Hello!
I am finally coming out of the trap of just being a lurker on here.
Background: I go to The University of Wisconsin-Madison where I am currently a sophomore with majors in computer science, economics, and applied math. I was originally computer science and economics but decided to add math because my advisor was previously a quant a strongly recommended it and with my other two majors it only requires a few more classes.
I'm really interested in going to graduate school for computational economics, and I'm curious if that will set me back compared to going to grad school for a pure computer science degree. I'm not sure if I want to attempt to pursue a PhD or stick with a masters. Anyone have any insight on computational economists going into the quant field? Should I do pure computer science? Is attemptig a PhD a good idea in this field? What undergraduate math classes would be the best to take for this sort of thing?
Thanks in advance! Any advice is much appreciated.
I am finally coming out of the trap of just being a lurker on here.
Background: I go to The University of Wisconsin-Madison where I am currently a sophomore with majors in computer science, economics, and applied math. I was originally computer science and economics but decided to add math because my advisor was previously a quant a strongly recommended it and with my other two majors it only requires a few more classes.
I'm really interested in going to graduate school for computational economics, and I'm curious if that will set me back compared to going to grad school for a pure computer science degree. I'm not sure if I want to attempt to pursue a PhD or stick with a masters. Anyone have any insight on computational economists going into the quant field? Should I do pure computer science? Is attemptig a PhD a good idea in this field? What undergraduate math classes would be the best to take for this sort of thing?
Thanks in advance! Any advice is much appreciated.
