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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After readings this thread, feel kid may have not made the best decision going to USC Marshall...[/quote]

Because some probably Gen-X or older Ivy humanities majors made some vague allusions to their insider knowledge?  The world is changing all around us.  The WASP noblesse oblige tradition is pretty dead.  Tomorrow's Ivy grads are going to be an even smaller share of top graduates and they are selected in totally different ways from 30 years ago.  The situation may be totally scrambled from what once was.

Just make sure your business major kid is intellectually curious and authentically socially polished (not just case interview prepped).  Social polish was the original point of a gentleman's liberal arts education.  Apologies if you have a DD.  If so, the person on here who comments that successful businesswomen play team sports and join sororities may have a nugget of insight for you.  Women of equal brains still need more EQ to rise.

The problem with "pre-professionalism" is that it's a bit over-goal-focused and simplistic.  Being intellectually curious overcomes that. And is also available to business majors.  Quantitative rigor should also be sought out.  I am encouraging my poli sci major to remember this, and his coursework reflects it.

The big flaw in BBA work is that it's somewhat redundant with an MBA curriculum.  So if you want an MBA someday, there's some wasteful overlap that isn't present with other Master's degrees.
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