Hey guys, sorry for posting this everywhere... time sensitive!
So to give some quick background: I'm a sophomore non-target in the undergrad b-school CURRENTLY double majoring in finance and econ (with a minor in stats). I interned last summer in IB with a boutique shop, I interned in the winter at a L/S equity HF in an ER-type role, and I'll be doing a shadow type internship at an MM in NY in their consumer retail coverage group this upcoming summer post sophomore year. My question is do I stick with my current majors in finance and economics OR do I keep finance and take on statistics as a second major?
My long term goal would IDEALLY be to work in HF, obviously short term goals being to go somewhere in IB/ER and even S&T (which all have some level of opps to go to HF). Considering I'm from a non target and need to stand out as much as possible, stats seems appealing as well as the idea that it'll give me a quantitative edge in S&T type spots. Another pro is that the HF field is becoming far more "quant-natured" and while I'm not looking to be a full on quant/algo developer, people I've connected with across the HF industry have said there's substance to a more quant based degree.
That being said, the cons are: 1) Statistics major is harder than Economics, may take a toll on my GPA and 2) It may lead IB/ER guys to question why I studied statistics to which I probably won't have a great answer
Obviously, an easy solution would be to either target solely S&T jobs or IB/ER jobs BUT I'm trying to keep my search and networking efforts as broad as possible and I'm very interested in all 3. Considering there's only one or two BB's that do recruit at my school (for a VERY limited amount of IB spots) and how HF jobs out of undergrad are incredibly hard to come by (esp. from non-target), I figured a broad approach to getting to the long-term goal would make more sense.
I'd love any insight! Thanks!
