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Anonymous wrote:Math, Econ, stats, com sci combos at top schools are out of most people’s ability level. It’s more realistic for an average student to get a good GPA as business major from a state school and have a straightforward path to getting employed.

I’d say it has more to do with being disciplined.

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Anonymous wrote:For whatever reason, business undergrad wannabes are often driven by lust for money and power, it’s not something which drives intellectual and intelligent cream of crop type.

Yeah, the true intellectuals want to be poor nobodies

Anonymous wrote:Math, Econ, stats, com sci combos at top schools are out of most people’s ability level. It’s more realistic for an average student to get a good GPA as business major from a state school and have a straightforward path to getting employed.

Anonymous wrote:For whatever reason, business undergrad wannabes are often driven by lust for money and power, it’s not something which drives intellectual and intelligent cream of crop type.

Anonymous wrote:The majority of students are not highly intelligent. They are average no matter what their inflated GPA shows.

Anonymous wrote:The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a high school teacher, and have worked at several top independent schools. The kids who intend to major in Business for undergrad are, across the board, less intelligent than kids who choose hard STEM majors. Actually, the (rich, don’t need to make $) kids who choose Art History, English, Classics, or similar also tend to be more intelligent and driven than the Business majors.

To summarize, the smartest kids who need to work for money don’t choose Business, but tend toward STEM. The smartest kids who do not need to work for money also avoid Business, in favour of things like Art History, Classics, English, or similar.

Business is a bro degree. I’m sorry, but it is.

I agree with this. I’m a public school teacher and my smartest kids go on to major in core subjects like, math, biochem, Econ or history. Or they might do premed or engineering or CS. The kids obsessed with making money talk about business school. But they are generally not the super smart kids. I personally encourage kids to stay on a more traditional track but then apply to management consulting companies to move into finance. Or major in Econ or CS and then apply for banking or tech internships. It definitely is a very different career environment from 25 years ago

Anonymous wrote:It is perplexing because English, Math, Physics and Economics (especially if you take a graduate level Econ course or two that requires lots of math) degrees are way harder than taking a mishmash of accounting and marketing courses for a “business management” or “Commerce” degree. However, at most schools, you have to meet requirements once you get in to get to the business school, so there’s further selection. At least that’s my best guess.

Finance, accounting, and data science majors are in the business school at many schools, but I consider them to be different than a “business management” major.