<p>Honestly i really dont get it.... but theres def a tone/ vibe i get from ppl when i say that i'm going into business next fall... to me it seems like the perfect major... but many dont feel that way... hmmm i understand that it used to be a major for the slackers back in the day.... but still...</p>
<p>does anyone else get these same vibes... if so.. why do you think this happens... and will it ever change?</p>
<p>cause you are greedy</p>
<p>but greed is good</p>
<p>it still is a major for slackers... depending on the school. most of the people at my old school end up managing walgreens or middle management at walmart (maybe if they're lucky). of course, a few get out and make millions, but a lot of that has to do with lucks.</p>
<p>Says who? Maybe business majors are looked down upon at MIT or something, but business majors at schools like Penn and NYU work harder than other majors.</p>
<p>exactly. and business majors aren't looked down upon at MIT. My buddy is double majoring in structural engineering & finance with a 5.0 & 63 credits... he said the finance classes were as difficult as the others (although MIT does more quant finance than some schools of similar caliber). </p>
<p>Business majors ARE however looked down on at some lower publics, where the hardest majors are engineering and premed (e.g. southern schools where everyone who wants to make money is an engineer or a potential doctor)</p>
<p>Personally I wouldn't do business undergrad...I don't know, I just feel that it restricts you to biz for the rest of your life. I would muchr ather do something else for undergrad and then move on to and MBA.</p>
<p>For some reason, at my school, business seems to be thought of as boring by many arts and science students, and for the business students, the general feeling I get is Econ and Finance majors think they're superior, and accounting majors remain humble and diligent, because we know who the real business people are!! ;)</p>
<p>what school is that?</p>
<p>My son is an incoming freshman business major. I didn't realize it until we were discussing college plans at some gatherings last spring that many academic purists consider undergrad business majors just a little tawdry. It's so ... applied.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, one of the fathers was incensed to find out that his son will attend the business school at his alma mater. He just assumed that S would apply to letters & science, and didn't find out differently until the acceptance came.</p>
<p>One of the LACs we visited tried to straddle the fence by offering a "pre-business" major. When I tried to ask what this meant, the answers were as vague as the promotional material.</p>
<p>Only until graduation day when they have good jobs and the history majors are vying for the best shift at Starbucks or deciding whether they should borrow $150K to go to law school..</p>
<p>I think it really depends on the school you go to.</p>
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<p>You know, my statement was mostly a joke (some econ/finance majors are haughty, as are some accounting majors to be sure, but definately not all)... the school is Westminster College of Utah.</p>
<p>At my school (UT-Austin), being a business major is held in high regard because of the fierce competition, and MANY people come into UT thinking they will "transfer into business later" (even though many are not allowed in even then). Despite stellar engineering, computer science, and film schools, business is still quite sought after (even if some of the bitter liberal arts kids just call the business majors snobby and greedy).</p>
<p>I think the perception of employers is still high on business majors because the markets are very competitive these days (with global competition magnifying the competitive environment), and a business major will probably require less training to help the company be successful, so employers would rather hedge their bets with business savvy graduates than with an artsy guy/girl who may/may not know anything about the priorities of a business.</p>
<p>I'm Engineering, so yeah - I look down at business. The difficulty is not in even in the same order of magnitude at my school.</p>
<p>KG, dont worry about that crap. Plenty of people at BU are business majors. It's far from looked down upon there. Hopefully i'll join ya next year :)</p>
<p>Engineering majors can look down on business majors now, but engineering is the hardest undergrad major and they find out their salaries are still stuck at 100k 10 years down the road while the business majors have moved on to make much more than that (at least at the top schools that is)...so what i'm trying to say is business is a much better major unless you LOVE engineering (i actually turned down cornell engineering for stern)</p>
<p>For those who can't fund an Ivy education, engineering seems to be a better choice for financial independence...</p>
<p>I know specific graduates of MIT's engineering school who would have something to say about the crap you said at the end of page one Mr. Payne.....</p>
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<p>Perhaps you couldn't see the implication of this statement. AT MY SCHOOL, I look down at business. Also, with a general knowledge of high school friends in business programs I can surmise that those programs are also relatively easy compared to engineering. So yeah, why not look down on them? :)</p>