Monday, November 08, 2004

In the Dumps

So, I got back another midterm this week. I passed it, but just barely, and only because the prof marked it our of 90 instead of 100. This was in this actuarial mathematics class, and I can just see my grade tanking as I write this. I'm not stupid, or as much of a slacker as I can seem to be. Why can't I do well like I did back in first year? Where did I go wrong?

So, that aside, let me move to something almost as pressing:

Course Selection

So, given that I haven't been able to apply for any co-op jobs, I seem to be resovled to taking classes next semester. Unfortunately, many of them seem to conflict. Plus, I seem to be at a fork in the road in my university career. Do I take the fork that leads to a double major in business and economics, or do I stay the narrower course? I can't help but think of some business-related wisdom though. Conglomerates facing lower profitability may be best advised to focus on core competencies rather than buying more profitable subsudiaries. Does that apply to me and the way I take classes? If I focused on my core curriculum, could I do better?

The decision will have an impact on my future. If I want to pursue an MA in future, I need to choose economics. That may be too out of my core area though, which is finance. If I want to earn a CFA someday, I should ignore the economics and take more accounting classes. I'm not really relishing this choice. I don't really know what I want to do, so right now it's my intent to pursue a broad an education as possible, so as to keep my options open. Unfortunately, that means that I'm going to be stuck doing my undergrad for a while yet.