<p>I haven't gotten into Harvard yet (i'm waitlisted), but if i were admitted, what would you do? If i went to georgetown, i would be in the mcdonough school of business studying finance; if i went to harvard, i would study economics. what would you suggest?</p>
<p>depends on what you want to do. Econ isn't bba.</p>
<p>i understand that... but i know this sounds ambitious but eventually i'm looking in a CEO sorta career path. which would be better?</p>
<p>I'm a high school student like you so take this with a grain of salt. My mom's cousins, who work at Ernst and Young, have told me repeatedly that economics will provide a better foundation than business. I plan to pursue econ rather than business in college, as it will open up many more doors than business---at least that's what I think. And if you notice, not all CEOs studied business in college. Some, like Jamie Dimon, of JP Morgan, majored in biology. Others studied math or engineering.</p>
<p>IN GENERAL - bba is a fastrack to a business career. Right out of college you will get a job with good pay and long hours and wear a nice suit. Econ will get you different jobs right out of school. A bigger variety of choices. Then either way you can get an MBA and possibly get your CEO. Bba will fasttrack you to the business world, but econ will leave you more well rounded, possibly making it easier to climb the higher ranks. </p>
<p>Harvard econ majors do enjoy good the number of companies nearby looking, but Georgetown MSB is not shabby at all. So if economics is your passion, H, but if you see yourself in five years working for an IBank or something, Georgetown can make it happen.</p>
<p>Most of the schools that have the best placement to investment banking do <em>not</em> have business undergrad programs. The only school with a BBA program that may be worth turning down Harvard for is Wharton. Georgetown is a good school of course but it's business isn't even one of the best. Harvard is HARVARD. This should be an easy decision if you get off Harvard's WL. Good luck!</p>
<p>^ For the record, Wharton's undergraduate degree is a BS in Economics (regardless of concentration), not a BBA.</p>
<p>The only undergrad business school that could be considered competitive with Harvard's econ is Penn's Wharton.</p>
<p>i disagree with the above poster. harvard is not even seen as the top econ in the US. top business schools are wharton, sloan, haas etc. top econ would be mit and chicago, then harvard.</p>
<p>haas is not top bschool.</p>
<p>harvard > georgetown no question</p>
<p>It's not about ranking when you're talking about Harvard. It's placement.</p>
<p>i think harvard just because of brand-name recognition</p>
<p>chicago boy.....I'm pretty sure Harvard compares with both UChicago and MIT pretty damn well...I wouldn't really separate that top 3.</p>
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<p>ive always seen chicago and mit as being known for econ. harvard i think of, political science, and law and medicine which are for grad school though.</p>
<p>Chicagoboy, I think the differences between the professional/graduate programs of these three schools are negligible. Each has top 5-10 programs in all of these areas. Thinking of Harvard as lesser in econ or Chicago as lesser in political science is foolish.</p>
<p>Harvard's econ is definitely top-notch. Lord knows it seems every other economist referred to in my textbook was either educated or taught at Harvard</p>