<p>Should someone with an interest in finance/accounting/business consider Vanderbilt? I do not believe they have an undergrad. business major. Are there other opportunities to pursue these interests, or major in finance or accounting, perhaps through econ. at Vandy?</p>
<p>I read some of your other posts - this would be for a son enrolling 2008? Use the time until then to convince him that a business undergraduate major is not a smart path.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt will offer a great liberal arts education like other top schools. Seems silly to waste these great colleges studying business administration.</p>
<p>Likely your son would gravitate to economics, a strong program at Vanderbilt within A&S. But who knows, that's part of the importance of a liberal arts education. (From my experience, business seems best studied in an MBA program after a little time working. A masters in finance is growing in popularity and is now offered at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management along with the traditional MBA program.)</p>
<p>If push comes to shove, Vandy offers a Business Administration minor, with classes in core finance and other business disciplines including accounting. I have one on my diploma. Smartly, Vanderbilt will not allow business to be a sole undergraduate focus, but will offer exposure with the minor option.</p>
<p>Thank you for your comments, VUAlum.</p>
<p>Yes, younger s. will not be entering college until 2008. Older s. began his college hunt with a strong interest in a liberal arts education (applied physics major), but half way through the college visits, he realized that he'd like to have the opportunity to pursue engineering as well, so shifted his interests, and ruled out all the LAC's that we'd visited in favor of a smaller university that had an engineering program. He looked at a few tech schools (MIT, Cal Tech, Harvey Mudd, GA Tech) but decided he really wanted a general university setting with an engineering school. He is now double majoring in mech. e. and physics (with managerial studies thrown in as well). So, as younger son has expressed an interest in accounting/finance, with a possible eye towards investment banking, etc. , rather than make the same mistake twice, we want to explore schools that offer him the opportunity to pursue an undergrad Business major, if he chooses. We know this may change, and we know we are early in the hunt, but want to begin to explore options. Since older s. was into the sciences, this research is a bit new to me. </p>
<p>As you saw in my other posts, Vandy is still on the list. It is a great school. A good friend of mine's son is a sr. now, with a major in history and minor in something with finance. We are hoping to take a visit to Vandy and have him show us around, perhaps in the spring, when this becomes a bit more real for younger s.</p>
<p>Younger s. is no stranger to college campuses, having spent summers at Duke and Davidson, so touring a campus at this age shouldn't be daunting. Unlike older s, who wanted a small school, younger s. is more open to a larger school, preferably with active sports teams. We did a drive-by at UNC when we were at Duke this summer, but didn't really stop to see anything.</p>
<p>Anyway, we are still in the information-gathering stage, and appreciate all info. Thanks for yours!</p>
<p>I am studying econ undergrad at vandy right now and I've heard a lot of good things about it. Of course its not as prestigious as the ivys but as a 1st tire college, its probably one of the top choice, especially if you are looking for liberal arts. I decided to go to vandy over stern, NYU because i wanted a liberal arts as well as econ education. Something like 70% of students change their majors. I didn't want to be locked in at stern. </p>
<p>Vandy econ is quite well known too. I met with a few foreign and US economists, and when I tell them I'm studying econ at Vandy, they recognize the program. I was really suprised. The econ program has a lot of connections, it seems.</p>