Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 11:09     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:yes

my cousin is vp at a large bank and refuses to hire team members who have business undergrad degrees. she'd rather see them study something deeper and more interesting and then pursue an mba later.


So they work at a bank and won't hire finance majors or accounting majors? What jobs are they actually hiring for?

Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 10:41     Subject: Re:Is a business major for dumb kids?
Business majors are generally very competitive so they are smart kids but it seems to me business is often the default major for the "undecided" student. If you don't have a strong affinity for a particular academic area business is an easy, practical choice.

And I say that as someone who was a business major. I was 1st Gen and didn't understand how a more academic major = various career paths and my parents were not supportive of the idea that college is for exploration and figuring it out. I majored in business, my sister in nursing, my brother in computer science. All very practical. Our kids in college are now majoring in math, chemistry, economics.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 10:34     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Reminder that OP is probably a Reddit kid and this forum has changed considerably lately. Adults should assume you’re taking to a child.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 10:24     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Yes, undergrad business degrees are for kids who are less academically or intellectually focused and mostly just want to get a generic college degree and a job - more of a vocational degree. Many top schools don’t offer undergraduate business degrees because they aren’t really academic programs. The smart kids who want to be in business get Econ or math degrees and eventually an MBA.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 10:17     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
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What's the point of 4 years of general education, and then working for Starbucks as a barista LOL


I graduated with a communications degree and waitressed for about 2-3 years after graduating. No Starbucks back then lol. Bad mistake !! If I was 18, I’d be in college business classes soaking up as much information as I could to be marketable, practical and have a career that leads to work to live, not live to work.


What happened after 3 years?


Got my LPN. Then my job paid for my RN. Had jobs ever since of course. But I wouldn’t choose nursing again. It’s great, always will have a job and many opportunities but I think I’d chosen another path if I was young again.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 10:11     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Most business majors couldn’t think their way out of a Chinese finger trap.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 10:09     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
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Anonymous wrote:Kind of, with some exceptions such as Wharton.


+1 most business majors are viewed as less rigorous than econ


Nope, maybe 50 years ago. Old days are long gone.
Most business majors are harder to get in and produce better outcomes.

UPenn, Cornell, UCB, UMich, UVA, ND, Georgetown, Emory, USC, NUY, UVA, UMD, etc
If the school have business program, it's viewed as more prestigious.



Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 10:01     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
Anonymous wrote:Kind of, with some exceptions such as Wharton.


+1 most business majors are viewed as less rigorous than econ
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 09:58     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
lim GPA -> 0 (Engineering Major) -> (Business Major)
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 09:50     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
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What's the point of 4 years of general education, and then working for Starbucks as a barista LOL


I graduated with a communications degree and waitressed for about 2-3 years after graduating. No Starbucks back then lol. Bad mistake !! If I was 18, I’d be in college business classes soaking up as much information as I could to be marketable, practical and have a career that leads to work to live, not live to work.


What happened after 3 years?
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 09:43     Subject: Is a business major for dumb kids?
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What's the point of 4 years of general education, and then working for Starbucks as a barista LOL


I graduated with a communications degree and waitressed for about 2-3 years after graduating. No Starbucks back then lol. Bad mistake !! If I was 18, I’d be in college business classes soaking up as much information as I could to be marketable, practical and have a career that leads to work to live, not live to work.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 09:40     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.



Choose finance


New poster, my son is deciding between accounting and finance also. I’m not in the business field, but is it true it’s easier to get an accounting job than breaking into the finance field? I heard you can start out as an accountant and switch into finance roles but not vice versa.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 09:06     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



Finance, Econ, math, statistics, etc.


Sure STEM is great. Business is the next best thing.

Only thing is that if schools have business program, it's harder to get in vs Econ.

Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 09:05     Subject: Re:Is a business major for dumb kids?
Every company is a business. Sure, they could hire anyone and train them, but why do that when they can hire fresh grads with the background knowledge already in place.

It's like coding. Companies can train them, but why do that when there are so many people who already know how to do it.

As an intern or newbie, they don't have to explain business terminologies to you; hopefully, you will have learned all this in college.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2024 09:02     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



Finance, Econ, math, statistics, etc.