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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] NP here.  We are currently doing college tours, and I was interested in the response of DH, a successful and pragmatic businessman with a background in management consulting.  To my surprise,he was totally turned off by the prestigious university where most of the undergrad tour guides introduced themselves as business majors. In his view, no one needs four years of business classes for an entry level business job. As he put it, if you don't spend your college years learning "why Beethoven matters," you likely will never know, and you and society as a whole will be poorer as a result.  He described a med school for which he consults where the Dean told him he wants students with liberal arts backgrounds because they are more complete individuals and connect with others well.  DH was most impressed with the SLAC we visited. According to their published lists of what recent grads have done, plenty have gotten jobs in the financial sector.  To be sure, most went for grad degrees eventually.  We will be happy if our DCs go that route, but admittedly it is very expensive and makes more sense if the SLAC is well regarded.[/quote]

I don't want to come across as being rude about your husband but he really is clueless as to what companies are looking for today when it comes to new hires out of college ...... and, for that matter, what medical schools are looking for when they consider applicants. I work as a department head  for a multi-national company - and hire college graduates - and although a liberal arts degree would not rule them out, we prefer those who have a major in a field that provides a foundation in business. I also have a son who completed medical school recently and the driving criteria for selection to medical school is the overall GPA as well as performance in certain courses as well as the MCAT score and recommendations.

And as for learning "why Beethoven matters", that will not come from going to college. It is an interest that is cultivated well before college and in the case of my children, one is acutely interested in classical music and the others have a minimal interest -and they all went to first rate schools.

Your husband may be a successful in business but the information your provided is outright misleading.[/quote]

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