A couple questions about studying business as an undergraduate

[Anonymous]

Prestige may be more important for certain segments of business, like IB and consulting, than for others, such as accounting or perhaps business analytics-related majors, which seem to go by a variety of names at different universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you attend a top undergraduate business program, there should be no need for an MBA.

The MBA is to advance your career if it isn't going well and needs help, or if you have never studied business before.

An MBA is not to advance your career if it not going well. It is required for any c-Suite CFO type job and most other C-Suite jobs. Also needed to advance at most investment banks and to serior level at Big accounting firms.

Not true. Know many in C-Suite positions without anything more than a BA/BS.

[Anonymous]

I dont think the school matters as much as the student matters.

I have a business degree and I interviewed at Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch type places and most business degree people getting the big jobs straight out of undergrad were six foot two to six foot four inch ex lacrosse and frat bros who were good looking, dressed well and a lot of fun. A lot from Catholic Colleges and most had parents who were pretty rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dont think the school matters as much as the student matters.

I have a business degree and I interviewed at Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch type places and most business degree people getting the big jobs straight out of undergrad were six foot two to six foot four inch ex lacrosse and frat bros who were good looking, dressed well and a lot of fun. A lot from Catholic Colleges and most had parents who were pretty rich.

This. Most of the young tech sales bros seem to be ex college athletes.

[Anonymous]

I view an MBA as a marker of a stagnant career. They were stuck going nowhere so they had to get an MBA.

[Anonymous]

We are similar - I am liberal arts to the core and am not crazy about the idea of undergrad biz, but trying to get with the times. Anyway, last year my DS was very keen on Georgetown, CMU Tepper, Emory, Michigan Ross, Cornell Dyson and Indiana Kelley as a safety. And then at the last minute he pivoted and did ED at Chicago, which made me happy, because potential closing of their obscure language departments notwithstanding, it's about as much of a pure liberal arts education as it gets.

[Anonymous]

This is all interesting. I don't think my kid wants to do accounting or finance - his dream job is actually working in a big school's athletics department or CEO of the special olympics. I think he's more into management/leadership but it seems like that's a business school thing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wharton’s undergrad degree is a BS in Econ.

+ the top business undergrad programs offer similar whereas a BBA is worthless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all interesting. I don't think my kid wants to do accounting or finance - his dream job is actually working in a big school's athletics department or CEO of the special olympics. I think he's more into management/leadership but it seems like that's a business school thing...

He needs econ or business. CEOs become so with operations, finance, consulting, econ, etc backgrounds.
If he's into sports management, but doesn't want to major in it, He can intern or work at his school's facilities. A few schools I didn't see mentioned in that midsize bucket - Lehigh, Bucknell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wharton’s undergrad degree is a BS in Econ.

+ the top business undergrad programs offer similar whereas a BBA is worthless.

Many top programs offer a BBA. It’s symantics. Out of the top 10 programs, six offer a BBA, but there really isn’t much difference vs a BSE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wharton’s undergrad degree is a BS in Econ.

+ the top business undergrad programs offer similar whereas a BBA is worthless.

Many top programs offer a BBA. It’s symantics. Out of the top 10 programs, six offer a BBA, but there really isn’t much difference vs a BSE.

+1. This is not the way to judge the value of the degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wharton’s undergrad degree is a BS in Econ.

+ the top business undergrad programs offer similar whereas a BBA is worthless.

I think what you mean are kids that major in Business Administration vs top BBA programs where you still have to concentrate in finance or computational finance or another similar area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I view an MBA as a marker of a stagnant career. They were stuck going nowhere so they had to get an MBA.

Dumb take.

It's an advanced degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I view an MBA as a marker of a stagnant career. They were stuck going nowhere so they had to get an MBA.

Dumb take.

It's an advanced degree.

There is absolutely nothing advanced about an MBA. It is more or less on par with an undergrad business major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I view an MBA as a marker of a stagnant career. They were stuck going nowhere so they had to get an MBA.

Dumb take.

It's an advanced degree.

There is absolutely nothing advanced about an MBA. It is more or less on par with an undergrad business major.

“More or less” doing an incredible amount of work in that sentence.

Nearly half of Fortune 1000 executives have an MBA, if it’s a degree for people with “stagnant careers going nowhere” I would say it does a hell of a good job.