Do Law Schools not like to see undergrad business students?

[Columbia_Student]

<p>I see a lot cons with a business major if law schools are on your horizons, regardless of the discussion that whether law school this is an academic degree. For business undergraduate degree, you have to take so many required courses that it leaves you with not a lot of room to take courses that would help you with your writing. On top of that, I’ve heard it’s hard to get a sky high GPA at USC for business major(eventhough USC has claimed that it does not curved anymore). I have the same opinion with an undergraduate degree in Engineering for law school.</p>

[Cougar09]

<p>I’m a student at wharton, and for those who say business is a waste and easy as hell (when compared to “academic” majors), we take classes at the liberal arts school at penn to boost our grades.</p>

[crazi4uni]

<p>Some of the schools that I’m applying to have their business school as the most prestigious. (ie. USC marshall and NYU Stern). </p>

<p>But I want to go to law school. So what school should I apply to?</p>

[Sam_Lee]

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I also agree that business majors are kind of worthless outside of accounting. Even with finance (unless you go to a top notch program like Wharton or Sloan which are more quantitative, which 90% of state schools are not), a lot of it can be learned on the job since its a lot of formulas (like NPV, FV, etc.). I think what’s more important in finance is having an aptitude for problem solving and being quantitative, which most business programs don’t do.</p>

<p>Accounting is a lot more complex IMO and is more difficult to learn on one’s own since there is a lot of regulation/controls which are harder to learn than some formulas in finance. Plus, the tax stuff can get really weird from what I’ve heard.

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<p>The reason why accounting is more “complex” is that it’s a man-made transaction/economic events recording system that isn’t consistent with the way we normally think. So it doesn’t come natural but requires substantial reorientation. Some people find the process easy (and to them, it’s a beautiful system that actually makes sense) while many find that very challenging and not making much sense. Even the ones that have no probelm to adjust still often need a lot of practices for accounting to become natural in their heads and that takes time. “Deferred tax” is one of the more “weird” areas. Also, the general principles provide only a conceptual framework for the most common or simple transactions but a lot of confusion can arise in certain complex areas; academics, rule-setting agencies, and practitioners are still debating what the accounting treatment should be for those areas and the rules are constantly evolving and changing. Like you said, some can get “really weird”. Still, the utility of taking 1 or 2 accounting courses is that they would give one some basic skills to read the financial statements, even if the person doesn’t have a good grasp of the accounting rules and journal entries behind those statements.</p>