Best LAC choice

College Search & Selection
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<p>Best LAC for a career in business/economics....GO!</p>

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<p>Williams, Amherst, Claremont McKenna</p>

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<p>Just undergrad? Or better when paired with grad school?</p>

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<p>I mean some go onto get their MBAs, some don’t. I think it really depends on the person and their career goals. </p>

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<p>Claremont McKenna appears to the be LAC with the most “business pre-professional” flavor and reputation.</p>

<p>What kind of “grad school” are you referring to?</p>

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<p>Washington & Lee </p>

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<p>Definitely look into URichmond – one of the only LACs I know of that has a business school. If you want to study economics, you could go almost anywhere.</p>

<p>And just be aware that it is very difficult to jump directly from an undergrad degree to a top MBA program – almost all of the top MBA schools require at least a couple of years of solid work experience before they will consider you.</p>

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<p>Most business courses are taken at a business school. That almost by definition precludes LACs, URichmond being one exception.</p>

<p>LACs can have strong economics depts that prepare you differently for a business career, obviously, than does finance, marketing, accounting, etc. LACs almost always lack graduate schools, by their very nature.</p>

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<p>However, schools which have economics but not business sometimes do have “business-like” course offerings or options in their economics departments. For example, Claremont McKenna has an accounting option and a financial economics option:
<a href=“http://www.cmc.edu/rdschool/academic/undergraduate/economics.php”>http://www.cmc.edu/rdschool/academic/undergraduate/economics.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Its course offerings include a number which are of interest to those looking for more “business-like” courses:
<a href=“Program: Courses in Economics - Claremont McKenna College - Acalog ACMS™”>Program: Courses in Economics - Claremont McKenna College - Acalog ACMS™;
Plus also accounting:
<a href=“Economics-Accounting - Claremont McKenna College - Acalog ACMS™”>Economics-Accounting - Claremont McKenna College - Acalog ACMS™;

<p>In contrast, Pomona’s economics department has a more “liberal arts” focus in its course offerings:
<a href=“Program: Economics Courses - Pomona College - Acalog ACMS™”>Program: Economics Courses - Pomona College - Acalog ACMS™;

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<p>ucb, have you ever forgotten anything you’ve read–or where to find it? ^:)^ </p>

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<p>Say I threw wesleyan into the mix, where do they rank in this regard?</p>

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<p>Business is the #2 field into which Wesleyan grads enter (after education), and the economics department compares favorably with the other top LACs. Can’t go wrong with Wes for econ.</p>

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<p>Wiiliams, Holy Cross, Colgate. ALL produce many CEO’s.</p>

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<p>There have been many discussions about this. Using the search function before posting is always a good idea. Here’s one past post:</p>

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<a href=“Top LAC for banking/consulting/PE - Investment Banking - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/investment-banking/715343-top-lac-for-banking-consulting-pe.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>0</p>

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<p>well, OP, I for one was glad to have that information. so, thank you, @warblersrule‌.</p>

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<p>Yep, a ton of good ones were named. </p>

<p>Williams & Amherst are Wall Street targets.</p>

<p>Richmond has a b-school.</p>

<p>CMC’s Day School is a b-school in all but name.</p>

<p>W&L has that old money advantage (though if you don’t fit in to that crowd, not sure how much that would help you).</p>

<p>Also, Babson and Bentley don’t describe themselves as LACs, but they have the size of one and are more teaching than research-focused.</p>

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<p>W&L has a school of commerce</p>

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<p>Bowdoin hands down</p>