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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I take it that he is entering his freshman year.  He should start thinking he will minor in MATH.  Econ majors should take new MATH every year, maybe even every semester.

The more quantitative he can be the better and it is really hard to finish the econ required math, not take any math for a year or two and then get back up to speed again for a minor OR to be quantitative in grad school.

Even if he ends up not being the most quantitative type of economist, having that background is part of learning how to think and that separates the first from the second ranks.

[b]As others have said, CS is also useful but CS is more about learning how to do and picking that up if you are thinking right is a smaller issue.[/b][/quote]

This. I actually would skip the CS minor unless the student is genuinely interested in it (then go for it). To make it as a quant analyst, you need to know specific coding languages but you can pick those up pretty easy on your own, by taking a course or two at a local college, or even doing one of those boot camp things. I'd do the double econ/math major with a statistics minor with the idea that you will probably do a master's degree in statistics eventually.[/quote]

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