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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Business majors may get ok jobs out of school but have foregone the opportunity to develop the analytical thinking skills that other, more critically focused, courses foster--which leads to worse career options down the road. Non-business majors (in English, Philosophy, Anthropology--just about anything) are favored for higher level business jobs for just this reason.[/quote]

That's only true with the following constraints, which I've added in all caps:

"Non-business majors FROM THE VERY TOP SCHOOLS (in English, Philosophy, Anthropology--just about anything) are favored for higher level business jobs AT THE TOP FIRMS IN CONSULTING AND MAYBE A FEW RELATED FIELDS for just this reason."

Not at a tippy top school? You're better in business. Can't get the tippy top grades required for McKinsey? You're better off in business.[/quote]

Not really.
At the top schools without business majors, majors like econ, applied math, CS are preferred by the top companies.

Econ is basically the substitute.[/quote]

MBB consulting firms like to keep a few e.g. History majors around for their soft skills and writing ability. But you have to be the absolute top. Otherwise you're better off with something more marketable.[/quote]

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