Is a business major for dumb kids?

[Anonymous]

Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

You can live in denial or try to better understand multiple opposing views.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

You can live in denial or try to better understand multiple opposing views.

It's not about views.
We go by data.
In 2024, if a school has Business program, it's more competitive and harder to get in. It produces better outcomes.
Thus students in the business programs are smarter on the average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The average business major is not a genius, but neither is the average psychology major.

Except for the very best undergraduate business programs - UPenn, Georgetown, Michigan, UVA - undergraduate business programs are intellectually weak. That is, they don’t really encourage critical thinking or develop writing and research skills. Instead, they mostly teach toolkit skills that can be applied to business.

The best programs also require two years of liberal arts and apply business teachings through rigorous case studies, sometimes ones sponsored by Fortune 500 firms. Those case studies challenge students to apply what they’ve learned in an unstructured environment - I.e., they must solve real-life problems. These kids go to high-end employers , like McKinsey, Goldman, and FANG.

However, even kids who go to great undergraduate business programs are less intellectual/more practical than peers who major in philosophy, for example. It’s not that such business majors are dumb, but they do want application, and oftentimes, a quick pathway to a lucrative career in high-end consulting or finance.

very insightful, thank you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

You can live in denial or try to better understand multiple opposing views.

It's not about views.
We go by data.
In 2024, if a school has Business program, it's more competitive and harder to get in. It produces better outcomes.
Thus students in the business programs are smarter on the average.

That isn’t what the data shows at all.

[Anonymous]

You can easily switch into philosophy major from business.

Not the case for the other way around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

You can live in denial or try to better understand multiple opposing views.

It's not about views.
We go by data.
In 2024, if a school has Business program, it's more competitive and harder to get in. It produces better outcomes.
Thus students in the business programs are smarter on the average.

That isn’t what the data shows at all.

It is. Anybody can any any view. who cares.
You need to have higher stats to get into business program directly.
Some programs don't even offer direct admissions, and you have to apply again in your first and 2nd year.
You need maintain high or near perfect GPA and all the other stuff.
It's just a fact and truth. It's got nothing to do with views.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

You can live in denial or try to better understand multiple opposing views.

It's not about views.
We go by data.
In 2024, if a school has Business program, it's more competitive and harder to get in. It produces better outcomes.
Thus students in the business programs are smarter on the average.

That isn’t what the data shows at all.

It is. Anybody can any any view. who cares.
You need to have higher stats to get into business program directly.
Some programs don't even offer direct admissions, and you have to apply again in your first and 2nd year.
You need maintain high or near perfect GPA and all the other stuff.
It's just a fact and truth. It's got nothing to do with views.

There are just a limited amount of undergraduate business programs in the country.

Most colleges don’t think it is worth offering undergraduate business degrees in the first place. If you want to be proud of that, go for it.

The overwhelming majority of top colleges do not offer undergrad business degrees. The few that do have limited spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The average business major is not a genius, but neither is the average psychology major.

Except for the very best undergraduate business programs - UPenn, Georgetown, Michigan, UVA - undergraduate business programs are intellectually weak. That is, they don’t really encourage critical thinking or develop writing and research skills. Instead, they mostly teach toolkit skills that can be applied to business.

The best programs also require two years of liberal arts and apply business teachings through rigorous case studies, sometimes ones sponsored by Fortune 500 firms. Those case studies challenge students to apply what they’ve learned in an unstructured environment - I.e., they must solve real-life problems. These kids go to high-end employers , like McKinsey, Goldman, and FANG.

However, even kids who go to great undergraduate business programs are less intellectual/more practical than peers who major in philosophy, for example. It’s not that such business majors are dumb, but they do want application, and oftentimes, a quick pathway to a lucrative career in high-end consulting or finance.

Why would I listen to advice from someone who uses “UPenn”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

You can live in denial or try to better understand multiple opposing views.

It's not about views.
We go by data.
In 2024, if a school has Business program, it's more competitive and harder to get in. It produces better outcomes.
Thus students in the business programs are smarter on the average.

That isn’t what the data shows at all.

It is. Anybody can any any view. who cares.
You need to have higher stats to get into business program directly.
Some programs don't even offer direct admissions, and you have to apply again in your first and 2nd year.
You need maintain high or near perfect GPA and all the other stuff.
It's just a fact and truth. It's got nothing to do with views.

There are just a limited amount of undergraduate business programs in the country.

Most colleges don’t think it is worth offering undergraduate business degrees in the first place. If you want to be proud of that, go for it.

The overwhelming majority of top colleges do not offer undergrad business degrees. The few that do have limited spots.

Half of T25 schools have it. Rice recently began undergrad business program. Brown started business track.
If schools have it, it's considered competitive prestigious programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

You can live in denial or try to better understand multiple opposing views.

It's not about views.
We go by data.
In 2024, if a school has Business program, it's more competitive and harder to get in. It produces better outcomes.
Thus students in the business programs are smarter on the average.

That isn’t what the data shows at all.

It is. Anybody can any any view. who cares.
You need to have higher stats to get into business program directly.
Some programs don't even offer direct admissions, and you have to apply again in your first and 2nd year.
You need maintain high or near perfect GPA and all the other stuff.
It's just a fact and truth. It's got nothing to do with views.

There are just a limited amount of undergraduate business programs in the country.

Most colleges don’t think it is worth offering undergraduate business degrees in the first place. If you want to be proud of that, go for it.

The overwhelming majority of top colleges do not offer undergrad business degrees. The few that do have limited spots.

Half of T25 schools have it. Rice recently began undergrad business program. Brown started business track.
If schools have it, it's considered competitive prestigious programs.

+1 even more LACs are offering it (while at the same time dropping some humanities majors).

Those other big name schools will eventually start offering it, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old timers still living in the 70s, please stop posting.

You can live in denial or try to better understand multiple opposing views.

It's not about views.
We go by data.
In 2024, if a school has Business program, it's more competitive and harder to get in. It produces better outcomes.
Thus students in the business programs are smarter on the average.

Your reasoning continues to be poor. Stop repeating this drivel over and over.

[Anonymous]

The goober who started this thread never took an undergraduate level accounting or finance course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The goober who started this thread never took an undergraduate level accounting or finance course.

+1 Obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a business major getting a PhD.

I went to a business school at a liberal arts college and majored in Econ. I had to take liberal arts core, business core, and econ major courses. I went on to get a Phd in Economics after having a job for a well regarded corporation for 3 years. In college, I liked thes blend of learning about business and liberal arts - but my passion was economics. Looking back on the mind of a 17yr old - I originally chose the business school because I thought I wanted to do something "international" and that's where international courses seemed to be. Then I took economics and found my passion - I did very well as an undergrad (top 1% of my class) and in a top graduate school. Business school isn't for dumb kids.