That's good. Some people got jobs. Albeit two of them are TAMU Counselors. Others are sales reps, talent recruiters, tour guides, admissions counselors, and financial planners. If those jobs have the level of quantitative skill you are looking for, then that's great. Based on this list, I now have a better understanding of what you believe constitutes quantitative abilities.

I also missed that you want a masters in finance or an MBA. If that's the case, why not just go with finance instead?

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I don't mean to be rude, but a lot of those jobs listed aren't exactly stellar positions.

AXA is listed and AXA is a scam. A flat out scam. They got my friend right after he graduated and it was awful. He quit not too soon after he started, he said it wasn't on the up and up.

I don't remember what all he said, this was years ago, but never work for AXA was his message.

As for the GPA thing...no one has ever asked for mine except law school. I can see them asking for a transcript to prove you've graduated, but that should only come after an offer has been made.

AXA is shady. I read about their antics a while ago. You act like a financial advisor, but you're really pushing their insurance. They send you to training that you pay for out of pocket. They rent you a laptop and software that you pay a few hundred per month for. Most people average the equivalent of minimum wage after all the cuts and fees.


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Keep in mind that those are entry level positions that went to grads with no experience. Some of the Market analyst positions, like Concho, stand out and the banker positions. Most of those jobs pay 50-60k. Not bad in my opinion for 22 years old. Thanks for the heads up about AXA!

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Keep in mind that those are entry level positions that went to grads with no experience. Some of the Market analyst positions, like Concho, stand out and the banker positions. Most of those jobs pay 50-60k. Not bad in my opinion for 22 years old. Thanks for the heads up about AXA!

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Yeah not all fields are like engineering. In fact, most fields are not like engineering. Most require additional education and/or experience before you get to the "prime" positions and salaries. The bonus with some of those fields though is that over time, they have a greater potential increase in salary/position than do engineers.

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Most universities have economics in the business school but at A&M it's in liberal arts.

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Economics is a social science, so at most elite universities (Ivies, Stanford, Cal, tu, A&M, etc) you'll find the department in either liberal arts or social sciences.

Business majors (finance, accounting, marketing, management, etc) are practical/applied in nature so they are a different animal.

You should only become an Econ major if you're really interested in Economics. To answer your question, I think the A&M Econ degree has served me fine but 95% of your career path outside of your first job will be your job performance, networking, and ability to learn office politics/play the game.

While the benefits of a liberal arts degree might not be apparent at the age of 20 (they weren't to me either), I quickly found that the art of persuasion, logic, argumentation, writing, etc. are very useful in the real world.

Last thought: You seem to be interested in analytical/finance roles. I'd recommend looking at math or physics. If you really want to do well in the quant side of finance or banking these majors would do you a world of good. They will open doors by themselves that an econ degree can't, and they'd transition nicely into an MFin degree down the road.