Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 09:02     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Listing of IQ by major. So I wouldn’t say business majors are “dumb”.

https://thetab.com/us/2017/04/10/which-major-has-highest-iq-64811

From my experience, many who want to go into business get a technical degree, an Econ degree, or a finance degree for their undergraduate.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:59     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
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Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a business major getting a PhD.

What would be the point?


Smart people can finish a PhD in 4 years and it is miles ahead of a masters degree.


PhD on what? There are ton of useless PhDs

Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:57     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
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It's the total opposite.
Business program is in high demad and hader to get in, thus students are smarter on the average.


Keep telling yourself that.


Are you really dumb or what??
This is not even a funny trolling.


Undergraduate business degrees are academically like receiving a certificate of completion from preschool. You are house trained but probably cannot do any real math or writing. It isn’t completely your fault either.


This isn’t a terrible analogy. But not perfect. MBAs are very respected for the most part. Undergrad business degrees are like a pre-law degree. There is no point in getting such a specific degree as it is only helpful if you get the graduate degree also. At that point, you would generally be better off getting a different undergrad.

My significant other actually is a professor in an undergrad business department. This school is mostly first generation college, so it isn’t the same demographic, but we often speak about what one could do with an undergrad business degree. I think they are helpful for the demographic he is teaching because it is a lot of basic financial and economic information that most in the DCUM demographic learn through virtue of living within a subculture that is taught these skills throughout childhood. But I see very few reasons for someone in this demographic to get the degree though honestly undergrad degrees aren’t that important for this demographic.




What planet are you living on? I know plenty of people who graduated college with business degrees and were able to get jobs in business upon graduating.

A better analogy would be that majoring in psychology is like majoring in pre-law, there is very little you can do with it.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:56     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a business major getting a PhD.

What would be the point?


Smart people can finish a PhD in 4 years and it is miles ahead of a masters degree.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:55     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
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Anonymous wrote:It's typically a degree for kids who can't cut the math needed for an econ degree.


Why would they prefer an Econ degree? What’s the benefit?

probably more stats required.


That's not benefit. If the school have business program, it's harder to get in, but better outcomes.
Better outcome is the benefit.

Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:53     Subject: Re:Is a business major for dumb kids?
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Anonymous wrote:Kind of a dumb post, OP.


+1. I don’t understand how your mind works to come up with this topic.

I think OP's view is like 30 years old.


At least 40 years old.
These oldtimers are still staying back in the days and delusional.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:53     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's typically a degree for kids who can't cut the math needed for an econ degree.


Why would they prefer an Econ degree? What’s the benefit?

probably more stats required.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:53     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:No. Dumb kids major in education and gender studies.


Gotta love DCUM. Take every chance you can to insult teachers. It never gets old, I guess.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:53     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
It's the total opposite.
Business program is in high demad and hader to get in, thus students are smarter on the average.


Keep telling yourself that.


Are you really dumb or what??
This is not even a funny trolling.


Undergraduate business degrees are academically like receiving a certificate of completion from preschool. You are house trained but probably cannot do any real math or writing. It isn’t completely your fault either.


You must be like 90 years old.
Business program is in high demad and hader to get in, thus students are smarter on the average.


Harvard and Princeton do not even offer undergraduate business degrees. Why do you think that is?

Notice Harvard is not top tier for CS. It's great for the traditional programs like prelaw and premed. That's why colleges like Stanford and MIT have gone up higher in the rankings in the past 20 years. Princeton also beefed up their CS program, and now they are top for CS. Soon, they'll probably start some business program. When I went to college in CA eons ago, Cal didn't have an undergrad business program; they do now. Why do you think that is?

Several LACs are now offering business undergrad, and dropping humanities majors like English. Why do you think that is?
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:51     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:It's typically a degree for kids who can't cut the math needed for an econ degree.


Why would they prefer an Econ degree? What’s the benefit?
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:49     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Several IBDP magnet program grads went onto top schools and are majoring in business. These kids aren't dummies.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:47     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a business major getting a PhD.



Why would they need to?
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:46     Subject: Re:Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kind of a dumb post, OP.


+1. I don’t understand how your mind works to come up with this topic.

I think OP's view is like 30 years old.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:44     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?

What's the point of 4 years of general education, and then working for Starbucks as a barista LOL
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 08:43     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
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Anonymous wrote:I think that's a myth. I've found that business majors can be very smart, but not necessarily intellectual. It takes a different way of thinking to be a business major and I don't thinks it's accurate to say that they're not bright.


This is my experience. Really smart but not as interested in finding a career that fuels their passion. More practical and frankly, interested in making money. Which is fine. Supporting your family is nothing to be ashamed of.


+1. Agree. My son and nephew are business majors. Both smart, top of their HS classes, athletically active, involved in community , well rounded. My son follows all professional sports, politics, economic trends, current events, loves history. He can talk about all of these topics with his friends, family and other adults. Throughout HS he learned all of this on his own. With the ease of internet, we can learn history and many subjects on our own. My son is doing his own humanities research. He’s interested in business, is in his college’s business program and is deciding between accounting or finance. He likes it. Is it a passion? No. But he wants to be marketable, get a career started and be able to have a decent income. We are middle class and he sees how we really need to watch our money and be careful. He wants a little more. Not a bad idea. I went to college to “save the world “ and ended up having to go back and get another degree to survive economically.



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