<p>I don't give a crap if engineers look down at my major unless they have a 3.3+ gpa in it, you can't just major in engineer and not do well then make excuses that it's just a hard major and look down on other majors. A 3.7 in business major (accounting/finance/econ) is superior than a 3.0 in engineering to me, similar schools of course.</p>
<p>It depends on the school really. MIT engineers might look down at Sloan kids. Carnegie Mellon's computer science majors might look down at Tepper kids. But in a lot of schools, the business program offers the most rigorous curriculums. I don't know any CAS student who would look down at Stern kids at NYU and anyone on the planet who would look down at a Wharton kid, unless of course it's jealousy. And people have different strengths, so there really is no "harder/hardest" program in the first place.</p>
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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.
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Agreed. If an engineering major and a business major were both going to get an MBA in the future, then the engineering major would have more options down the road. Since a MBA usually trumps an undergraduate business degree, while an MBA and engineering degree usually complement each other.</p>
<p>At my school, I look down at business majors and I am not technically an engineer.</p>
<p>I look down on non-elite business programs. But when it comes to the elite ones, no one should look down on them. Business requires a completely different skill set that a lot of engineers simply don't have.</p>
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I look down on non-elite business programs. But when it comes to the elite ones, no one should look down on them. Business requires a completely different skill set that a lot of engineers simply don't have.
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<p>Going to an elite school doesnt make you better and subordinate to anyone. You just have the advantage of a recruiting hotbed, and a possible better education. I know plenty of people (including my father--who couldnt afford to go to UPenn-Wharton ) who went to a state school or non-elite school who make more more money then you ever will in your life....</p>
<p>jPoD, chill dude... your post doesn't make sense either... but just chill, money is not everything... in fact I know a lot of people who are rich, lonely, and miserable... so I don't find it to be the ultimate deciding factor for education... nevertheless, making what you're worth and being appreciated is a good place to be.</p>
<p>By elite business programs, I'm talking about top 50 or so on U.S. News. If I go to a school where the undergraduate school of business isn't ranked in top 50, I would DEFINITELY major in economics.</p>
<p>"I know plenty of people (including my father--who couldnt afford to go to UPenn-Wharton ) who went to a state school or non-elite school who make more more money then you ever will in your life...."</p>
<p>College admission selectivity and business school curriculums changed A LOT in the past 20 years. So people who are 30+ old shouldn't be concerned by my statement. Going to non-elite schools in the 70's or 80s or 60's is perfectly fine. However, currently, it seems like only the top 50 or so business programs offer decent quality education and most of the rest of the programs are for slackers.</p>
<p>And how do you know how much money I'm going to make? ;)</p>
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By elite business programs, I'm talking about top 50 or so on U.S. News. If I go to a school where the undergraduate school of business isn't ranked in top 50, I would DEFINITELY major in economics.</p>
<p>"I know plenty of people (including my father--who couldnt afford to go to UPenn-Wharton ) who went to a state school or non-elite school who make more more money then you ever will in your life...."</p>
<p>College admission selectivity and business school curriculums changed A LOT in the past 20 years. So people who are 30+ old shouldn't be concerned by my statement. Going to non-elite schools in the 70's or 80s or 60's is perfectly fine. However, currently, it seems like only the top 50 or so business programs offer decent quality education and most of the rest of the programs are for slackers.</p>
<p>And how do you know how much money I'm going to make?
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Wow, you're lenient on the definition of top business school. I would think only the top 20 are considered elite. Top 50 is way too much.
Making money is more about the individual than where you go for your undergrad. Even though I don't go to any Ivy or any Ivy level school, that doesn't mean that one can't be more successful than graduates of Ivy-level schools. I am a double major Doctorate of Pharmacy and Economics and minor in math by age 24. What can an Ivy-level graduate do that I don't have the background for?</p>
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However, currently, it seems like only the top 50 or so business programs offer decent quality education and most of the rest of the programs are for slackers.
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<p>I think you are painting with a rather wide brush here... Do you have some personal experiences to back up this blanket statement? How can you possibly know the rest of the programs? There are literally thousands of undergrad business programs, and I'm quite positive you don't have detailed experience/knowledge enough to make a statement about their quality/level of student commitment.</p>
<p>The very reason I considered top 50 programs "elite" is because there are thousands of ug business programs.</p>
<p>"I think you are painting with a rather wide brush here... "</p>
<p>It could be true. However, I have high standards. From my personal experience, a lot of slackers whom I hated working with in a group project during HS chose to major in business in their non-selective schools. Maybe they will change in college, but I would rather work with highly motivated individuals, such as myself.</p>
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I don't give a crap if engineers look down at my major unless they have a 3.3+ gpa in it, you can't just major in engineer and not do well then make excuses that it's just a hard major and look down on other majors. A 3.7 in business major (accounting/finance/econ) is superior than a 3.0 in engineering to me, similar schools of course.
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Well. I've earned my right then. Every engineer I know that has taken a business course said it was easier than virtually any engineering course they had taken. Nuff said really.</p>
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jPoD, chill dude... your post doesn't make sense either... but just chill, money is not everything... in fact I know a lot of people who are rich, lonely, and miserable... so I don't find it to be the ultimate deciding factor for education... nevertheless, making what you're worth and being appreciated is a good place to be.
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<p>No. And my post makes plenty of sense.</p>
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College admission selectivity and business school curriculums changed A LOT in the past 20 years. So people who are 30+ old shouldn't be concerned by my statement. Going to non-elite schools in the 70's or 80s or 60's is perfectly fine. However, currently, it seems like only the top 50 or so business programs offer decent quality education and most of the rest of the programs are for slackers.</p>
<p>And how do you know how much money I'm going to make?
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<p>I'll let you know right now how wrong that is. The school my dad went to (and where i attend a college marketing class) is a fourth tier USNews bull shiz rated school. It's one of the most underrated business schools, and fields one of the top entrepreneurial schools in the nation. It gets little recognition because of Penn.</p>
<p>Oh, as for you, trust me, you wont. I dont care how good Darden is ;)</p>
<p>EDIT: It is McIntire. Darden is Grad. Meh. I didnt see McIntire when I went to verify on UVA.edu</p>
<p>jPod, just curious, but what is that school you are referring to?</p>
<p>No guesses?</p>
<p>Sloan? Haas?</p>
<p>The school my dad went to (and where i attend a college marketing class) is a ----> fourth tier USNews bull shiz rated school <------. It's one of the most underrated business schools, and fields one of the top entrepreneurial schools in the nation. It gets little recognition because of Penn.</p>
<p>MIT and UCB arent close to 4th tier.</p>
<p>Mason? (10char)</p>
<p>it's in PA, close to UPenn.</p>
<p>CMU? (10char)</p>
<p>PSU? (10char)</p>