<p>are you going to be a summer IB analyst? nope.
and with a 1.0 or 0.0 gpa, you'd probably get kicked out of school.</p>
<p>i do agree on the power of networking though.</p>
<p>Networking is indeed important, but school prestige and GPA will be the way employers filter out resumes for interviews. Employers have target schools and non-targets for a reason. There's something called a recruitment process for a reason. The 1% of non-targets who made it had superior connections, but it's always better to attend the best school you got into. You'll just have better chances. 1.0 GPA? That's a stretch. You can't even be passing classes with a GPA that low. Anyway, you get the point.</p>
<p>By the way, getting an internship at Goldman Sachs after high school, no matter what your role (whether even IB or working in the mail room or w/e) is more questionable than impressive. Employers (and employees at GS) would assume the ONLY reason you got it was from connections. Of course you're at a great start, but remember that future employers will doubt your level of responsibility at that stage. Of course I'm no saying anything against you. If you turned down Wharton for Ross, you're probably smart enough to get those careers anyway. I'm just speaking in general. If a high school student got an internship with a private equity firm, would you say, "Wow"? I wouldn't. In any case, connections are not the only way to a great career. You need a mix of the credentials and networking.</p>
<p>I think we're digressing...coming back to the topic, don't you people think that a liberal arts education prepares you BETTER for the future, I mean maybe Ross would help get me recruited for my first job, but beyond that? Also, I plan to go on to grad school and I've heard a liberal-arts degree is more respected in the grad-admission process. </p>
<p>Also, when I talk about employment I just don't mean I-banking and finance jobs, I'm also interested in marketing/advertising/media and the like.</p>
<p>Ross marketing is one of the best.</p>
<p>There's a huge debate about liberal arts vs. business vs. engineering. Do what you WANT to do. Who cares if someone says something is the best major for getting the best job? Do what you want. Of course you will have future opportunities in mind, but choose an area of study you are interested in because you are only a student once. If you like econ, do econ. You don't need a BBA to work in business. HOWEVER, if you like the study of business and studying from a case-based approach, do business and forget about how it might be bad compared to liberal arts in the long run. If you like it and it's suited for you, can it really be that bad for you? I say no. People get too caught up in this. If you have NEUTRAL feelings for everything but know that you want to end up working in business, Ross is probably your best bet. If you have other passions, pursue those.</p>
<p>Take this common situation: There are some kids who hear engineering is the best option, so they pursue it just because of the future opportunities they hear about. They're like, "Oh, I'm just gonna get my MBA and be successful because engineering is preferred" and stuff like that. Then they realize they're not suited for engineering and they end up hating it. Lots of pharmacy students I know are the same way. "I'm just gonna work in retail and make lots of money." </p>
<p>Yes, the future/long-run is something you need to consider, but study what you want and don't get overly concerned about what's generally considered the best option.</p>
<p>redhare --- Awesome answer. Couldn't have said it better.</p>
<p>yes i agree, great answer. major in waht interests you.</p>
<p>Forgiven, Michigan's History department is better than Penn's. Your transfer doesn't make much sense.</p>
<p>if transfer credits don't work out, i'll most likely return to michigan.</p>
<p>michigan is an amazing school and i've learned to love it, but costs were too high and i'm from philadelphia. it would just make more sense.</p>
<p>I hear ya. Well, if you do decide to stay, take a class with Sidney Fine. He is getting old, but he is special.</p>
<p>sounds good. thanks for the advice!</p>
<p>does anyone dual enroll for ross and econ?</p>
<p>would doing that be redundant?</p>
<p>It isn't redundant from the academic standpoint. You will be learning different things from your econ courses and your Ross courses. </p>
<p>If you are looking to make a more marketable resume, then yeah a dual enroll with an econ major would usually not be as appealing as, say, a math major. Yet, having a dual degree regardless of the major will look good.</p>
<p>I'll probably end up graduating from Ross with a minor in econ -- mainly just because a bunch of the econ courses interest me. I wouldn't pursue a dual enrollment with an LSA major because I don't feel like being bound to all the LSA degree requirements (foreign language proficiency, etc.)</p>
<p>I previously wrote a blog entry about this: <a href="http://rossbba.blogspot.com/2007/04/specific-dual-majors-and-minors.html">http://rossbba.blogspot.com/2007/04/specific-dual-majors-and-minors.html</a>.</p>
<p>And I second everything jnpn wrote. </p>
<p>If you want to dual in econ because you find it interesting, then do it. It's very useful, good stuff --- but it would be quite painful if you don't enjoy studying it. (As would most everything else that you could come up with, I would imagine.)</p>