<p>If I wanted to go into business, would going to MIT for undergrad be advisable, or would I be better off going to Wharton or something like that?</p>
<p>Well, MIT obviously has a very good undergrad business program. Ross and Haas are right up there with it. Wharton is the undisputed number one school. I guess it really depends on what you are looking for in your undergraduate education. I don't know very much about each individual program, so I can't go more into detail.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that MIT is major blind...if you can get into MIT, you can go to Sloan.</p>
<p>it also depends what sort of "business" you wish to do; you have to be a little more specific</p>
<p>Harvard's Business School is actually number one. Stanford is number two. Wharton is three. Sloan is four. Haas is seven. Ross is eleven. </p>
<p>Don't get me wrong, I'm not crazy about the rankings. Just wanted to be a 'lil more detailed about what are the top business schools, and wanted to correct what Central Perky said.</p>
<p>Central Perky, so if MIT is major blind, they don't care about which major we select in the application, right? I mean, they don't care of trying to sort out the numbers of student for each department, do they? Man, if they don't, I really thought choosing the least selective major (well I want to major in mangement anyways) could help my standing. Guess not;</p>
<p>Even if MIT did select by major (which it doesn't), management isn't the least popular major, so it wouldn't be an advantage -- based on the numbers</a> for the past few years, management is actually the third-most-popular major at MIT.</p>
<p>those are MBA rankings, not undergrad orbis</p>
<p>undergrad b-schools (MIT is 4)</p>
<p>Of course, SLOAN is one of the world-famous business schools. But, in terms of real world prestige, they are less recognized than HBS or Wharton due to the huge presence of engineering school.</p>
<p>However, the world would recognize the SLOAN MBA degree so much more, when it is complemented or supplemented with a solid undergraduate engineering degree from MIT.</p>
<p>For undergrad business, your best bet is to go to the best LAC or elite university you can get into. Since MIT is a great college, it's obviously a great choice if you later want to wprk in business and/or eventually get an MBA. Other great choices would be places like HYP, Caltech, Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst, Wellesley, Dartmouth, and the like.</p>
<p>In terms of who produces the most Fortune 500 CEOs, according to Susan Caminiti's study in Fortune Magazine, "Where the CEOs went to College", the list is as follows:</p>
<p>Most CEOs produced</p>
<ol>
<li>Yale 2. Princeton 3. Harvard 4. Northwestern 5. Dartmouth 6. Cornell 7. Columbia 8. Washington and Lee 9. Amherst 10. Stanford (note - UPenn isn't on the list even though it has Wharton!)</li>
</ol>
<p>Most CEOs produced per capita (per alum)</p>
<ol>
<li>Yale 2. Princeton 3. Washington and Lee 4. Harvard 5. Dartmouth 6. Northwestern 7. Amherst 8. Williams 9. Columbia 10. Cornell</li>
</ol>
<p>Ignore the "undergraduate business rankings" - they really have no meaning when it comes to how people find jobs and succeed in the business world. What it really takes is a great education, a sense of self-confidence, a well-rounded background, being able to think quickly, write well, and interact with people, among other things. Someone graduating with an economics and fine art double major from Hamilton College could do just as well or better than anyone graduating from any of the supposedly great "undergraduate business schools."</p>
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based on the numbers for the past few years, management is actually the third-most-popular major at MIT.
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<p>Uh, don't you actually mean the fourth-most popular?</p>
<p>It goes:</p>
<p>1- EECS (in all its permutations)
2- ME (in all its permutations)
3- Biology
4-Management (Sloan)</p>
<p>I was mostly looking at the most recent class, just trying to do a quick eyeball. Sorry.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, everyone!</p>
<p>I'd look closely at the culture of each school and see which one matches you the best. Like everything else at MIT, you'll find Sloan to be very forward-thinking, a very entrepreneurial environment. Other b-schools may have slightly different focuses (foci?). Do your homework on each school and some will likely stand out as better matches to you than others.</p>