Which degree is better for Quant

Hi, I’m an aspiring quant and I’m seeking opinions from people on this matter. I’ve applied to both Bsc Finance and maths, Bsc mathematics both at the university of Glasgow. Which of these 2 degrees would be favoured when applying for a masters at Oxford for maths and computational finance? This is assuming I get the 1st class of course. Many people have advised me to take the pure math optional due to finance being easier to self teach but on the other hand many people have told me doing finance and maths makes it higher chance of getting into the MSc program at Oxford.
Opinions would be very much appreciated, thanks

I'm going to assume you haven't got any offers from Glasgow yet (I've jeard Scottish unis are a bit slow), so it's best to wait for a reply and decide from there. You could get offers from both courses, one (some unis don't give offers from two courses) or unfortunately neither.
In the time being, you can look into the maths and finance modules, that may help you decide which course you're leaning more towards. Discover uni tends to have some very useful stats on what students think about their course, employment rates, which industries grads go into and salaries after graduation etc; there can be issue with accuracy and bias this data and your experience may be completely different to what students say but it's worth a look, it may help you decide.
It's good that you're ambitious and interested in Oxford, but I would recommend that you don't pick a degree based on whether you think it will be easier to get into Oxford postgraduate, especially as the both courses have a mathematical basis.
Advice can usually be a bit conflicting so unless the people advising you work in Oxford admissions, have stats on people doing that MSc and the undergraduate degrees they did, directly lifted information from the website or they received info on which degree is best directly from contact with oxford admissions, take it with a pinch of salt because it most likely based on opinion.
All in all, I wish you the best and good luck.

Hi, I really appreciate your response. I’ve resorted to messaging people in the quant industry alongside some of the Oxford alumni using linked in regarding this matter and have come to the conclusion the Bsc pure math at Glasgow is the better option. Just got to pray I get accepted for the course 😂

It's good you've done your research, hopefully you get in. Also by the way, did you apply with an entirely maths personal statement?

It's good you've done your research, hopefully you get in. Also by the way, did you apply with an entirely maths personal statement?

Also, if you didn’t know UCAS historical data says 9 in 10 applicants get an offer so your chances are very high if that is still the same for 2025 entry

I suspect it would be less about the degree title and more your performance and demonstrating suitable knowledge & passion for the subjects.
I have a friend who has a role I financial quantitative research, he did a masters & PhD in nuclear engineering both at Imperial followed by a postdoc also at Imperial. For actually getting a job as a quant I would suggest whatever gives you more exposure to developing your own computational models of various methodological approaches and a strong understanding of computational analysis.

Hi, thank you so much for getting back to me. Would you recommend a PHD in maths from Glasgow uni offer a masters from Oxford?

Hi, thank you so much for getting back to me. Would you recommend a PHD in maths from Glasgow uni offer a masters from Oxford?