Finance

Finance at NYU specifically has opened a lot of doors to high finance roles such as investment banking which I am most interested in, consulting, management roles, etc. There are dozen's of resources here on campus including PDCE, student clubs, etc that help you find community and learn from upperclassmen and professionals in the space. What’s made the coursework less enjoyable is the pressure from the Stern Curve to be in the top 35% of a class which can lead to a toxic environment for some.

The coursework and content itself is easy, however, with recruiting timelines for high finance roles pushed up so early, a lot of stress can build up. Recruitment builds up a lot of tension and students also start to compare themselves with others and feel behind. However, while this is indeed a stressful experience, having the right mentors and people by your side is very helpful.

Truly exceptional professors with decades of experience, passion for what they teach, and a desire to help their students wherever possible. It can get easy to get swept up in the recruiting timelines and disproportionate focus on investment banking and consulting, but you'll also make some lifelong friends and really talented people, maybe even your cofounder.

I hope to do investment banking post-grad and being a finance major at NYU Stern has helped me a lot with recruiting through the classes, clubs, networking, etc.

There’s a lot of work you can do in finance for people who have more soft or technical skills. The pay is usually pretty good and even if you don’t have a high enough salary starting off there is a lot of fast career progression within the industry. I do wish I’d known how important networking and getting a head start was

I hope to go into data driven investing. NYU offers data driven classes, finance math classes, statistics classes.

After studying, I hope to work in consulting at mbb. My major has helped me develop the skills needed on the job such as financial knowledge, market knowledge, financial modeling, etc.

I am going into Venture Capital. Although finance is a bit removed from early stage investing, it still provides you a useful mental model to evaluate businesses.

Investment banking appeals to me. The coursework is just not interesting. It feels like coursework is just a chore and the real objective is to land the solid internship.

I am hoping to work in direct lending. This major helped me explore different parts of finance and figure out what I wanted to do.

i have mixed feelings about my time at stern. was able to get a good banking job but honestly barely worth the stress

I am hoping to get into investment banking and something that truly is accurate is meet as many people as you possibly can and form meaningful connections because with those people that you can lean on when you need anything in the future

I enjoy venture capital a lot, but the quantitative work relates a lot more closely to traditional finance. The qualitative readings do help with this though.

I am pursuing a career in investment banking, and studying finance helped me prepare for my full time job.

Stern curriculum for social impact business imbedded with finance core classes make it arguably more enjoyable.

I really enjoy learning about the mechanics of how different financial instruments work as well as how markets move. There is a lot of interesting work in the world of investing which is what I hope to pursue afterwards.

I am going into investment banking. My finance background positions me very well to understand the technical aspects of the role.

I liked that its a mix between quantitative and qualitative aspects and I can see it in play in the real world every day.

Difficult but rewarding major. Lots of time goes into extracurricular activities.

You don’t get to fully explore and understand yourself (passions and hobbies) first and recruiting feels forced.