<p>I have to say that I love Tufts! The campus is gorgeous and people are smart and nice. However, I am also 100% sure that I want to go for business. The worst thing is that Tufts does not have a business major. The closest major to it is economics. But Tufts is not known for economics. So do you guys think I should go for economics at Tufts given that I love the school so much? And please tell me more about the econ major at Tufts, and other internship programs.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “you want to go for business”? </p>
<p>Do you want to go to wall street? Get an MBA? Be an entrepreneur?</p>
<p>I just generally want to get an MBA in the future and maybe work in a big company. I am afraid that taking econ does not prepare me enough that.</p>
<p>Economics is actually one of the most helpful majors if you plan on getting an MBA. It’ll give you a (small) leg up on your follow MBA students because you’ll be familiar with some of the concepts that you’ll learn in business school.</p>
<p>Though you can get an MBA with any major, and from what I’ve heard it really doesn’t matter what you major in in college.</p>
<p>If you’re going to be a freshman, you can apply for Compass Partners to get a leg up with social entrepreneurship <a href=“Togel Hongkong: Data HK, Pengeluaran HK, Togel HKG, Keluaran HK Hari Ini”>http://compasspartners.org/fellowship/</a> and you can also minor in Entrepreneurial Leadership. The econ society has a lot of business-related events, and you can go to career services to learn about internships and other opportunities that will give you hands-on business experience. Majoring in Econ is a good way to go, Quant Econ for a Wall St job probably, if you want to stay very focused on business. Otherwise it doesn’t really matter what you major in, I know an english major who is now working at a start-up investment company and it’s a really cool job</p>
<p>Tufts is a huge outlet for wall street.</p>
<p>Goldman Sachs recruits here for Investment Banking. DE Shaw, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Deloitte, Fidelity, PNB Paribas, The Fed, Treasury Department, GE Capital, and more all recruit here.</p>
<p>Indeed, I know several people that are working at the top 3 consulting firms or bulge bracket.</p>
<p>Tufts also has an entrepreneurship minor and the Gordon Institute is amazing.</p>
<p>Plus, it doesn’t matter what you do for business school. Economics is actually better than a business degree (because you learn everything in business school) and/or finance (because you can teach that yourself more or less).</p>
<p>Tufts does offer accounting classes and business law. But you can also take business classes at Fletcher.</p>
<p>Indeed, Tufts actually ties both Upenn and Dartmouth for SECOND in the number of UNDERGRADUATE alumni that are current fortune 100, yes, 100 CEO’s.</p>
<p>Indeed, Tufts Financial Group, the undergraduate investment club, is a powerhouse despite being very young. They were even featured in businessweek along with Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, and Stanford as one of the most impressive undergraduate clubs that compete with top undergraduate business programs:</p>
<p>[Big</a> Execs on Campus](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>Plus, even Harvard doesn’t have an undergraduate business degree. Kids do economics. The beauty of the American education system is that you can major in art and go to engineering school. The most important thing(s) for business school: GPA, GMAT, and Job (with the last one being more important the longer you work).</p>
<p>Thus, a school like Tufts definitely gets you the connections and opportunities to land solid jobs.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone could give me any updated advice on econ at Tufts. </p>
<p>My son is a freshman at Tufts and is currently majoring in engineering. He chose Tufts because he wasn’t 100% sure about engineering and knew thiat he would have other strong options at Tufts. </p>
<p>He is considering switching to Quantitative Econ and/or IR. Specifically, he is trying to get information on careers after an undergraduate degree in either of these degrees or both. (He doesn’t want to have to go to graduate school immediately.) Also, does Quantitative Economics help one to be more marketable as opposed to Economics? How about Quantitative Econ and IR?</p>
<p>Thank you…</p>
<p>Many people recommend against getting a business degree as an undergrad. Most selective business schools don’t care and probably prefer a non-business degree. My son didn’t particularly care for the econ course he took at Tufts, but he was looking for something without too much math. I think, in general, more math is helpful when you are looking to get hired. My guess is that IR while popular is less useful. Don’t forget that the IR major requires fluency in a 2nd language or 8 semesters.</p>
<p>Tufts econ is definitely strong at the undergrad level. Don’t look at the US News Econ rankings because those are for grad schools and Tufts (true to its NESCAC roots) is not as strong at the grad level as it is at the undergrad level.</p>
<p>As far as opportunities for Tufts econ students: a ton of companies recruit on campus, the Econ Society and Financial Group are top-notch, and the faculty is strong. </p>
<p>I echo what a lot of other people have said - majoring in econ (or ideally quant econ) is just as good if not better than majoring in business undergrad.</p>
<p>This Wall Street Journal article expresses the opinion that undergrad business degrees are not useful:
[Wealth</a> or Waste? Rethinking - WSJ.com](<a href=“Wealth or Waste? Rethinking - WSJ”>Wealth or Waste? Rethinking - WSJ)</p>
<p>Much better to study econ at Tufts ;-)</p>
<p>Thank you beantowngirl. That article was very interesting. My son is just about to switch out of engineering into Quantitative Econ. and this helps to confirm that he is headed into a relatively strong major.</p>
<p>My daughter was a quantitative economics major at Tufts. It definitely helped her in business school (she recently completed an MBA at Georgetown). Her husband (they met at Tufts) was an economics major as well, but didn’t take the quantitative option. He had a double major (economics and International Relations) and finished an MA program in May at Johns Hopkins–SAIS (School of Advanced International Studies). Both of them feel that they were well-prepared for grad school after studying economics at Tufts. They are both 2005 grads.</p>
<p>Thanks Bromfield. It sounds like both your daughter and son-in-law are doing very well! Could you please tell me what the job prospects were like when your daughter and her husband first graduated (undergraduate)? Did they get jobs in their field? Did they feel that they definitely needed to get graduate degrees? Did they work while getting their graduate degrees? Thank you!</p>
<p>Job prospects weren’t great–both took jobs that weren’t really what they wanted to do. My D taught pilates and gymnastics classes (she was a gymnast in hs). Her husband went to work for Sherwin Williams as a management trainee (in NY). Within 6 months, my son-in-law got a job in Boston–working for a software company that specialized in financial software (Eze Castle). He got the job through a tip from a friend of his at Tufts. This company gave employees a $300 bonus if the company hired someone a current employee referred. Eze trains employees and often hires people who don’t have a financial or computer science background. My daughter got a job with an environmental consulting company–she started about 18 months after she graduated. While they were working they saved money for grad school; they also had loans and both got some merit aid (not sure if that’s what it’s called for grad school). Both of them had paid internships in grad school.</p>
<p>Twinnytoni-
Quantitative Econ is obviously challenging, but it’s a great major, and one which a kid switching out of engineering should be able to handle.
Tell him that when he takes linear algebra, he should take it with the math prof who was one of 3 Tufts profs who just won national teaching awards. (I think her name is Glater, but I’m not sure. I do know that she’s teaching it this spring.)</p>
<p>Mary Glaser</p>
<p>^^Bingo! Thanks TuftsStudent!</p>
<p>The math department is pretty terrific overall, although there are professors who are far better than others. Reputations are fairly well known on campus, so just ask around and almost any math-related major will be able to tell you which professors to take.</p>
<p>^^yes, that’s my impression. One glaring exception, I understand, is Marjorie Hahn. After having 3 great math profs at Tufts, my kid had her. She was a huge disappointment.</p>
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As a double major in Math I can say that, while not an incredibly engaging or exciting professor (she lectured advanced statistics from a powerpoint - nap time…), she was far from my worst math professor. I’m not going to name names, but she seemed to at least genuinely care for how the students performed, which is more than I can say for at least one member of the faculty. At least one other was on par with Hahn in that she, too, seemed well-meaning but wasn’t fantastic at lecturing. </p>
<p>That said, I had several fantastic math professors - specifically Prof. Hasselblatt (diff eq), Prof. Borgers (nonlinear dynamics and chaos), and Professor Tu (probability). All three were enthusiastic, good lecturers, approachable, and cared about student progress.</p>