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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly have no idea what business grads do anyway. Apart from accounting, it is all foreign to me. Maybe your DD feels the same? [/quote]

Strategy Consulting
Investment Mgmt/hedge funds
Corp Dev leadership programs
Marketing research
Brand management
Investment banking
Management consulting
Private equity
Start a company
Supply Chain operations
Direct sales in tech, med devices
Restructuring failed companies
Product development

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Thanks, still all Spanish to me. Which I don't speak. I am not saying these are not legitimate jobs, not at all. I am just incredibly challenged to understand any of it. Give me literature and history, philosophy and I get it. I was in a similar position as OP's DD, but in HS. In my country regular grammar school after 2 years takes either math/science emphasis or language/philosophy emphasis. I could get an A in any subject, math and biology if I worked hard. I just hated it so much. My mom and dad tried everything to convince me that I am wasting my life, I enrolled in science program first... after couple of weeks, I was just screaming inside. Even school physiologist told my mom I am stupid for wanting to change because there is no money in social studies...I switched and have never been happier since. But, yes, money wise, not a smart choice, yet I could never continue on math or similar path. I am happy and have never earned a ton of money, so there is that. OP is right, and her DD might feel like me, just hating every minute of her life studying something she hates. Just maybe have an honest conversation with your DD, op, see if she feels like I felt. BTW, I have a DS, in college, also hoping to be in business school, but not because he loves it, but because there is money in it. I hope he doesn't regret it.[/quote]

The thing with "business" is that it's so general that you can find a lot of different paths in it but it will depend on the exposure you get through teachers, classes, projects, internships.

I was the top math student in my school and got a lot of pressure to go into engineering but by the end of HS I hated math (was in differential equations).  Wasn't sure what I wanted to do so I majored in business because it was "practical".  Fortunately, once I took statistics I discovered I LIKED this kind of math and that combined with finding my consumer behavior classes really interesting led to a career in marketing research.  But, if I had to do it over again -- knowing now what career was a good fit for me -- I think I'd have preferred to do a double major in psychology and statistics and save the other business classes for an MBA.  [/quote]

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