1, continue to study statistics.
There are some masters in mathematical statistics and some masters in applied statistics. The cost of changing majors is the lowest and the employment is not bad. For example, if you want to engage in the financial industry, in fact, people who make quantitative investments now will recruit many people with statistical backgrounds, and the requirements for whether the master's degree is financial are not high. You can take CFA, CPA or take some courses in financial statistics to understand. The master of mathematical statistics can also go to a pharmaceutical factory or some quantitative consulting companies.
2. Transfer to some interdisciplinary subjects of statistics and finance, such as financial engineering, quantitative economics and econometrics.
In fact, there are not many statistics used in financial engineering, and mathematics is mainly based on probability theory and stochastic process. However, in view of the development of domestic derivatives market, in fact, this kind of financial engineering course will also involve a lot of quantitative analysis content, and a lot of work in the future will also be related to statistics. For example, quantitative stock selection and statistical arbitrage.
3. Turn to the disciplines of behavioral science such as marketing and psychology.
Marketing, especially the study of consumer behavior combined with psychology and behavior, uses a large number of statistical models, and this field has developed rapidly in recent years. Personally, I think this major will be very interesting
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Matters needing attention in interdisciplinary examination and research
1, some majors explicitly require that they cannot cross the exam.
You should not be too willful when taking the cross-major exam, and you should not choose the cross-major casually, because since it is a cross-major exam, you should first choose some majors with lower thresholds. Secondly, some majors have clear requirements and do not accept students who cross the exam.
The major that does not accept the cross-examination is mainly because these majors are very professional. If they don't lay a good foundation for undergraduate study, they will not be competent for postgraduate study. For example, medical majors will explicitly require students not to accept cross-examination.
2. Some majors can cross the exam, but they need a foundation.
Some majors, although there is no clear requirement that students who do not accept cross-examination are not allowed, but because of the particularity and professionalism of the major, you must have a certain foundation to complete the postgraduate entrance examination. For this major, if you have not studied in the undergraduate stage, even if you pass the exam through your own efforts, you may have a hard time learning, and graduate students may be anxious about whether they can graduate in three years.
3. Some majors need to be tested.
If you have paid attention to the graduate enrollment brochures of various universities, you will find that there is a term called "equivalent academic ability" and another term called "additional examination".
Therefore, graduate students with the same academic ability generally need to take extra exams if they want to cross the exam. This is not discrimination, but the school wants to ensure that after you are admitted, you can successfully complete your graduate studies and graduate. Undergraduate courses generally don't need extra exams, but graduate students may ask you to choose some professional basic courses to make up for the courses you owe before.