If you had to rank 5-10 Undergrad B-schools in terms of overall Job/Career placement

College Search & Selection
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<p>what would they be? (Factors such as reputation in the business world, school connections to companies, location of recruiting companies etc...are some examples of important things to look at in my opinion)</p>

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<p>The best path to a career in business/finance straight from undergrad really isn't through an undergrad business program. With the notable exceptions of Wharton and MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford are all probably the best places to be. Of those, I would say the tiers would be</p>

<p>Tier 1:Harvard, Princeton, Wharton, Yale
Small Gap
Tier 2:Stanford, MIT</p>

<p>If you look at the placement into top finance jobs from these schools, they all do much better than the supposed "top undergrad business programs."</p>

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<p>Over job/career placement = top finance jobs? May be the OP should clarify what kind of business career he is looking for.</p>

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<p>Finance. Sorry</p>

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<p>I agree with PimpDaddy. You shouldn't limit yourself to just undergraduate b-schools.</p>

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<p>right because any of the HYPMS you listed has a undergrad b-school program -_-;</p>

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<p>Ok not sure what you mean by limiting myself to undergrad b-schools. My major is finance and will stay that way (I am transfering) and I am trying to find school that are well-respected in the business world sought after by good companies and whatever else I listed above, so that I can get a good job and work experience to get into a top MBA program.</p>

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<p>he means the top schools without undergraduate business programs do offer economics, and employers treat that as the "ivy finance" if you will.</p>

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he means the top schools without undergraduate business programs do offer economics, and employers treat that as the "ivy finance" if you will.

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<p>So your saying that an economics major is more prestigous than a finance major, even if I want to work in the finance industry?</p>

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<p>Ok I'm looking at a class profile for HBS MBA and most undergrad majors were in humanities & social sciences, which I assume included economics. Can I still work in the financial industry with a major in economics?
Also, I notice that at most top MBA schools, the pre-MBA jobs were mostly consulting. Can someone explain to me what this is or give me a link. Thanks.</p>

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Can I still work in the financial industry with a major in economics?

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Yes.</p>

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Also, I notice that at most top MBA schools, the pre-MBA jobs were mostly consulting. Can someone explain to me what this is or give me a link.

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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_consulting%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_consulting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://career.berkeley.edu/Business/Business.stm#consulting%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://career.berkeley.edu/Business/Business.stm#consulting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Consulting can also refer to tax consulting, auditing, etc. The Big 4 accounting firms send a lot of associates to MBA programs as well.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_auditors%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_auditors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Normalguy,</p>

<p>What others are saying is that a lot of top colleges don't have an "undergrad business program". In other words, you won't graduate with a BA or BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. But, if you go to these schools without a formal undergrad business program, and major in Econ, you still have as good, or maybe better, chance of being recruited into finance.</p>