Woody Woo or Econ?

<p>the robertsons are ****ed b/c WWS graduates (undergrad and grad school) are overwhelmingly not going into government service. this is primarily because the government does not have good pay. however, it is not the grad program at WWS that is churning out investment bankers. it is the undergraduate program, however it is not limited to WWS. every department at princeton churns out bankers (esp econ and orfe). the robertson’s gripe is that instead of working for the govt WWS undergrads are doing what the rest of their undergraduate peers are doing and working for banks, consulting firms etc. also, another thing to keep in mind is that the WWS attracts a lot of people who are “banking” types. it is not that WWS makes you a better candidate to investment banks, but rather that the people who want to work at the banks are attracted to WWS (and ECO and ORFE). there are a lot of WWS people who do finance certificates. a ton of ECO majors and every orfe gets a Finance certificate. and there are tons of finance certificates from other majors as well [which is why this upcoming year there is a cap and admissions requirements for the finance certificate]. and there are also tons of WWS majors who hate math/finance and WWS stats is their hardest course in the department.</p>