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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not a major for academically smart kids.[/quote]

True, outside of the top undergrad business programs (Wharton, Mit, Cornell, and about 5 others) it is not where smart kids land. Look at the smartest kids from the top private high schools and top publics: Engineering, other stem, Liberal Arts (typically prelaw or prePhD goals, for the smartest).[/quote]

Again not true at all.
If a university has a business program, it's usually higher demand and more competitive to get in. 
Students are smarter on the average.[/quote]

A student at IU Kelley may be smarter than the average IU student, but those students in IU Kelley are NOT on average the same level of smarts as students from the top rigor/most academic group of top private and top public high schools. Those kids do Stem, Engineering, Liberal Arts at top schools, and if they want business they go to the big names, Wharton et al. 
OP asked why DCum looks down on it—that is why. And it is consistent with what the PP teacher said regarding their high school, and what the vast majority of UMC parents see in their circles. [/quote]

Most of DCUM actually takes a big dump on history, English, etc humanities majors at any school…if you are generally polling overall DCUM sentiment.[/quote]
There's currently a post asking how people feel about english majors, and people are overwhelmingly positive. DCUM is pretty receptive to liberal arts majors, tolerates STEM/Engineering, and takes a dump on pre-professional programs.[/quote]

Sorry…DCUM cares about top schools and takes a huge shit on liberal arts majors….except if you procure such major from a top 20 school.  Which of course says more about the prestige whoring aspect of DCUM in general which is its most common characteristic.

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These people would think majoring in pottery making or some other naval gazing major at an ivy is better than majoring in business at a T50.[/quote]

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