<p>This fraternity boy a friend is dating has a "BGS" from Michigan. His parents are very well off and I always thought anything general studies was only for athletes. But he wasn't an athlete.</p>
<p>well if you’re like him where you are very well connected and wealthy. Then the degree doesn’t matter as long as you have it.</p>
<p>Otherwise, if you just actually want to prove yourself and not live off parental handoffs, get a BBA, BSE, or BS.</p>
<p>This guy seemed to do ok with a BGS:</p>
<p><a href=“Rick Snyder - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Snyder</a></p>
<p>He has a BGS, MBA, JD, and is also a CPA. </p>
<p>I have a BGS from 1975. No language requirement and no science requirement. I ended up with 40 hours in history, 40 hours in political science and 24 hours in philosophy - basically a double major and a minor. Trust me, it was no walk in the park.</p>
<p>You could make a BGS very hard if you decided to, or very easy if you decided to do that. </p>
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I hope you realize that picking out one guy with a BGS doesn’t prove anything. </p>
<p>If you have the choice to pick the more recognize one, go for it.
This is akin to saying everyone from Kelley at Indiana becomes Mark Cuban.</p>
<p>Snyder is also a piece of ****, so I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s doing ok with a BGS…</p>
<p>^lol Gov. Snyder is the best governor Michigan got since forever, with real private sector experience unlike his predecessor, a politician who finally has the balls to take on the scum union leeches that has destroyed the state’s and detroit’s economy. It is unfortunate for him to have to clean up after that idiot granholm.</p>
<p>Hold the phone.</p>
<p>“Otherwise, if you just actually want to prove yourself and not live off parental handoffs, get a BBA, BSE, or BS.”</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the BS, but I agree with the BBA and BSE part. </p>
<p>“This guy seemed to do ok with a BGS”</p>
<p>This shows that not everyone who gets a BGS is screwed. However, this doesn’t mean that getting a BGS will make you the governor of Michigan. This guy graduated in 1977. The world is a significantly more competitive place today than it was in 1977. More importantly, he pursued advanced degrees.</p>
<p>“I have a BGS from 1975. No language requirement and no science requirement. I ended up with 40 hours in history, 40 hours in political science and 24 hours in philosophy - basically a double major and a minor. Trust me, it was no walk in the park.”</p>
<p>“You could make a BGS very hard if you decided to, or very easy if you decided to do that.”</p>
<p>Just because a degree is very challenging doesn’t mean it’s valuable. A lot of employers will never see your transcript. They won’t know what classes you will have taken. A lot of them don’t care what classes you have taken either. Additionally, there are a lot of employers that say they want someone majoring in a specific field. I don’t think anyone is looking for someone who is “majoring in general studies.”</p>
<p>There are also “easy” (or maybe not easy, but “easier”)majors at U-M that are very, very employable. I doubt the Ross BBA is the hardest track that an undergraduate can experience at Michigan.</p>
<p>Hi, his BGS is from UM in 2012. I think the landscape is vastly different now than it was four decades ago.</p>
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<p>Probably the most competitive though. </p>
<p>Sure, I made no comment on the value on it. Because, as you said, it has little inherent value. No one is looking for someone with a BGS, and a BGS has to explain their value. That’s a given. </p>