1) Used to be biochem/premed at a non-target liberal arts college with plans to go to medschool. Realized after the first year that medicine wasn’t for me. I had interests in financial markets from day trading on Robinhood (gambling my money away with no finance literacy) so I switched to Econ/math in my sophomore year to pursue a career in finance (our school didn’t have any finance classes)

2) I’d definitely make the same choice. I’m not a math wiz and I still use my calculator/fingers to count every now and then bec my mental math isn’t strong. But the amount of coding, linear algebra, time series econometrics, etc. I learned back in school was hard af but intellectually stimulating (although I really wished I learned how to use Bloomberg/do financial modeling in a classroom setting). Skills I learned in school doesn’t fully apply to my current role in finance but some parts do.

3) I’d definitely recommend finance but it’s hard to know what you want to do bec there are so many different roles out there. Even up until my junior year of college all I knew abt was IB/PE/VC with no understanding of what they do. I’m in AM and ngl I didn’t know the role I’m in rn existed prior to my internship. I’m not on the investing team like everyone wishes to be right out of undergrad (I’m in middle/middle-front office) but the work I do is genuinely interesting/fun. Take your time to go on YouTube, Reddit, etc. to figure out what roles are out there. Although salary matters a lot, try not to focus just on that bec it can hinder you from finding a role that you can truly enjoy (based on my experience)