<p>Hey Guys, I have an idea. I was wondering wheather we can have a series of threads that discuss specific rankings for specific fields. </p>
<p>Most people would agree that Harvard is the best University overall but an aspiring musician would find that Julliard is far better for his specific field. </p>
<p>So instead of having generic lists I thought we should categorize the rankings some. So that's why I am asking which school do you think is the best for Business? (detailed explanations please). Thanks.</p>
<p>This is ridiculous. Its high school not college. Stop making these pointless threads. You don't go to boarding school to get an education in business or law. These schools don't have programs for law, they are not designed to produce lawyers or businessmen. So don't rank them this way. Dare I bring out the bunkel index</p>
<p>I was not born yesterday obviously I know that these schools do not have college level classes in business or offer MBAs or degrees of the sort....</p>
<p>However there are ways in which we can figure out which school would be most beneficial for a career in business. For instance does the school offer a twinning program with a business much like the LEAD program in business? </p>
<p>Does the school have a strong tradition of producing business (it's alumni network - old boys networks go a LONG way), does the school have a good track record at AP Microeconomics or other business courses ? </p>
<p>Does the school matriculate well into top business schools (instead of IVY SM some of the IVIES could potentially be dropped and some well known business schools such as kellog could be added). </p>
<p>Does the school have a reputation for enterpernuership (again alumni list but this time we are looking for people that came from nothing and made fortunes- Henry Luce of Hotchkiss for instance).</p>
<p>All of these are criteria that can be used to judge which are the best schools for business so it's not "ridiculous" at all. In fact this can help us find the perfect 'fit' for our needs. Think outside the bubble mate....</p>
<p>Business: Hotchkiss.</p>
<p>Just ask Henry Ford.</p>
<p>So Donald Trump went to the New York Military Academy so clearly if I want to be a top notch realtor I should attend.</p>
<p>Rich Wagoner went to John Randolph Tucker High School so if I want to be the CEO of a fortune 100 company I guess I should attend.</p>
<p>Looking at alumni is not at all an accurate gauge of whether a school excels in business or not.</p>
<p>"Does the school matriculate well into top business schools (instead of IVY SM some of the IVIES could potentially be dropped and some well known business schools such as kellog could be added). "</p>
<p>You learn business at Kellog not at prep school. If you learned so much at boarding school why even attend these top notch graduate schools</p>
<p>I would have to disagree. First of all though you have a point that having a single alumni going to a particular school who excels in one area by no means means that that school is good at that area. </p>
<p>HOWEVER when there is a long illustrious list of successful people in a particular are from a single school then that does suggest that that school is good a feeding people into that particular area much the same way as ivie admit rates are used to judge whether a school is good a feeding into ivy institutions. It's the exact same concept. So the Alumni lists DO say a lot about a school. Furthermore particularly in business it's not just learning the skills of business that these schools teach that is important, its the connections that these schools afford to you at a young age that can help later in your career.</p>
<p>For instance Tom Werner (current owner of the Boston Red Sox) went to Hotchkiss as a scholarship boy but due to the support he received from fellow hotchkiss alumni he is now a near billionaire if not a billionaire. Henry Luce the founder of time, Fortune, and sports illustrated magazine could not have been as successful as he was without his fellow partner Hat Hotchkis Briton hadden and their publisher Linnen who also happens to be a Hotchkiss Alumnus.</p>
<p>And then there are the Bushes (the ones that attended Hotchkiss not Andover), they helped Fay Vincent another Hotchkiss alumnus raise capital and now Vincent is ceo of columbia pictures and a billionaire. And then there are two of the biggest financial institutions out there Morgan Stanley and Goldmann Sachs, members of the weinberg family serve on the hotchkis board of trustees and are alumni, the former president of goldmann sachs Jphn thornton is chairman of the board at hotchkiss and his son is currently at Hotchkiss, and the founder of Morgan Stanley harold Stanley is also a hotchkiss alumnus as well as the former president of Bloomberg LP Peter grauer. </p>
<p>In the field of media the founders of one of the biggest advertising companies clear channel the Mays family members are Hotchkiss graduates (texas A&M named their business school after them), The former president of NBC Don Durgin is an Alumnus, Members of the Ford, Chrysler , and thompson families (founder of 7-11) are all Hotchkiss alumni, as well as the Mars brothers of M&M fame. And lovelace who some say is the creator of mutual funds was a hotchkiss alumnus. and many many more. I have heard from various informal sources that hotchkiss has produced the most billionaires out of any school on earth and i do not doubt it. Business wise at least I would certainly agree with fun if fun Hotchkiss is the best.</p>
<p>When your in a job interview at a large Fortune company remember fortune was created by a hotchkiss grad and the guy sitting on the other side of the table may very well be a Hotchkiss grad too. So a Hotchkiss ring goes a LONG way in the business world.</p>
<p>List</a> of Hotchkiss School alumni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia </p>
<p>Ask bearcats if you have any question I know nothing about hotchkiss other than the extensive research i did (and what my friends in the corporate world have told me) about hotchkiss. My kid is very interrested in business see hence the name businesskid.</p>
<p>Worldwide Hotchkiss is the hands down winner by miles ... The old money go to Saint pauls and groton so they are also schools to consider.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that every school listed high on these lists would object to their high rankings.</p>
<p>If you want to learn a trade, go to County Vo-Tech. If you want a broad-based education in the liberal arts and maths, consider boarding school.</p>
<p>This sort of trade-focus in terms of student outcomes and curricular strengths is pretty much diametrically opposed to what the boarding school experience is -- generally speaking -- about.</p>
<p>Now, there are schools that specialize. And some schools have capital projects underway (or just completed) that enhance certain educational or extracurricular pursuits. Yes, there are the Idylwilds, to be sure. But to suggest that Hotchkiss or NMH or Mercersburg is best for business or medicine or music or foreign policy -- in the same way that Wharton or Hopkins or Juilliard are renowned in those fields is pretty dicey. And it's all the more dicey to suggest that certain schools are preferable over others if you seek to pursue a certain profession or career path. That was the way in the former Soviet Union. I guess it's the way for Chinese gymnasts. But, honestly, that's just incredibly stifling and crippling if you're about to enter high school.</p>
<p>You're good D'yer.</p>
<p>Children (which is what these kids are) change their interests about as often as I blink. To assume that a child who this week is "interested" in business will go to Hotchkiss then Wharton then Google is silly.</p>
<p>Heck, college students often change their interests more than once -- fif Jr. started in Econ, switched to Criminal Justice and graduated with a History Degree with a concentration in Middle Eastern Studies!</p>
<p>Now I know why I'm not a billionaire. Didn't go to Hotchkiss.</p>