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Debating Switching from Pre-Med to Quant Finance

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I am a sophomore at a top 25 US university. I am pre-med right now but am doubting going into medicine. I have at 3.89 gpa (and 1550 sat score, 800 math if that is important).
I am debating going towards a quant finance route and need advice of what to learn. I have no coding experience as well.

What is the best major for Quant Finance? (I could do math if I learn calc 3 over summer, try to get into the business school, or do quant finance which is mixed major focusing on physics with some business school classes)

What is the best coding language to learn?

Would it be possible to get into any Quant internships this summer for undergraduates with my gpa/sat score despite no experience?
 
Traditionally, STEM degrees are the main major feeding quant programs.
You are clearly smart enough to make the transition.
Take the programming courses we have here. The C++ course is the #1 course taken by thousands of MFE applicants and have proven to be extremely useful.
Then take the usual prerequisite courses that most top quant programs require.
Planning to get into a top MFE program ideally takes 2 years so you have time.
Hang around, read the books from our master reading books list and you should be on the right path.
 
I also made the transition from pre-med to quant finance. Sadly, I was in my senior year of college before I made the transition, but was able to remediate missing prereqs through post-bacc coursework. As for the switch, someone once told me that if you have any doubts at all and are not 100% medicine is all I want to do with my life, you shouldn’t do it. I studied chemistry in undergrad, so I had most of the math I needed. Math, stats, CS, or the quant finance major (if you generally like physics) all sound like good paths, but make sure to look at the prerequisites for programs you are interested in and plan accordingly.
 
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