton or any Ivy + Stanford/MIT/Duke/Northwestern/CalTech + Ross, Haas + McCombs if you want to stay in Texas. Outside of those, getting into the good finance jobs is very difficult.</p>

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<p>“good finance jobs” are subjective. it’s different for everyone.</p>

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<p>So then what are your definitions of “good” finance jobs?</p>

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<p>financial analyst.</p>

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<p>True that peoples’ definitions can vary, but if you want the most doors open (and usually the best doors), you really do need to go to one of the schools I mentioned. So many doors are virtually closed the minute you go to a less prestigious school, its crazy. Yeah, for your goals ATM, X State might work, but what if they change? You really want to leave all your options open for as long as possible, and by attending HYPS, you will.</p>

<p>Take a look at this article. It shows how even for MBA admissions, you might be screwed if you don’t go to a good school:</p>

<p><a href=“http://mbaapply.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-kinds-of-people-get-into-hbs.html[/url]”>http://mbaapply.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-kinds-of-people-get-into-hbs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah, cream is on to somehing here. But the bush that he’s beating around is that finance is a really easy major, so anyone can get a degree in it without an exceptional amount of effort. So for those prestigious jobs, you need a prestigious education (that pre-selects for IQ and class, effectively doing the dirty work for the employer cannot do, post Briggs v Duke Power), since even a 4.0 in finance doesn’t really say anything about your aptitude. That middle-class financial analyst position would also require experience, probably around 5 years? OP, you’re a smart guy, if you aren’t studying something that someone could palatably purport to have interest in - such as philosophy - pick something with built-in career prospects.</p>