Comments on: Is economics a good major to enter management consulting or private equity? http://www.rubabataineh.com/economics/is-economics-a-good-major-to-enter-management-consulting-or-private-equity Sun, 20 May 2012 19:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jalanrosh http://www.rubabataineh.com/economics/is-economics-a-good-major-to-enter-management-consulting-or-private-equity/comment-page-1#comment-7032 jalanrosh Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:04:59 +0000 http://www.rubabataineh.com/economics/is-economics-a-good-major-to-enter-management-consulting-or-private-equity#comment-7032 Economics is certainly a good choice but the top management consulting firms hire people from all types of majors. Ultimately they want people who have shown strong analytical skills. You can get this from economics, business, finance, bio-chem, engineering, etc... For private equity, most of the top firms prefer to hire people with experience. Investment and commercial banking are the best places to start if you want to move into private equity. The best majors for banking are similar to the above -- anything with strong analytics. And one last piece of advice -- major in something for which you have a passion. Not only will you enjoy it more but you will get better grades and improve your attractiveness to employers. (PS -- I was a philosophy major and was hired by a top-tier consulting firm out of college and now I'm a partner at a top private equity firm.)<br><b>References : </b><br> Economics is certainly a good choice but the top management consulting firms hire people from all types of majors. Ultimately they want people who have shown strong analytical skills. You can get this from economics, business, finance, bio-chem, engineering, etc…

For private equity, most of the top firms prefer to hire people with experience. Investment and commercial banking are the best places to start if you want to move into private equity. The best majors for banking are similar to the above — anything with strong analytics.

And one last piece of advice — major in something for which you have a passion. Not only will you enjoy it more but you will get better grades and improve your attractiveness to employers.

(PS — I was a philosophy major and was hired by a top-tier consulting firm out of college and now I’m a partner at a top private equity firm.)
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]]> By: Hubris252 http://www.rubabataineh.com/economics/is-economics-a-good-major-to-enter-management-consulting-or-private-equity/comment-page-1#comment-7031 Hubris252 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:59 +0000 http://www.rubabataineh.com/economics/is-economics-a-good-major-to-enter-management-consulting-or-private-equity#comment-7031 For consulting you might want to consider double majoring in business and economics, for private equity or venture capital you should consider a finance major.<br><b>References : </b><br> For consulting you might want to consider double majoring in business and economics, for private equity or venture capital you should consider a finance major.
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