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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent, this mindset is a huge turn off.  Look how many kids never had an interest in it, and are just following the Pied Piper.  My friend's DD who just started at Columbia is staying up all night filling out finance club applications.  She had zero interest before.  My main concern is where are the kids who think independently and are not afraid to go against the tide?  Who have a strong set of ethics and intellectual curiosity?  This trend does not bode well, in addition to all the other messed up things going on right now.  [/quote]

My kid is at Dartmouth and everyone there is also filling out finance club apps. Our kid called last night and asked us "should I be doing this?" We said no!

The pressure is high at these schools.  it feels like 90% of the kids are pursuing economics/finance.  [/quote]

At Dartmouth? They don’t even have a business degree.LOL Cornell and Wharton is where the Ivy business kids go. [/quote]

Intelligent banks don't just hire undergrad business majors. They hire smart kids and train them themselves. I actually often preferred to stay away from the undergrad business majors. This mentality that you must major in "business" undergrad to work on Wall Street is completely incorrect.[/quote]

This. Top banks hire Econ or math majors all the time. Wharton UG degree fwiw is a Bachelors of science in economics. not an undergrad "business" degree. Most UG "business" degrees ie BBA and similar are not well respected by the top places[/quote]

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