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Them going into banking shows it is still a valuable degree,.

• spacebanana7 2y ago
  It’s not that these degrees are totally without value. Most banks and consultancies accept any quantitative degree as long as it’s from a prestigious university. But if you know you’re going into banking anyway you might as well do something vaguely relevant like accounting, economics or statistics.
• spratzt 2y ago
  It’s slightly more nuanced than that. Investment banks and consultancy companies are really interested in graduates who are smart and articulate. The nature of their degree is not that relevant. I know an extremely clever young woman who graduated in performance arts. She had no difficulty in getting a job at a top tier consultancy company. This company was far more interested in her than some mediocre plodder who hacked his way through a comp. Sci degree.