<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I know that your undergrad major does not directly affect your admission into graduate business schools, but I also know that your work experience DOES. Would majoring in philosophy be valued by employers, or would this place someone at a disadvantage when applying for the same job as business majors?</p>
<p>Philosophy is a great major. You should have no problem geting jobs IF you have a decent GPA. The key is having at least a 3.0 GPA in college and preferably much better.</p>
<p>for many of the employers that are the fast-track to top MBA schools (consultants, investment-banking, etc) WHAT you major in is far less important than WHERE you are enrolled.</p>
<p>I was an anthro major and went into consulting then got an MBA from a top school. The trick to getting the first job was 1) going to an Ivy, 2) interning, and 3) having a good gpa (3.4+).</p>
<p>I have a B.A. and M.A. in philosophy, and a master's in business. The philosophy training helps me on a day-to-day basis in my management job much more than the business degree does. I end up seeing things and seeing things in offbeat ways that my non-philosophy-educated peers never even dreamed of. My guess is that MBA schools and employers will see you as someone whom they can count on to think creatively, precisely, and outside the box. But they might also expect you to be a wishy-washy intellectual who deals in theory much better than in execution.</p>
<p>thank you so much everybody for your help!!!!!</p>
<p>Also, Econ helps but is in no way a pre-req. Just take macro/ micro, up to calculus 2, and maybe stats and you are also helping yourself.</p>
<p>thanks alot, this sounds like a great plan</p>