<p>I'm about to enter my sophomore year at a state school with a pretty decent reputation. I'm currently "pre-business" fulfilling prereqs to enter my school's business program but the classes are so boring, somewhat hard, and I don't really know about it anymore. I have a 10 week internship this summer at an insurance company and the corporate America 9-5 environment SUCKS!!!!! Experiencing this has lead me to consider majoring history, which is the only thing my school offers that I think I would actually enjoy majoring in.</p>
<p>After college I plan on traveling for a year, then I want to get involved in the film industry (not planning on being a big name hollywood director or anything). I have always been interested in that kind of stuff and I figure that I should explore that after college while i'm young.</p>
<p>Then I'd probably want to get an MBA from a prestigious school and eventually get involved with real estate by the time I reach 30 or so. </p>
<p>So should I major in history and then eventually pursue an MBA? I feel like i'd be able to get into a good MBA program because history is so easy for me thus enabling me to have a really high gpa upon graduation. </p>
<p>Why would you want a MBA if you think corporate America is boring? The best MBA programs like to see work experience before you apply so factor that into your plans for working between undergrad and grad.</p>
<p>So if you are confused, try to seek clarity. One question I would ask yourself is if you really don’t like “Corporate America” why would you want to pursue. an MBA? There are many different paths that you might take in business from an MBA…you should try to explore aspects that you might find more in your interests.
Also, keep in mind that this is a good time to discover and explore your interests. For example, do you think that you like history enough that you could see your self teaching history at some point ?
Lastly keep in mind that all business is not like an insurance company and that your passion and interests in history could still lead you back someday to pursuing an MBA. Keep asking yourself these questions, seeking clarity is a long and very important process in your educational experience. Hope this is helpful !</p>
<p>I’d be interested in getting an MBA because i’d eventually want to pursue a career in real estate. Being a real estate agent/broker doesn’t entail the 9-5 schedule and there I wouldn’t be sitting in a cubicle all day every day.</p>
<p>“I feel like i’d be able to get into a good MBA program because history is so easy for me thus enabling me to have a really high gpa upon graduation.”</p>
<p>If you think this is all it takes to get into a top ranked MBA program, you are sorely mistaken. The top schools take people from top undergrad programs with top work experience (Bulge Bracket IB, M/B/B Consulting, elite FLDP, and some Big 4 audit), AND top GPAs and GMAT scores. </p>
<p>If it were that easy, don’t you think everyone would do it?</p>
<p>You’re the typical person on this website that I hate. Obviously it’s hard to get into a really prestigious mba program but I don’t think we’re talking about the same thing. All I said was “good” (??)</p>
<p>why are you even going to college then if you want to be in real estate? You don’t need a college degree to be a broker or agent. You need to pass an exam and that’s it. My dad is a part time real estate agent.</p>
<p>No you didn’t just say “good” you said “Then I’d probably want to get an MBA from a prestigious school”</p>
<p>YOU’RE the typical person on this website that I hate. Come on here asking ■■■■■■■■ questions that show you’ve clearly done zero research yourself and want us to spoon feed you everything, even the basics such as knowing what it takes to get into a prestigious MBA</p>
<p>And again, if you did any slight research yourself, you’d see it makes absolutely no sense to spend $100,000 on an MBA program, plus more for an ART undergrad degree that will literally provide with NOTHING just to be a real estate agent. Like the above poster said, if you want to be in Real Estate, what you’re planning is a waste of time and money.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you’re being so confrontational. You’re on an internet forum. The reason I asked this question on this website was because I didn’t do any research about this. With regard to a possible real estate job in my future, unless I want to be selling 100k dollar ghetto apartments, I obviously need to go to college. Why would anyone trust someone to sell their house without a college degree? </p>
<p>“With regard to a possible real estate job in my future, unless I want to be selling 100k dollar ghetto apartments, I obviously need to go to college. Why would anyone trust someone to sell their house without a college degree?”</p>
<p>See, you say stupid things like this, and then people try to correct you and you get all defensive. Research what you want to do before coming off so ignorant.</p>
<p>Yeah, you’re right man. Go to college and major in Art History, totally won’t be a waste of money and will DEFINITELY help in your Real Estate career. Then forego $100k and two years of income for the “prestigious” MBA program you think you can get into, just so you can be a Real Estate agent which people do without degrees all the time.</p>
<p>In the future, when you ask questions that prove your ignorance and lack of research, maybe try to LISTEN to the people you’re asking.</p>
<p>Once again, people will trust you to sell their house because your qualified. I have never heard anyone asking a real estate agent what they majored in when they went to college. Selling a house has nothing to do with what you did in college. I guess some degrees would help like finance, acccounting, marketing, and economics. If you mean investing in real estate like Donald trump that is completely different. And selling ghetto apartments, even real estate you have to start somewhere you need to build a reputation in order to sell the million dollar houses. Why would you think history would help you more than any business major?</p>
<p>Basically what I was asking was: Will majoring in something I enjoy (history) versus something like marketing (not as enjoyable for me as history) negatively affect me for what I want to do after college?</p>
<p>“Basically what I was asking was: Will majoring in something I enjoy (history) versus something like marketing (not as enjoyable for me as history) negatively affect me for what I want to do after college?” </p>
<p>LOL. Ok man, whatever. You can pretend thats what you MEANT to say all you want, but the fact of the matter is what you asked wasn’t even remotely close to this, you’re just changing it because now you look like a moron. And when we answered your question pertaining to whether you need a degree, whether you need an MBA, whether you can get into prestigious MBA program (all things you could have found out with a quick google search), you got all defensive. Grow up kid.</p>
<p>No, they won’t care what degree you have in real estate, although learning about marketing, finance, accounting, econ, etc could help you in your career.</p>
<p>The Top MBA won’t care what major you did in college, however, as mentioned previously this will impact your work experience and career, which is heavily weighted for Top MBA admissions. Also you don’t get a Top MBA to become a real estate agent/broker.</p>
<p>I’m with domrom1 on this, you are a child. Unless you are at a Top 10 undergrad school, then History will negatively affect your career if you are looking for a practical and pragmatic career choice. Also domrom1 is correct about these are all basic questions that can be googled easily.</p>
<p>Joopstah…the responses to your questions are too critical and not positive. A few facts and or suggestions ; 1. Business curriculums can include courses in real estate which you might explore 2) you might try an internship in a real estate office (or shadowing if you can’t get a regular internship) 3) what is best for you is going to be related to what you feel most exited and interested in…do your research…clarify… And be confident…History would be fine if that is what you want to study…and business can offer you some insight to all kinds and aspects of business such as entrepreneurship marketing brand management etc… Enjoy your search !</p>
<p>“Joopstah…the responses to your questions are too critical and not positive.”</p>
<p>The responses to his question were realistic and fitting of his attitude. Sorry we want someone to actually learn something, rather than spoon feed and tell them what they want to hear, especially when they act like a child.</p>
<p>An MBA is no more fun than an undergraduate business degree. It might sound like it… but I have both degrees, and can tell you that if you don’t want to do it now, you won’t want to do it then.</p>
<p>Depending on what you want to do in real estate, you may not even need a college degree. Lots of real estate agents are former high school jocks who are just good at sales. If you want to make big deals, then the business background could help you. But why pay for an MBA (they are not free!) when you are in school now? History might be fun, but it won’t pay the bills. And you will not be any better off with that degree for your long term plans. If you want to travel and work in the film business, might as well quit school now and don’t waste the money on an undergrad education at this point. Or… finish the business degree, then go try the travel/film thing. If it doesn’t work out, you can go into real estate then.</p>