Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 13:47     Subject: Re:Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Anonymous wrote:At many colleges, there is a second admission process for undergrads who want to major in business, so the business major is seen as "hard" by the standards of the undergrad population at that school.


The McIntire School of Commerce at UVA is very prestigious and difficult to get into.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 13:09     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Anonymous wrote:I don't really understand the value of an undergrad business degree unless you are planning to take over a family-owned business (only person I know who benefited from such a degree).


Well, Accounting for one. Also, marketing, human resources etc.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 13:06     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Anonymous wrote:Business isn't quite as tough as engineering, chemistry or physics, but it's tougher than a liberal arts degree which is what the slackers and hippies major in.


Um, basic sciences such as chemistry and physics are liberal arts majors. I think you mean humanities and social sciences...and I would say it just really depends on the program and the person. But, having degrees in the humanities, engineering, and the physical sciences, I would say that the humanities are the easiest to coast through in if that's what you want to do.

I don't really understand the value of an undergrad business degree unless you are planning to take over a family-owned business (only person I know who benefited from such a degree). MBAs are only worth it if you go to a top school and are able to leverage it for networking purposes, from what I've seen anyway.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 13:01     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Business isn't quite as tough as engineering, chemistry or physics, but it's tougher than a liberal arts degree which is what the slackers and hippies major in.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 13:00     Subject: Re:Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
At many colleges, there is a second admission process for undergrads who want to major in business, so the business major is seen as "hard" by the standards of the undergrad population at that school.

MBA students have already won admission to their grad program, usually from rigorous colleges at which they performed well. For those students, the MBA program seems "easy."
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:59     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Anonymous wrote:Undergrad is always harder than a masters, regardless of the field. Undergrad is at least 4 years of full-time coursework, including weed-out classes. A masters is only one year of full-time coursework. Also, I'm not in business but the people I know with an MBA rarely benefit from it.[/quote
My masters degree was 3 years full time
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:57     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Every science major I knew who couldn't handle it switched to business.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:55     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Anonymous wrote:Business undergrad is known for its rigor? Snort.


It's because the people discussing this are comparing it to communication major.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:52     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Undergrad is always harder than a masters, regardless of the field. Undergrad is at least 4 years of full-time coursework, including weed-out classes. A masters is only one year of full-time coursework. Also, I'm not in business but the people I know with an MBA rarely benefit from it.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:48     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Business undergrad is known for its rigor? Snort.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:46     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
They are both easy.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:44     Subject: Re:Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Anonymous wrote:I don't think most people believe that undergrad business degree is difficult.


+1

Sorry, but I think almost everyone thinks undergrad in business is very easy.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:42     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
Anonymous wrote:I'm told that undergrad business majors require a lot of tough math but an MBA is basically 2 years of social networking.

Why do people bother with undergrad business at all, given that the MBAs get paid more?


tough math? Not really
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:38     Subject: Re:Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
I don't think most people believe that undergrad business degree is difficult.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2016 12:35     Subject: Why is undergrad business considered "hard" but MBAs considered "easy"?
I'm told that undergrad business majors require a lot of tough math but an MBA is basically 2 years of social networking.

Why do people bother with undergrad business at all, given that the MBAs get paid more?