u/Adventurous-Bird8265

Getting into quant finance with insufficient math/programming background

For context, I'm from Singapore, 19 years old, starting university in 3 months or so. Heading to Nanyang Technological University to study business, with probably a double major in finance and business analytics.

Just right now, I'm starting to do courses like cs50 (completing it soon, find it super easy), and have participated in physics and math olympiads, but didn't make the international team.

My main question would be if my choice of major will completely lock me out from quant research/trader jobs completely? I don't really want to do math/cs or some combination of math cs and physics, but i could look into cs + business analytics double degree.

Just wondering if its even possible to get past the preliminary interview rounds at quant firms, especially with my choice of major? Or should I give up/switch majors entirely? Or perhaps do more math intensive mods in my finance and biz analytics majors?

I am willing to work super hard, and genuinely love maths, though my parents forced me to do finance and some flavour of business. I also know that everyone in quant has both hardwork, passion, and some form of a god given talent, and that my hardwork is nowhere near enough.

Thank you in advance.

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u/Adventurous-Bird8265 — 7 days ago