<p>Do Law Schools really look down on this? At my school, and at most schools I assume, Finance/Accounting/Information Systems are the hardest subjects there are outside of engineering majors and math majors. I sosmeone majoring in finance really at a disadvantage versus someone with an easier major like Political Science or English?</p>
<p>i was also curious about this. and what if your finance or accounting degree is from a top 10 business school? that should be viewed differently from other vocational majors like hotel mngmnt right?</p>
<p>There is a wide range of disciplines that come under the heading of business administration. My accounting degree is officially a BS in business administration with an emphasis in accounting. There are other areas within undergraduate business schools that get a lot less respect than accounting and I am thinking specifically of marketing.</p>
<p>People who look at transcripts for a living know what's up. They will look at the courses and grades in your transcript and draw their own conclusions regardless of what it says on your diploma. If they see a few low grades from tough classes taken early in your college career followed by As from less rigorous classes they will see a pattern that may make your business degree less impressive than your final gpa would indicate. The same gpa might count for a bit more if you stick with the same specialty and do better as you go along.</p>
<p>Here's an idea. Study something that really interests you with the intention of being able to get a job in that field when you graduate college.</p>
<p>Well yeah, marketing is a pushover. But finance is NOT. And at my school, everyone has to take 42 hours of "core curriculum" classes. Then all bsuiness majors have to take 19 hours of "common body of knowledge" business courses. Basically we have to take intro courses in all the major business disciplines and understand statistical methods and business ethics. Then we all have to take another 6 hours of international electives (business related or not, but these courses have to teach us about foreign culture and history). So yes, we do get vocational training in the field of finance, but it's less than half the curriculum.</p>
<p>I am working with an attorney who graduated with a degree in management consulting from the business school of a state university. He graduated in the top 5% of his class and went to UVA law school and is now with one of the top "biglaws" in the country. He wants to move to another city and is interviewing with the top firms there. His undergrad degree obviously did not hold him back.</p>
<p>The question is: did the degree hurt him, and he was strong enough to overcome it? Was the degree actually an asset? Or did it not matter?</p>
<p>Again -- nobody's arguing that finance is easy. That's not the concern.</p>