<p>My daughter is a math major. When she was a freshman, everyone asked her if was going to be a teacher (a woman, math major…what else could she do). Her career aspiration since high school was to work at an IB. The advice she was given by many of our friends was to major in math (with few finance courses).</p>
<p>I was going to be a physics major many years ago. I found I really had no aptitude for it after 2 years. I switched my major to math and econ. It was a very easy switch because I had to take a lot of math courses for physics. When I graduated I got a job as an actuary, hated it. I then went into finance, never even bothered with a graduate degree.</p>
<p>With a math degree, you could go into finance, CS, accounting, consulting, actuarial…I would also advise you to take few econ, finance courses in AEM or Hotel. Just take enough courses within your major to satisfy the requirement, and take as many electives as possible while you are at Cornell (art, psychology, history)</p>