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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools.  The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors.  Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM.  The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree.  I’m sorry, but it is.[/quote]

I agree with this. I’m a public school teacher and my smartest kids go on to major in core subjects like, math, biochem, Econ or history. Or they might do premed or engineering or CS. The kids obsessed with making money talk about business school. But they are generally not the super smart kids. I personally encourage kids to stay on a more traditional track but then apply to management consulting companies to move into finance. Or major in Econ or CS and then apply for banking or tech internships. It definitely is a very different career environment from 25 years ago  [/quote]

Please, teachers, stop giving kids bad, unsolicited advice about college, including bad financial advice regarding debt. You are not corporate professionals. Thanks. [/quote]

I’m one of the teachers here and my husband is a partner at one of the big management consulting companies. I said it is one option to consider not the only one. [/quote]

What did your husband major in?[/quote]

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