Undergraduate Business Schools

[Anonymous]

This thread is filled with smart but somewhat dated comments. Lots of chat about accounting/finance. These are courses within the required curricula for all good biz schools. It doesn't mean an undergrad plans on being an accountant, or a wolf on Wall Street.

Flash forward to 2021. Business and technology are no longer mutually exclusive. They are intertwined within every industry. Many colleges have invested heavily in their business schools and students within. Many have essentially built new business schools, alongside their stem schools.

DS Junior has a laser focused end goal. It incorporates undergrad business, CS, cyber intel, entrepreneurship. He'll manipulate all of this into a major, minor and certification for his undergrad degree. He's looking at schools with flexible curriculum and up to the minute biz/tech colleges. He has plenty of time to decide on masters later. But he will not major in liberal arts, economics or accounting. He'll gain those soft skills from required courses within the business/CS path. He currently has a well paid internship with a company that can be described as, We Work on steroids. His boss/owner is a brilliant mentor and has taught him well. In only 6 months, DS is managing a new, smaller satellite location that is 5 minutes from our home. It's such a beautiful space, modern tech and networking systems, beautiful artwork by members, cafe bar and kitchen, lounge and meeting space. It's like going to the club for small biz owners and entrepreneurs. I've lost my son to this! Business + tech is very sexy. It's not a slacker field. Business is no longer the easy path, despite what some may claim. I'm floored at what my kid is charged with and handling all while full time student .

The uncertainty for HS juniors is unsettling. My son said thank Gd for his internship. He'll have to apply to college possibly without taking SAT/ACT. The holistic application has become very real.

My long winded reply to you OP, is for your son to do tons of research on colleges with brick and mortar business schools that accept incoming freshman to their schools. Then make sure they incorporate a flexible major/minor/specialized certification. Once he understands the plethora of majors that fall under a biz degree, he should read about those combined major/minors. For example, does he want to start a business? Is he talented in a specific field? IWhat's he good at? Tech, science, pre med, stats, math? You mentioned sports in your post, find a college that offers a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Business (it exists). So much to explore!

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is filled with smart but somewhat dated comments. Lots of chat about accounting/finance. These are courses within the required curricula for all good biz schools. It doesn't mean an undergrad plans on being an accountant, or a wolf on Wall Street.

Flash forward to 2021. Business and technology are no longer mutually exclusive. They are intertwined within every industry. Many colleges have invested heavily in their business schools and students within. Many have essentially built new business schools, alongside their stem schools.

DS Junior has a laser focused end goal. It incorporates undergrad business, CS, cyber intel, entrepreneurship. He'll manipulate all of this into a major, minor and certification for his undergrad degree. He's looking at schools with flexible curriculum and up to the minute biz/tech colleges. He has plenty of time to decide on masters later. But he will not major in liberal arts, economics or accounting. He'll gain those soft skills from required courses within the business/CS path. He currently has a well paid internship with a company that can be described as, We Work on steroids. His boss/owner is a brilliant mentor and has taught him well. In only 6 months, DS is managing a new, smaller satellite location that is 5 minutes from our home. It's such a beautiful space, modern tech and networking systems, beautiful artwork by members, cafe bar and kitchen, lounge and meeting space. It's like going to the club for small biz owners and entrepreneurs. I've lost my son to this! Business + tech is very sexy. It's not a slacker field. Business is no longer the easy path, despite what some may claim. I'm floored at what my kid is charged with and handling all while full time student .

The uncertainty for HS juniors is unsettling. My son said thank Gd for his internship. He'll have to apply to college possibly without taking SAT/ACT. The holistic application has become very real.

My long winded reply to you OP, is for your son to do tons of research on colleges with brick and mortar business schools that raccept incoming freshman to their schools. Then make sure they incorporate a flexible major/minor/specialized certification. Once he understands the plethora of majors that fall under a biz degree, he should read about those combined major/minors. For example, does he want to start a business? Is he talented in a specific field? IWhat's he good at? Tech, science, pre med, stats, math? You mentioned sports in your post, find a college that offers a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Business (it exists). So much to explore!

Love this post. I'm the CPA who wrote earlier. Having a solid tech background with accounting is a winner. In fact, every business school student should know how to program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love this post. I'm the CPA who wrote earlier. Having a solid tech background with accounting is a winner. In fact, every business school student should know how to program.

What if your child has a humanities major and an accounting or finance minor with some math/CS thrown in? (I can lead a horse to water, but I can't make him drink... the stem major) Where, besides random internet forums, would be the best place for a student to get this type of guidance? I have my doubts about the campus career center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love this post. I'm the CPA who wrote earlier. Having a solid tech background with accounting is a winner. In fact, every business school student should know how to program.

What if your child has a humanities major and an accounting or finance minor with some math/CS thrown in? (I can lead a horse to water, but I can't make him drink... the stem major) Where, besides random internet forums, would be the best place for a student to get this type of guidance? I have my doubts about the campus career center.

Networking would be a good start. See on LinkedIn who is doing the type of work that interests him and find out moving forward if this combination of coursework is relevant. Or is there a better option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love this post. I'm the CPA who wrote earlier. Having a solid tech background with accounting is a winner. In fact, every business school student should know how to program.

What if your child has a humanities major and an accounting or finance minor with some math/CS thrown in? (I can lead a horse to water, but I can't make him drink... the stem major) Where, besides random internet forums, would be the best place for a student to get this type of guidance? I have my doubts about the campus career center.

Networking would be a good start. See on LinkedIn who is doing the type of work that interests him and find out moving forward if this combination of coursework is relevant. Or is there a better option?

Thanks. (Just frustrated that parent advice is apparently not very credible plus my communication of said advice is of poor quality.)

[Anonymous]

Here's a article on this question whether business is a good major: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/28/business-is-the-most-popular-college-major-but-that-doesnt-mean-its-a-good-choice/

[Anonymous]

My kid chose Olin at WashU. Great fit. Flexibility for second major or to have moved out of business school if not the right fit. Good combo programs with tech focus. excellent math program focusing on 5 different areas; not as cut throat as Wharton; less than 9 percent admission rate; has its own career center; great internship opportunities; nice campus and dorms. Looked at Emory and decided less flexible in terms of curriculum, not a great math department; USC was too big for DC as was Berkeley and Michigan. Olin and WashU ticked a lot of boxes.

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Olin is a,great bschool in a new building and STL is a laid back city