<p>I would like to go for business administration (marketing, management, etc.) for my undergraduate education. I know that Tufts lacks an actual business college. I like Tufts and put it on my college list (i am a junior) but is Tufts the wrong place to be looking at if I want to go for business?</p>
<p>It’s not the best choice if you really want an undergrad degree in business.
Do you plan to get an MBA? If you do, then I wouldn’t worry about studying business undergrad, but if not, you have to weigh your options in terms of what you want to study, quality of education, location, internship opportunities, etc.</p>
<p>Tufts needn’t be a bad choice. Tufts has a fantastic econ program that offers classes in accounting, business law, and obviously economic theory and practice. It’s one of the most popular majors here, and we’ve got a pretty solid alumni network in business. We’ve also got a program called Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies which you can minor in which teaches marketing and finance. I’m heavily involved with the Tufts Finance Group, which is a student-run extracurricular that meets a couple times a week. A wealthy alumni donated a large amount of money to us, and we research, present, and vote on stocks to buy with it. We do a lot of educational workshops (especially on researching and investing in equities), and we bring special events to campus (speakers, finance job fairs, Tufts alumnae currently in finance, recruiters) a couple times a month.</p>
<p>Also, like the above poster said, if you’re planning on an MBA it shouldn’t matter. MBA programs actually prefer not to admit applicants from undergraduate business schools, because there’s too much overlap.</p>
<p>Yea, I most applied to mostly Business schools since I want to go into Investment Banking after college, or atleast a business related field. However, I applied to Tufts for its Econ/IR program and I will be going there this fall. </p>
<p>If you interested in Economics, then there is no harm in going to Tufts. You can major in economics and still do alot of the business related jobs. Plus, Tufts not too far away from NYU and from what I have heard, often Tufts organize trips for students to go down to NYU to meet Alumni.</p>
<p>At the same time, the education you will receive at Tufts will be more all rounded then one you will receive in a Business School. That is what alot of employers are looking for!</p>
<p>Where did you hear Tufts organizes trips for students to go down to NYU to meet alumnae?</p>
<p>Do you mean NYC?</p>
<p>Opps, sorry. I meant NYC.</p>
<p>Even so. Where did you hear that?</p>
<p>I have been in touch with a student studying economics at Tufts since I am planning to do that and IR at Tufts starting this fall. He told me about this.</p>
<p>Here is the part of the email he sent me regarding this topic.</p>
<p>“The Tufts Financial Group (entirely student-led) has led trips down to NYC for a weekend in the fall semester to get students to network, and there is a program called Sponsors for Educational Opportunity or something (SEO, you can google it) that puts so-called “minority” students in touch with financial firms.”</p>
<p>Oh, OK. I was abroad during the fall semester so I wouldn’t have been around for that, and I can’t recall them doing it for either of the other two fall semesters I’ve been a member of the group, but it does seem like something they would do. I thought you were saying the university sponsored the trips, which sounded a little far-fetched, but TFG does a lot for its members. I wouldn’t expect a whole lot of trips to NYC, but we bring a lot of opportunities to campus.</p>