A BS in Business Administration isn't an MBA...so what's the point?

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<p>I think this question reeks of someone with the “do something enriching with your time mentality, don’t give yourself up to the devil when you’re young” mentality :)</p>

<p>Obviously Haas is prestigious. Employers, other programs, etc definitely recognize prestige, especially when you’re exiting undergrad without very much experience. It’s like how people routinely recruit a lot of undergrads from Berkeley EECS, especially those with good programming background; they usually have pretty good math skills and they can code – that gets you somewhere.</p>

<p>In some ways, as sakky said, Ivies get you places at times regardless of your major, because of the attached name.</p>

<p>Even at a school that isn’t super prestigious for business, sometimes it’s just what makes sense for the people who want to just go get a job, and don’t care about music history, EE, math, poetry, etc. Some people just want a job, and actually don’t mind business majors. </p>

<p>In fact, what if they want to get out of school and do their own thing - maybe start a business after saving up? Some places they get hired may give them pretty decent pay early on, and eventually they may do whatever they want.</p>

<p>Not everyone really wants to go to grad school. Another thing shocking to some people.</p>

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<p>Perhaps most business majors are soul-less and don’t care about poetry, music history, your feelings, or anything :D</p>

<p>(mostly kidding)</p>