Am I picking the right major? Business Management?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Im not sure what I want to major in but my parents suggested management would be a good fit for me. </p>

<p>Im not sure what a business management major entails but I'm very much a people person, Im good at leadership roles,
Im really good at planning, organizing and spearheading events like recruiting people to help, finding venues, vendors, etc. </p>

<p>I was looking at the recommended course lists and I notice a few math courses... while math isn't my favorite subject I'm sure I can just deal with it.
haha thanks</p>

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<p>Business management is generally known as a weak business degree. You’re not really taught any skills, as you are in accounting and finance programs. The line that I’ve heard many times is “no class is going to teach you how to manage.” </p>

<p>In other words, you can’t expect to be hired as a manager out of college just because you have a management degree. Doesn’t work like that.</p>

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<p>I agree 100% with domrom, management now days is not very practical. </p>

<p>Generally, people who get management degrees already have been working for a while and just need a bacheors degree for advancement.</p>

<p>Are you any good at math?
Take a look at Operations Management. It takes an engineering approach to business, but also requires people and leadership skills. This way, you have some qunatitative skills to add to your management skills. It’s a relatively new field, so there are not a lot of schools that offer it, but I am currently enrolled as an OPMA major right now.</p>

<p>[Operations</a> management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_management]Operations”>Operations management - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>I’m planning on going to law school so I’m not expecting to get hired solely on a business management major</p>

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<p>If you’re going to law school, your major doesn’t matter at all. Do something that will give you a high GPA.</p>

<p>If you’re not sure about law school, a Business Management degree is not much of a good idea for employment.</p>

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<p>How about economics? I hear that economics is excellent preparation for law school. Then if law school doesn’t work out, at least your degree will be worth more than a management degree.</p>

<p>Also, I don’t know you of course and don’t want to sound presumptuous, but are you sure you want to go to law school?</p>

<p>In my opinion, the ABA has utterly failed at regulating law schools, and now there are way too many lawyers. I was speaking to one of my business law professors about it, and he mentioned one of the law schools he taught at was turning out about 2000 lawyers a year. According to him, that was way more than the whole state economy could even support in one year.</p>

<p>I would encourage you to read this:
[Law</a> schools are manufacturing more lawyers than America needs, and law students aren’t happy about it. - Slate Magazine](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2010/10/a_case_of_supply_v_demand.html]Law”>Law schools are manufacturing more lawyers than America needs, and law students aren't happy about it.)</p>

<p>Again, I don’t want to discourage you from doing what you want, and I hope I haven’t offended you.</p>

<p>I too considered law school at one time, but realize that the market is too over saturated and probably will be for years. Maybe your situation is different from mine and you can afford one of the Ivy league schools.</p>

<p>Whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck.</p>