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Anonymous wrote:Unless someone is razor focused on business and can get into Wharton, business is a very limiting major for undergrad.

Wharton or nothing ... lol

At many universities, business is a very easy major and many of the so-called "athletes" major in business. In this major, It comes down to "connections". In other words, it is about "who you know". It is very hard to get a good paying job with a business major unless you have "connections". I am sure you will see folks jump in here and say that they get good paying jobs without hooks but those are exceptions rather than the rule.

Anonymous wrote:Accounting ensures a high-paying job.

“Business” is a ticket to an entry level sales position.

+1. My finance major just added an accounting double major, in part for security.

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown
BC
Villanova
Fordham
Providence
Elon
Ithaca
NYU
Bentley
BU
Northeastern
Tulane
Bucknell

+1 and add
University of Richmond
Wake Forest

Anonymous wrote:Accounting ensures a high-paying job.

“Business” is a ticket to an entry level sales position.

I have a business degree and I've never worked in sales. I make six figures. And even worse, I graduated from a lowly ranked state school.

Accounting ensures a high-paying job.

“Business” is a ticket to an entry level sales position.

This is a fairly simple situation except for the double major. If finance is her main interest & career goal, what is the point of getting adding an accounting degree? I say wait until you know for sure if kid wants any part of accounting before transferring.

It seems like students figure out quite quickly if they like accounting or not. There are frequent articles in national news outlets about the shortage of accountants, & a major reason is a lot of student start as accounting majors but find it unpleasant and/or difficult & because the they switch to some other major.

Anonymous wrote:Unless someone is razor focused on business and can get into Wharton, business is a very limiting major for undergrad.

Wharton or nothing ... lol

She goes where she gets in. Or chooses among schools where she gets in. She goes only if she is accepted into her major upon applying. Meanwhile, she gets working at it.

Did she take AP Calc and Stats in HS? How did she do? What grade is she pulling in Econ? These lay the groundwork for whether she can hack finance or accounting. Know that some biz schools require that Econ classes to be taken AT their school, so she needs to do research as to whether she will need to re-take the class. Use US News biz rankings and poets and quants. Anything in the top 10 will be solid. Have her focus on GE courses that DO transfer for 2nd semester ie don’t take macro economics if it won’t transfer next fall.

Wake Forest!

She should major in Accounting and minor in Business. Accounting is the backbone of all business. She can get an MBA later maybe partially paid for. She can get a job right out of undergrad with Accounting.

NP. Regarding the previous comment noting that business is a limiting major. How so? Just curious! Thanks

Emory

May I suggest that she stay put, keep her current major path, work for three years, and then just go get an mba in business and really top school?

For most business jobs, you really don’t need to transfer, you just need entry-level experience. If she gets high grades at this “less than” school, and gets internships but has whatever major, she can really jump right into consulting or whatever she needs to do as her initial business career.

Unless someone is razor focused on business and can get into Wharton, business is a very limiting major for undergrad.