I’m studying calculus right now because it’s a pre-requisite for the finance program I’d like to attend. I’m doing well with it, but I’m curious as to just how important knowing calculus is when studying finance.

Would it be better to study, say, chemical engineering?
Plus I here there will be a lot of competition for jobs in the financial sector because so many people are studying business/finance.

March 24 (Bloomberg) — Michael Taiano, an analyst with Sandler O’Neill, talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about the impact of legislation overhauling student lending on companies like SLM Corp., known as Sallie Mae, banks and nonprofit lenders. Under the plan attached to the health-care bill and passed by the House of Representatives, a billion federal program that subsidizes private student loans would end and the loans would be made directly by the government. The House amendments now go to the Senate. (Source: Bloomberg)

I just started college and i’m studying accounting, economics, mathematics and business studies. Is these the right subjects or should i study sociology instead of business studies. I need to know what subjects top universities ask for when a person wants to study finance accounting.