<p>i plan on attending medical school. i want to major in economics and minor in bio or neurobio in order to complete the prerequisites. </p>
<p>so, since i want to have a business- orientated backup plan in case mediacl school doesnt work out, will the econ major work to help me get into the business world?</p>
<p>additionally, how does the process for getting high up in the business world work? do i just graduate from college and get an mba in grad school?</p>
<p>thanks in advance</p>
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<p>I have no idea what the hell it means to be in “the business world.” Lawyers are in the business world. Doctors are in the business world. Unless you’re at some non-profit / academia, you’re in the business world trying to sell goods or services and make money.</p>
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<p>I’m not sure what high up in the business world means, but achieving success/power/money generally requires some or all of the following: smarts, hard work, good political skills, connections, luck, sleeping w/ the right people, having blackmail on people, etc.</p>
<p>In case you don’t get into mediacl school, econ would help you break into the business world. </p>
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<p>All great business men will tell you that formal education has very little to do with being successful in business. There are special personalities that flourish in executive decision making positions. Also, there is no field called “Business.” That’s like you saying you want to be engineer. </p>
<p>You should find out what you are passionate about and pursue that.</p>
<p>dude relax. i saw your response to another person’s question, and it made me think that YOU need to sleep with the right people. it’s a simple question; im asking about an mba, an econ major, and how to climb the ladder. please stop overanalyzing, and truly, if you have to be rude to answer, or not answer, a question, it’s better that you dont attempt at all.</p>
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<p>No it’s not. There’s no field called business. But there are people who are engineers and there are engineering fields.</p>
<p>Like slang for a train engineer? What does an engineer do on a daily basis?</p>
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<p>I’m not sure where you’re going with this. Different engineers do different things on a daily basis. Same with lawyers, or doctors, or accountants, or any other classical field</p>
<p>That’s exactly what I’m talking about. Saying you want to go into business is too general he needed to be more specific. (i.e. Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, Retail, Marketing, etc)</p>
<p>That’s exactly what I’m talking about. Saying you want to go into business is too general he needed to be more specific. (i.e. Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, Retail, Marketing, etc)</p>
<p>i dont know exactly what i want to do in business, which is why i wasnt specific, but probably finance or accounting. those areas you mentioned is what i meant by “business”</p>
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<p>What you’re talking about is nonsensical.</p>
<p>Law is business. Medicine is business. Street sweeping is business. Janitorial services is business. Being a cop is business. Doing tricks in the red light district is business. </p>
<p>Your problem is that you’re confusing something that doesn’t exist (a field called business) with a field containing specialties.</p>
<p>C02 is right.</p>
<p>In anycase, what the OP was referring to was somehting along the lines of finance, consulting, real estate, marketing, blah.</p>
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<p>1) a neurobio minor won’t get you your premed requirements. A bio minor will (for eg. the neuro major doesn’t require you to take orgo or orgo lab which you need for pre med)</p>
<p>2) there’s no real required major to get to wall street–although a basic knowledge in economics is useful. Certainly most of those who work there majored in economics or somehting related. So yes, econ will help. Econ and bio/neurobio will set you apart, which can only be a good thing.</p>
<p>"how does the process for getting high up in the business world work? do i just graduate from college and get an mba in grad school?'</p>
<p>Not sure what you’re asking, but prima facie, it makes you look like a tool :(</p>
<p>The traditional path is that you graduate from college, work for 2-5 years, then get an MBA. Although it’s increasingly popular for students to get an MBA right out of undergraduate, most people do it after some years of work experience. Concentrate on getting your degree first, the key to moving up in any organisation is having the right smarts, skills, luck and political game–like previous posters have said above.</p>
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<p>I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, but I’m losing my patience here. The internet is the only place where this nonsense can breathe. Do you really think I don’t know the difference between business and engineering? I built a software company that handles financial analysis. I had to teach myself how to grow a company and analyze an industry. Not to mention reading thousands of pages to learn software and network engineering. I think I should be qualified to speak in both areas. This is my last post on college confidential. I’m through with this ****.</p>
<p>thank you.</p>
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<p>Nobody cares about whether you’ve lost your patience or not. Or whether you’re thru with this sh-- or not. Get off your high horse.</p>
<p>To the OP: If you’re starting college in the fall, why not take a few college courses to decide what you like before making long-term career plans? I can’t fathom how a 17-year old would have any idea what he or she would know what to do as a career, but I understand that there are those who profess that they do.</p>
<p>This is sounding too much like the Yale or Princeton board. Why are people here acting like snobbish know-it-alls? The negativity here is getting ridiculous.</p>
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I’ve noticed, much to my amusement, that C02 rarely has anything positive to say. He seems to prowl the forum simply to belittle and discourage people for asking - what he perceives as- stupid questions, or questions that were not phrased correctly. I’m puzzled by his behavior and I often wonder if he is representative of the typical Columbia student. </p>
<p>The OP did use the wrong terminology when he asked his original question, but did C02 really not understand the intent of the question? It’s not like the OP is the only person who uses the term “Business” to describe the industries that typically operate on Wall Street. The term is used in television and movies all the time to describe the same thing (albeit incorrectly). </p>
<p>C02, I’m curious, why do you post here?</p>
<p>“I often wonder if he is representative of the typical Columbia student”</p>
<p>hellz no!</p>
<p>In his defense, though, C02 has some really good insights into campus life, the community and columbia in general. The snark and condescension aside, many of his contributions are really valuable</p>
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Valuable to who? I think most people aren’t willing to wade through all his garbage in order to find the crumbs of useful incite or information that he provides. Why should they be? </p>
<p>If you were to eliminate from this forum every thread and post that C02 considered stupid or pointless, there wouldn’t be much of a forum left. But I don’t think that would suit C02 at all. He seems to enjoy talking down to people too much.</p>
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<p>Evey thread and post on this board would be worth reading.</p>