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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would smart and ambitious student major in business? What even is that? It seems like a vocational degree or something you'd get an MBA for. Why not study economics? Math and concentrate on Finance. Communications. Math and Statistics. Psychology.

Only two Ivy schools offer this as a course of study for undergrads. Stanford does not, which I think says a lot. When I look at the courses these major take it just seems like a bunch of generic stuff and some fluff like marketing, other than one or two econ courses. Do companies really feel these graduates are prepared to contribute to their bottom line?[/quote]

In parent times, getting a bachelor’s degree in business was seen as a little down market, even though many great kids went that route.

Now, the humanities are what’s in the doghouse, and the business school undergrads tend to have better stats than the arts and sciences students. [/quote]

Um, no, not at my school.[/quote]

I think was really thinking of my alma mater, Wash. U., when I wrote that. Niche.com shows that Wash. U. business school students have really high stats.

But I think one important point is that this kind of thing goes in waves, and that it’s important that students study what interests them. If a lot of students go through the motions of learning about business because they think that’s where the money is, but they don’t really care about business, those students will probably be weak employees, and employers will tilt toward preferring other kinds of degrees.

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