Which schools have Mathematical Finance Majors

sac
Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:12:55 +0000

Monydad – I find your advice very interesting and informative. What’s your nephew’s major and what year is he in, may I ask?

My kid called yesterday to say a hedge fund manager told him to get back in touch after he’d taken a course in accounting. This is opposite the advice we’ve been giving him, which is similar to yours – not to specialize yet. Especially since he really doesn’t know what he wants to do. (He’s only a sophomore, but at the moment is planning to declare a math-econ major and probably also complete a concentration in physics.)

Often, as fields get better established, they start requiring credentials that they didn’t early on, when people come in from all sorts of different backgrounds. Do you think that’s what’s happening in finance?

dstark —By the way, perhaps coincidentally, UCSB has one of the top physics departments in the country.

1Down2toGo – Thanks for that link. I think it reinforces the idea that these kids have time, as long as they pick up the quantitative skills. Your son is obviously outstanding. Good luck with the 2toGo.