<p>Or you want a PhD in econ, in which case it makes no sense to do a business major.</p>
<p>Emory has an excellent undergraduate business school.</p>
<p>It's ranked 5th in the nation according to businessweek for 2009</p>
<p>My son is facing a similar issue</p>
<p>So far, he has been admitted to the business schools and the honors programs at </p>
<p>Rutgers
Pittsburgh
Northeastern</p>
<p>He just got an email yesterday from UMD at CP, saying he's a highly qualified student, so I would say it is likely that he will get in there.</p>
<p>He also has applied to</p>
<p>UMich (deferred - so still waiting)
UVa
William & Mary
American
Duke
SUNY Binghamton
UNC (rejected)</p>
<p>Part of his choice will be how good each of their Business/Economic departments are.
If he gets into UMIch or UVa, he will probably go because they both have undergrad b schools in the top 5- but they are long shots. Even if he gets in to Duke, he will probably not go due to finances.</p>
<p>Any suggestions about the rest?</p>
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I agree with the poster that mentioned taking business over econ. Unless you are at a top 25 university that has name recognition in the business world then I wouldn't risk an econ degree, just get business-finance or business-accounting.</p>
<p>Unless of course, you want a government job.
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<p>I'd want the same jobs a Business major wants, but I don't know how Grad Schools (MBA) would view the Business major over the "more intellectual" Econ major.</p>
<p>I've heard mixed things :(</p>
<p>Say if I'm not going to a Top 25 or even a Top 50 college, what's better? Econ or Business?</p>