Business major vs economics for an MBA? Advice needed

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Alright so I'm currently choosing between Cal Poly SLO and UCSB. At Cal Poly I would be majoring in either business management, finance, or economics. (and minoring in one of the options i gave up for my major). At UCSB i would be majoring in business economics. </p>

<p>So my first question is which is the smarter choice for undergrad for me (cal poly or ucsb)? If i want to get an mba at a top school after about 4 years of work experience? Finance, economics, bus managment etc?</p>

<p>Second question is: I've heard that it isnt a good idea to get an undergrad major in a business related subject if you want to go to a top mba program, is this true?</p>

<p>Thanks for you help :), also if any of you have any insight on if i should choose cal poly or ucsb it would be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Class of 2011 HBS
Undergraduate Majors
Business Administration 26%
Engineering/Natural Sciences/Technical Disciplines 33%
Humanities/Social Sciences 40%
Other 2%</p>

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<p>Education-wise it doesn’t make much sense. But it’s pretty common to do undergrad in business then MBA.</p>

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<p>^ If you think MBA is the master of business admin, it doesn’t make sense. But if you think it the HBS way as “a leadership education”, then it makes sense.
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<p>What do you understand by ''Humanities/SOcial scientists" ?</p>

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<p>^ Economics, History, English, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Psychology, …</p>

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<p>^What about international relations and political science ?</p>

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<p>Yes.<br>
[Humanities</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities]Humanities”>Humanities - Wikipedia)
[Social</a> sciences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_science]Social”>Social science - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Well political science is definitely social science. I would put international relation too considering the context here even it’s the application of the social science.</p>

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<p>^^What kind of WE do you think I can get after doing IR&POS as undergrad ?</p>