Majoring in Business

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Anonymous wrote:If you can get hired for same consulting companies with an undergrad courses you want to study then there is little reason for you to waste your four years meeting list of required courses for a business degree.

Every major has a list of required courses.

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You don’t have to be a super genius to be successful in business. To be honest, decision making, leadership, networking and being driven are usually not something geniuses feel comfortable with.

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The kids majoring in STEM (particularly life sciences) and social sciences like Econ tended to be repulsed by anything business-y at my school.

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Anonymous wrote:If you can get hired for same consulting companies with an undergrad courses you want to study then there is little reason for you to waste your four years meeting list of required courses for a business degree.

Every major has a list of required courses.

If you aren’t on a specific track, it’s much easier to customize your course selection, more so if you don’t care to make it double/triple major, just add courses which you find intriguing or complimentary to your major. Hiring managers and recruiters get to see your resume and transcript.

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Kids at Ross are prejoratively known as “rossholes.”

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This is easier to do at colleges offering more flexibility towards course and major selection and changes as you grow into your undergrad program and know your interest better. Just because at 17 you thought business sounds cool, doesn’t mean you feel that way at 20, you may find another focus.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to be a super genius to be successful in business. To be honest, decision making, leadership, networking and being driven are usually not something geniuses feel comfortable with.

More you know, more analytical and less materialistic you become.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to be a super genius to be successful in business. To be honest, decision making, leadership, networking and being driven are usually not something geniuses feel comfortable with.

You sound crazy.

I know lawyers who went to bottom tier law schools, because that is the only schools that would accept them.

Is that one that I would hire? Of course not.

There are crappy lawyers, there are crappy (any professional title here).

Not sure what your point is, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to be a super genius to be successful in business. To be honest, decision making, leadership, networking and being driven are usually not something geniuses feel comfortable with.

You sound crazy.

I know lawyers who went to bottom tier law schools, because that is the only schools that would accept them.

Is that one that I would hire? Of course not.

There are crappy lawyers, there are crappy (any professional title here).

Not sure what your point is, OP.

Not OP but you don’t have to be a genius to have moderate success in business or law. Obviously, worthless degrees from crappy colleges obviously is an extreme.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids at Ross are prejoratively known as “rossholes.”

Well, pp said intelligent students don't go into business. There are many intelligent Aholes.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to be a super genius to be successful in business. To be honest, decision making, leadership, networking and being driven are usually not something geniuses feel comfortable with.

You sound crazy.

I know lawyers who went to bottom tier law schools, because that is the only schools that would accept them.

Is that one that I would hire? Of course not.

There are crappy lawyers, there are crappy (any professional title here).

Not sure what your point is, OP.

Not OP but you don’t have to be a genius to have moderate success in business or law. Obviously, worthless degrees from crappy colleges obviously is an extreme.

DP but of course you don't have to be the smartest to get ahead. I'm not sure what the PP is implying. We've all seen someone get ahead who wasn't the brightest but rather had the right connections or knew how to play the game. Sometimes the smartest person had a bad attitude or just pissed off the wrong people and the lack of people skills eventually holds them back.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools. The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree. I’m sorry, but it is.

I agree with this. I’m a public school teacher and my smartest kids go on to major in core subjects like, math, biochem, Econ or history. Or they might do premed or engineering or CS. The kids obsessed with making money talk about business school. But they are generally not the super smart kids. I personally encourage kids to stay on a more traditional track but then apply to management consulting companies to move into finance. Or major in Econ or CS and then apply for banking or tech internships. It definitely is a very different career environment from 25 years ago

Please, teachers, stop giving kids bad, unsolicited advice about college, including bad financial advice regarding debt. You are not corporate professionals. Thanks.

I’m one of the teachers here and my husband is a partner at one of the big management consulting companies. I said it is one option to consider not the only one.

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Anonymous wrote:Math, Econ, stats, com sci combos at top schools are out of most people’s ability level. It’s more realistic for an average student to get a good GPA as business major from a state school and have a straightforward path to getting employed.

This is a good point. Business majors at your average business school are very doable

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Anonymous wrote:The kids majoring in STEM (particularly life sciences) and social sciences like Econ tended to be repulsed by anything business-y at my school.

Depends on the school. Cornell looks down at the Hotelies. But kids at Mendoza (ND) or Marshall (USC) are known for their smarts and these schools are respected for their high standards, low acceptance rates.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools. The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree. I’m sorry, but it is.

I agree with this. I’m a public school teacher and my smartest kids go on to major in core subjects like, math, biochem, Econ or history. Or they might do premed or engineering or CS. The kids obsessed with making money talk about business school. But they are generally not the super smart kids. I personally encourage kids to stay on a more traditional track but then apply to management consulting companies to move into finance. Or major in Econ or CS and then apply for banking or tech internships. It definitely is a very different career environment from 25 years ago

Please, teachers, stop giving kids bad, unsolicited advice about college, including bad financial advice regarding debt. You are not corporate professionals. Thanks.

I’m one of the teachers here and my husband is a partner at one of the big management consulting companies. I said it is one option to consider not the only one.

What did your husband major in?