<p>Hello all, i hope you guys can offer me a little advice. I want to pursue business in college, but im torn between these two choices. just the other day, i got pulled off the waitlist at BC for the college of arts and sciences. i am also in BU’s school of management. i could either pursue economics at CAS in BC and hope to transfer later, or hit the ground running at SMG. i am leaning more towards BC since it has a campus and more of a community. Could you guys help me out???</p>
<p>As an employer (and a BC parent), I much prefer the liberal arts degree (Econ) over an undergrad biz degree. I also prefer the suburban campus vs. an urban campus. And D1 sports/spirit.</p>
<p>btw: BC has a Core curriculum, which may or may not be to your liking.</p>
<p>I attended BU (SMG) many moons ago.
Both are good schools. I chose BU over BC because I liked the city feel of the campus. If you are leaning more towards a traditional campus feel, you may want to go with BC. </p>
<p>Is either one giving you more aid than the other?
Have you visited both? If so, definitely do so to get an idea where you think you will be happiest and where you can see yourself more.</p>
<p>I don’t think you will go wrong at either school. Also, as bluebayou mentioned, a business degree isn’t necessarily better than a liberal arts degree. At the end of the day, it’s six of one and half dozen of the other. What’s going to matter more than which of the two you choose is what you do while you are there.
Best of luck!</p>
<p>hello AlwaysLearn! in terms of aid, BU is more convenient, but fortunately the cost isn’t a factor for me. I really liked BC since i got a more traditional campus feel and a sense of community. while i liked SMG, i didn’t really like the metropolitan setting at BU. do you think future employers will value an SMG student over a CAS student pursuing economics (or vice versa)?</p>
<p>Honestly, I think to future employers, it would be a wash for the most part. What are you looking to do after graduation? Most importantly, just do well in your classes, gain work experience during summers (or during the school year), and network/make contacts. That is what will be most important in terms of future employment prospects.</p>
<p>The fact that cost isn’t a factor for you is great. In that case, I would really recommend going to the school that you are most excited about attending. (Plus, if you go to BC, you may have the opportunity to transfer from CAS to their business school, as you mentioned. Maybe some current students can weigh in on that, b/c I don’t know how difficult or easy that is to do. At BU, it is pretty easy to transfer/change your major.)</p>
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<p>Transferring into CSOM is very difficult and should not be assumed to be part of your plan. I believe none were able to switch into it for this year, and very small numbers (single digit) in recent years.</p>
<p>If being in the business school is what you’re after, you may want to stick with BU.</p>
<p>When the snow comes, blizzards or hurricanes. You will want to be in the city and not in a far off corner. It feels so much better to be in a city campus with thousands of restaurants, shops, activities, theaters, cinemas, other things and what not to do. Talking about BU SMG it’s an amazing school in an amazing university as is BC. But I would take SMG over Econ at BC if I was in your shoes. Moreover you get to meet a more diverse population at BU and make a lot more friends from neighboring colleges and universities. The choice is yours to make. Congrats on 2 great schools.</p>
<p>Don’t assume that you’re going to transfer into BC’s business school. CSOM is ranked 6th in the nation and is almost impossible to transfer into it because, quite frankly, no one leaves it. This year an extra 140 students accepted spots, so it was impossible to transfer in, even if you had a 4.0 and were the top student at Boston College. For the incoming class, aim to have a 3.8/3.9 just to be in consideration of transferring in, and even then the chances are slight to none. However as an Economics major at BC, you still get all the recruiting opportunities when firms come to recruit for CSOM and A&S kids. The recruiting here is much better than that at BU. Also you can take up to 6 business classes. If you take all of your Financial Economic classes, International Finance (an econ class) class, choose a concentration in the Economics major that is much more applied and Business like, some math classes, maybe some computer science classes, etc. and combine those by strategically choosing the 6 right CSOM classes, you should be in good shape. </p>
<p>One thing I have learned is that when you want to go the Business route after college, it is much more important the school that you went to, rather than what you studied. Yeah, you need to be able to have studied and be comfortable with quantitative skills and courses for Business, such as Computer Science, Math, and Econ majors, but whether you studied Econ or Business doesn’t really matter. What matter really is the prestige of the school and what the recruiting is like. Many top companies come to give presentations at BC and recruit as well and you will find all sorts of quantitative majors, most Business major though.</p>
<p>Notice that Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton don’t have undergraduate business schools, however if you were to study at any of those schools you would be much more at an advantage of going into the Business world than a Business student at BC. At the end of the day its all about where you go to school, what the recruiting is like, how strong the alumni network is, and of course how you perform.</p>
<p>^^ so you should go to Boston College and become an eagle! lol plus you like the school more. Come to the Heights and don’t look back.</p>
<p>Trojaneagle, do recruiters still pursue CAS students who have say majored in Econ? I assumed this but would like a clarification as you seem to be a more reliable source</p>
<p>Of course. The leaders of the Boston College Investment Club are all Math and Econ majors who will be working at Morgan Stanley, Goldman, and JP Morgan. Usually the six courses that you want to be taking in CSOM are Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Basic Finance, and Computers in Management. Then maybe Investments and Corporate Finance or Operations Management or Strategic Management. BU sucks.</p>
<p>TrojanEagle, thank you so much for your advice! it really affirms my decision now, and knowing that a liberal arts business education can be just as good as (or better than) a CSOM undergrad degree. Boston College 2017! GO eagles!</p>