Why are DCUM parents less inclined to have their child major in business?
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Anonymous
THis is how you know it's good school, even. |
Anonymous
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It’s a class thing.
When a family has tons of money to cushion their kids, they can afford to look at college through a different lens than “immediate earning potential” or “major in something where you can walways find a job.” With tons of money to fall back on, college can be much more than a job-preparation process - it can be about curiosity and intellectual and personal growth. Luxury items for those with fewer resources …. If kids from wealthy families want to go business, it’ll be at a higher level, and they won’t have to fight as hard to get there. Parents’ connections will help with internships and job leads. And they’ll go back in a few years to get an MBA. Preferably from Stanford or Harvard. So why waste undergrad on a low-level business major? It’s completely unnecessary and signals thirst. Among these circles, a “business” major is low-level and tacky. There’s a reason it’s not even an option at many T-10 schools …. |
Anonymous
+1 The world of HF/VC/PE does not include undergrad business majors from mid-tier colleges. |
Anonymous
You’ve definitely done one well for yourself, and that sure sounds great. But for many DCUM families, “six figures” is a starting salary on the road to seven figures. Plus equity. And passive investment income. You’re playing two completely different games. |
Anonymous
True, neither of my kids schools have a business major, but also, it’s not an area of study that interests them. The latter point drives the show. |
Anonymous
I guess Penn, MIT, Cornell, Michigan, Cal, USC, Notre Dame, WashU, Emory are all bad schools? Interesting. Must be why Brown added some business programs too in recent years. |
Anonymous
It’s 2025. Wake up. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
I think it's interesting seeing middle aged people really stuck in their own college experience and opinions, despite having college kids now. The landscape today is different in every way, in terms of college choices and options, college costs, major choices...Kids are worried about employment, col, skills, in ways our generation did not have to be. This is true for all but very wealthy people or those who already are planning on grad school. Others want to be practical, and have to be. |
Anonymous
Yeah I would say this sums this place up pretty well. |
Anonymous
| Business majors may get ok jobs out of school but have foregone the opportunity to develop the analytical thinking skills that other, more critically focused, courses foster--which leads to worse career options down the road. Non-business majors (in English, Philosophy, Anthropology--just about anything) are favored for higher level business jobs for just this reason. |
Anonymous
NP. No, but many Fortune 500s do. The world of business is much broader than a corner of the financial industry. |
Anonymous
Can't business majors also take these types of courses or have a minor in something else? |
Anonymous
By which employers? Maybe a few but there are few spots. |
Anonymous
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I found my business degree from UD to be worthwhile. Most of my classmates were from the top public and private high schools in the Philly area. I don’t think the parents thought their kids were getting a worthless degree and I would not call my fellow students lower class.
I found the Accounting and Finance classes to be particularly valuable. |