<p>Can anyone speak on the part of its undergraduate reputation, recruiting, and teaching standards? What do most Olin undergraduate students eventually go into? How strong + diverse is the recruiting as a whole? What SPECIFIC business career path do most kids pursue?</p>
<p>I remember seeing your post somewhere that you apply ED to WUSTL. So, you must know quite a bit about the school. I’d suggest that you go over the Olin website and find out information there. They publish undergrad employment/internship stats. There must be an Olin magazine and some other interesting stuff somewhere as well. To find out what their alumni are doing (career-wise) you can search on LinkedIn.</p>
<p>I’ve done a little bit of research and I came across this data sheet: <a href=“http://www.olin.wustl.edu/docs/WCC/EmploymentBSBA.pdf[/url]”>http://www.olin.wustl.edu/docs/WCC/EmploymentBSBA.pdf</a></p>
<p>The employment statistics are very impressive and it seems like business is quite popular on campus (12%). Though I’m wondering if the numbers may be skewed. i.e. “The Placement and Median Annual Salary by Function” assumes 100% employment from Olin Undergrad graduates, which is totally possible, but seems somewhat surprising to me. It also seems to suggest that every graduate went into some type of business-related occupation, which I also seem rather dubious about.</p>
<p>I’m also getting the notion that the b-school students are somewhat “looked down upon” due to allegedly easier course work relative to other majors.</p>
<p>I would find it very helpful if anyone with some considerable affiliation with the school could elaborate on these points.</p>
<p>I can’t say too much about what business majors do after school, but I can say a little about their reputation on campus. I’m sure you’ve probably come across the phrase “B school, preschool” (or if you haven’t, you would eventually), so yes, it’s true that it is the stereotype that the business school has a lighter work load than, let’s say, BME. I’m assuming that this is mostly because the times of classes make it easier for B schoolers to have an empty Friday than those in engineering or arts and sciences. I would be surprised to find that a majority of students here believe the stereotype to necessarily be true.</p>
<p>Long story short: yes, it has that reputation, but many don’t think it’s deserved.</p>
<p>Way back when I was in college, engineering students had the tendency to look down on other majors. I don’t know if the generation does the same. We thought we were smart. I joined the real world as an engineer and eventually ended up in business. It doesn’t matter in the long run. Pick what you want and be the best student you can be.</p>