<h2>THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR ACTUAL QUESTION, THE REST IS JUST MY OPINION:</h2>
<p>Rutgers Business School no longer has the ‘easy’ tag attached to it. The classes are challenging to people who don’t understand them and very difficult for students who just want to breeze through their classes without much effort (unless you’re content with low C’s).</p>
<p>The majors offered by the business school (of which you must take at least one) are not geared towards starting a business. That would be Entrepreneurship and is only offered as a minor or concentration. The majors are not credit intensive unless you double major or add minors.</p>
<p>Your first two years will be requisite classes to “formalize” your status as a business school student. Classes like Calculus, writing electives, science electives, history electives, etc. will comprise your first two semesters. Beginning your second year, you can take the business school requirement classes (your sophomore year will consist of many intro level classes across each field of study in business: marketing, management, accounting, finance, etc.).</p>
<p>By your third year and fourth years (or sooner if you meet certain requirements), you’ll take ‘major courses’. These can be easy or difficult depending on a variety of things: professor, prior understanding, and most importantly your willingness to learn. There are some major classes that are considered extremely difficult (AIS for accounting).</p>
<p>As with any major at any school, there are ‘weed out’ classes that are historically more challenging than others. In RBS, there are two levels of accounting required to be taken by every business school student. Financial Accounting (which isn’t difficult if you grasp the concepts, but not easy if you take it lightly) and Managerial Accounting (which is often considered the bane of everyone’s existence, including accounting majors). The first is very conceptual and the second is almost entirely calculations.</p>
<h2>What you learn in the business school is extremely black and white; study hard, understand what you’re studying, and you’ll do well. It really is that simple (the hard part is understanding what you’re studying).</h2>
<p>OPINION STARTS HERE:
I think first you should know what you’re getting into with the Rutgers Business School. It has many prereqs that aren’t particularly difficult, but extremely meaningless to both Dentistry and running a business. The school of arts and sciences offers an Entrepreneurship minor/concentration which would be much more relevant than any of the current Business School majors.</p>
<p>One of the reasons many people follow the science-heavy route even for Dentistry is because of the non-academic resources you pick up along the way. I can probably safely say that none of the career services faculty, professors, deans, or advisors in RBS can advise on your dental career, what to expect in interviews, what to expect from the industry, how to approach applications, or the benefits/detriments of specific dental programs. These are things you can only gain from experience, and the Business School probably almost entirely lacks faculty who are learned in dentistry or familiar with the industry.</p>
<p>That being said, please don’t take it as me trying to push you away from the Business School. On the contrary, I personally think it’s an excellent idea you’re considering this route. I believe you learn valuable skills in business that prepare you for any industry and the opportunities with a dual background in a specialty field + business is extremely valuable and coveted in almost all professions. I’ve heard that the DAT can be studied for and conquered by students of any major. I feel the most important thing for you to do would be establish a goal and create a road map. Lay out interim goals for yourself and just structure your present situation to gradually flow towards those goals. I was in a similar boat: got stuck in a field of study I didn’t want to do but ended up spinning it to get my career in the direction I want to go. If you’re truly passionate about Dentistry and enjoy business, then why not just have the best of both experiences?</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>