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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BS in Econ from a top liberal arts college will include accounting and is typically much more rigorous than a BS in Business Admin. The difference is in amount of calculus required. Econ majors at my DC's school go straight to Wall Street and major banks. Unless you're studying at Wharton, I recommend an Econ degree over one in Business Admin in almost every scenario.[/quote]

You are totally wrong.
If the school has undergrad business program, it's usually more difficult to get in and more valuable. [/quote]

I disagree. You clearly heave never studied admission stats for top SLACs vs business programs. You also clearly haven't looked at the curricula. Research is key BEFORE you speak.[/quote]

OP wasn’t asking about top SLACs. The question was about mid-tier” liberal arts programs compared to undergrad business programs.

I can tell you having worked at multiple places that do a large amount of on-campus recruiting, outside of the Ivy/Ivy-level schools that don’t have undergrad business programs, it’s a *significant* advantage to have majored in business. If anything, the advantage is getting downplayed.

Why? Because at most schools with undergrad business programs, the [b]on-campus recruiting is heavily (if not entirely) restricted to business majors.[/b] This means that an economics major or a liberal arts major cannot just make up the difference by taking a few business classes on the side. Way too many people have way outdated information based on what happened many years ago or random anecdotes. For most on-campus recruiting, the firms say, “We want to interview ABC majors with an X GPA or higher” and the liberal arts majors don’t even have a chance.

Once again, it’s different at an Ivy/Ivy-level school or a place like Amherst/Williams, but the vast majority of people aren’t attending those types of places.[/quote]

Agree with this. My DC is at a school where there are two career fairs... one for the gen pop... and one specifically for the Business School Undergrads (actually two - one in fall and one in spring). The Business School also has its own dedicated Career Center which the other undergrads cannot access.
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