<p>I've been told many times that undergraduate majors don't matter. However, what about trades like business? Will med schools look at this as a negative since many undergraduate business schools prepare their students to dive directly into the job market after graduation?</p>
<p>Nope - business is fine, just like engineering is…</p>
<p>Actually I’m not so sure on this one. Economics or something is fine, but business can often be vocational. You want a liberal arts, theoretical training. Engineering is the exception here, I think, and shouldn’t be analogized.</p>
<p>Just a thought, wouldn’t Business be better as a minor then?
My friend, who recently graduated from my college and was accepted to many institutions, had Cell Biology as a major and Entrepreneurial Management as a minor… I think it made him look good, or at least that’s what someone said. That’s pretty close to business I think…</p>
<p>If you get a business degree from one of the top schools (Wharton, STern, Ross) I dont think it can hurt. If you’re at a lower ranked school, though, business can be pretty BS and you might be better off with a stronger liberal arts major.</p>
<p>Minors don’t matter in the least. And Venkat is absolutely right; my apologies for the oversight. Technically, though, Wharton gives a BS in Economics. Not sure about Stern and Ross.</p>
<p>well, i’m deciding whether or not to pursue the bba program at Ross. if i were to do this, i would also try to double major in neuroscience. however, i think i will still graduate with a bba.</p>
<p>Business actually may be great.
There are alot of docs now getting their MBAs in order to help manage their practice, hosp, etc. You are doing it prior to, just have reason why.</p>
<p>BDM, I just have a quick question. If minors don’t have any factor, why does institution put a big emphasis on minors and concentrations? Like, do having minors and concentrations help for graduate schools? I know it doesn’t have any factor in terms of medical school, then does it help at all for graduate schools? I always wondered why there is such thing as minor if it doesn’t really help you…?</p>
<p>I don’t think institutions do put a big emphasis on minors. Concentrations (e.g. within a major) can matter for jobs and graduate schools.</p>
<p>Ya i am also concerned. I want to be a doctor but i want a minor in finance so i can actually make my money work for me.
I am sorry, 250k-300k from being a physician just does not compare to investment banking salaries until you invest that money.</p>
<p>Well, an MBA in addition to a classic liberal arts training can be very valuable. But that’s not what most business degrees do – most of them are taking extremely vocational courses.</p>
<p>Ross might well be an exception; I don’t know enough about the school.</p>
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<p>It doesn’t work like that. Investment bankers play with large sums of money, can diversify the investments because of that large principle, and spend their entire careers researching and analyzing the market.</p>
<p>Playing part-time investor as a doctor (while better than solely letting some stranger handle your money) is just that: playing. It’s not serious. Especially when much of your time and attention should be dedicated towards improving on your actual career: medicine. (Besides, 8% a year is your average return on investment. And nobody is hitting that in this market today anyway.)</p>
<p>If 250K-300K is not enough for you, medicine is a bad place to turn. I would not bank on having a minor in business to double your annual earnings in medicine.</p>
<p>If you attend an average college (something ranked bellow USNWR top 100) a business major will be very vocational and pretty BS. Most people at schools that aren’t top 10 undergrad business programs will joke that business majors are people who couldn’t cut engineering or science. It’s like actively seeking an easier major. I’m sure if you can justify it well you might be fine, but you would probably be better off studying economics.</p>
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<p>this makes my heart cry.</p>
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I see a powerful PS in there. I say…Go For It.</p>
<p>^38 .</p>
<p>Those 1-2 million dollar figures in I Banking are only top firms. You will be usually making 500,000-700,000 at other firms with lots of experience in I Banking. Average I Banking pay is only slightly a little higher then medicine and law.</p>
<p>Get a life
Please don’t become a doctor</p>