<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>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>
<p>Hey, remember me? I cant really answer your question, but I found it ironic I personally cant decide between Business and Medicine. I think after you get a college degree/MBA/whatever else you need; you apply to land a job in different companies, for example,to become a manager. If your superiors are impressed with your work, they will promote you up the ranks. Sooner or later, you can be a President. I personally know some people (came to a company as regular workers) who did not finish college and eventually ended up in the VP/President/Top Spots of a company. However, they do take business seminars, etc., on their way upward; Basically, the value of a person in the business world is based solely off experience/ success. That is what makes the Business profession so unique and interesting. A degree from top Business schools means little to employers until you prove yourself. In contrast, other fields, such as Medicine, have a projected salary and rarely any major raise in pay. However, the Business profession is riskier and requires much perseverance, patience, and hard work.</p>
<p>yea i remember bro, once we get into harvard we're going on the prowl for females. but thanks lol, the people who answered in the columbia boards are smart*****.</p>
<p>Lol. Doubt I can get in, but I have some hope.</p>
<p>but you applied to yale right? i regret not doing so. but oh well.</p>
<p>i mean im not saying yale's easy to get into, but applying to both certainly increases your chances of going to an incredible school.</p>
<p>I did not apply to Yale or any other Ivy League school; however, I did apply to 2 schools in the top ten (including H), 2 schools in the 10-15 range, and one safety school. Rankings based off of US News 2009 rankings. I do not regret my choices b/c the colleges I am applying to are better for research/medicine then the most Ivies (except H and maybe S).</p>
<p>Folks, there is no single "process for getting high up in the business world", and there's not even a single "business world". The general recipe for business success is the same as for success in almost any field: luck, skill, politics, hard work, organization, ambition, focus, reliability, leadership, intelligence, dealing with your shortcomings effectively. There are people who get fabulously wealthy essentially playing with themselves -- think J.K. Rowling, or George Soros (initially). However, teamwork and political skill are pretty important if you are part of a large organization.</p>
<p>Here are some thumbnail profiles of people I know with really successful business careers:</p>
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<li><p>Journalist. Goes to law school, does well, clerks for Supreme Court. Practices white-collar criminal law in Washington. Gets hired as General Counsel of a large corporation. Does really well. Gets given business management responsibilities, too, and becomes one of three official candidates for CEO in a two-year competition. Wins it.</p></li>
<li><p>Astronomy PhD, assistant professor. Gets fascinated by engineering problems in designing equipment to use for his research. Realizes that some of the stuff he has designed has commercial application. Starts a company in his garage with a sales guy. Grows it organically. Ten years later, is CEO of a public company with thousands of employees worldwide, and a billionaire; two years after that has lost 80% of his wealth to the tech bubble bursting and a divorce.</p></li>
<li><p>Politics junkie, after college gets a staff job with a Senator from his state. Decides he really belongs in the other party. Goes to law school. Wants to work on an upcoming Presidential campaign, gets hired by the prospective campaign manager's Wall St. law firm. Campaign is not successful, winds up staying at the law firm, mainly doing lobbying work for its biggest client. Ultimately, the biggest client becomes HIS client, and then he is asked to become its General Counsel. Gets bored with law, and shifts to head of M&A. Becomes one of several internal candidates to replace then-current CEO. Whoops, before that happens the company is merged and everyone needs a new job. Is hired as CEO of a smaller company in the same industry. Runs it successfully for a few years, and sells it at a great price. Now is President of a division of a mega-corporation.</p></li>
<li><p>Kid starts working for a local company during high school summers, doing blue collar work. Goes to Wharton, on graduation gets a low-level management job in another company in the same industry. Four years later, returns home, back to original company. Cycles through various middle management jobs, is considered smart, hardworking, and something of a visionary. In his mid-30s, still very young, becomes #2 to a well-regarded, magnetic founder-CEO. Over the next 6-8 years, gradually takes a bigger role in deciding what the company will do. Pushes through a few initiatives that the CEO initially opposed, and these work out very well. Finally, CEO decides to retire, and makes him CEO. He leads the company to even greater success, making it dominant in its industry, and continues to maintain a close relationship with the ex-CEO, his father. (Note: This industry has had a number of second-generation CEOs. Only one of them has succeeded. Two are in jail, or have been.)</p></li>
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