<p>I agree with BedHead.</p>
<p>I would choose Duke over Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I would choose Harvard, Yale, Princeton and UPenn over Duke. I would only choose Princeton and Yale for 'prestige'.</p>
<p>Why UPenn over Duke, besides its higher ranking?</p>
<p>I'm going to major in Business... I don't think it gets much better than Wharton..</p>
<p>hmmm duke doesn't have a business major, although our econ is pretty much just as good with postgd placement (well, probably not as good as wharton, but not too far off.) check out the duke in NY program, this summer program seems like a great learning opportunity, and I've heard this is where many job offers are extended (usually takes place summer before senior year.)</p>
<p>Wait.. what about the Fuqua Business School?</p>
<p>fuqua is a graduate school.</p>
<p>Oh ok. <em>Sighs</em></p>
<p>Well, an economics major will have pretty much the same employment opportunities as a business major, especially coming from duke. I think(not exactly sure) that as an economics major you will have more time for electives than the average business major. Also, duke has a management certification program available through the department of sociology.</p>
<p>There is a brochure available online from the pre-business advising office that will provide you information about going to Duke with business career objectives. I will find a link and post it shortly.</p>
<p>You don't even need to major in Economics if you want to work on Wall Street coming from a target, but yeah if that is what interests you by all means -- just wanted to put that out there in case there was a misconception</p>
<p>here is a link to the brochure I mentioned.</p>
<p>It will give you some info about being a liberal arts major and how it will prepare you for business.</p>
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Also, duke has a management certification program available through the department of sociology.
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<p>Not to be mean, but....the markets and management certificate is seen as a joke of a program at Duke. The classes are notoriously easy, so unless you just want a GPA boost, if you want to go into business, econ is a much better choice. But a variety of majors are doable.</p>
<p>Well, I don't really know much about the program but the point is that even though duke lacks a business administration program there is still plenty of opportunity to get into business as a Duke student.</p>
<p>padfoot my D has never had a close Black friend either... and she's Black. I hope she will find few friends of ALL colors and persuasions at Duke.</p>
<p>lol, i think you hit the wrong thread...</p>
<p>I was responding to Post #38</p>
<p>Thanks yall for the information. :)</p>
<p>Duke is very strong at placing its graduates into top firms. Its pretty much on par with Columbia, Yale, or Dartmouth, which in my experience do the best after Harvard, Princeton, and Wharton.</p>
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<p>I would choose Duke over Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I would choose Harvard, Yale, Princeton and UPenn over Duke. I would only choose Princeton and Yale for 'prestige'.
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<p>agree. throw stanford and columbia over duke as well</p>