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Old 07-06-2006, 06:26 AM
RunDownHouse RunDownHouse is offline
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Default Re: Help a college student with \'major\' choice

If I had to do it over, I would have chosen a major more oriented towards marketing/people skills over my econ major. I've found that that type of background gives you a lot of flexibility when it comes to choosing fields, as it seems like you can go into finance-type stuff, but you can also go marketing, advertising, management, etc, whereas if you're strictly econ or finance, you're limited to finance or accounting. From my experience, a degree in something more people- or management-oriented with a minor in econ or finance is both more flexible and more valued than a straight econ or finance.

For reference, I graduated from a top-20 undergrad in 2004 with an econ degree.
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