<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>At first I was bent on studying business undergrad at a dedicated business school. I want to explore the financial field (Wall Street maybe?) in the future, so I guess it would still be beneficial to try to get into a school like NYU Stern right? Apparently if you go to a top undergrad b-school you'll have no trouble getting a nice job after college. Can anyone speak to this?</p>
<p>However, if I end up choosing to go to a more liberal arts type of school (say, Duke), what would be good majors? The obvious one seems to be Economics, but I haven't enjoyed it too much in high school. Also, I hear that it may actually be good to stuyd something completely different. My dad suggested Electrical engineering. Would I still get recruited from good firms if I get a degree in say, engineering or math at a top school (HYPS, other ivies, etc).</p>
<p>I'm basically just trying to find the best path to take to end up working for a good business firm in the future.
Thanks</p>
<p>Duke recruiters have always tried to tell me that a duke trinity degree can prepare me for a career in business. and that they get recruited by mckinsey and goldman. Look at this <a href="http://prebusiness.trinity.duke.edu/liberal.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://prebusiness.trinity.duke.edu/liberal.pdf</a></p>
<p>They are supposed to be fairly decent for job placement.</p>
<p>are the business week or US news rankings more accurate in terms of use with relation to job placement after undergraduate</p>
<p>Economics is challenging but it is going to be easier on you than electrical engineering. I don't mean this to be a butthole, but if you're not willing to go into economics just because you don't like it, then I don't think you should really be considering electrical engineering or math. You might find yourself not like either or those subjects plus you will be studying 12 hours a day or more.</p>
<p>If you go into economics from a top school (doesn't have to be an Ivy), you should be alright as far as job placement is concerned, ESPECIALLY if you minor in business. Then you'll be in good shape to go after a MBA.</p>
<p>I would say US News as well although I'm not sure that they have undergraduate business rankings. Businessweek has TCU and Baylor ranked above Texas A&M and I know that isn't going to be the case in the Texas job market.</p>
<p>us news does have undergraduate business rankings-go with these over business week:</p>
<p>U.S. News & World Report Undergraduate Business Rankings
1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.9
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) 4.7
3. University of California–Berkeley (Haas) * 4.5
3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.5
5. New York University (Stern) 4.3
5. U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) * 4.3
7. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2
7. University of Texas–Austin (McCombs) * 4.2
9. Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) 4.1
9. University of Virginia (McIntire) * 4.1
11. Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley) * 4.0
12. Cornell University (NY) 3.9
12. Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) 3.9
12. Ohio State University–Columbus (Fisher) * 3.9
12. U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 3.9
12. Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 3.9
12. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 3.9
18. Pennsylvania State U.–University Park (Smeal) * 3.8
18. Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson) * 3.8
18. University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.8
21. Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) 3.7
21. Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* 3.7
21. University of Arizona (Eller) * 3.7
21. Univ. of Maryland–College Park (Smith) * 3.7
25. Arizona State University (Carey) * 3.6
25. University of Washington * 3.6</p>
<p>generally if you go to a top school (ivies, stanford etc) your major doesn't matter all that much to wall street firms. Althought im not saying that a philosophy major is necessarily good, go for something that you will help you later on life. Majors like business management or administration are to be avoided, (unless you go to MIT or another top school) choose finance or accounting or economics. Math major looks impressive to recruters too.</p>
<p>OK so I should try out an economics or math major as an undergrad at a top school? So you guys are saying a grad from HYPS, no matter what he majored in, will be able to get recruited by a large firm?</p>
<p>I think you should major in what YOU enjoy. Go in there undecided and pick your major based on what classes you like if you go to HYPS. But if you want to major in business, then don't worry about HYPS. Only go the route of a liberal arts major at HYPS if it is what you WANT.</p>
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<p>I wouldn't let these rankings influence your decision too much. And the USNWR rankings and business week rankings are completely different. One has McIntire as number two, the other has it as number 9. One has Kenan-Flagler as number 5, and the other number 11. This one has cornell aem a lot higher on the list than the other. etc</p>
<p>The rankings imo aren't really a great basis for judging which schools are really better. They flucuate every year, and the difference between UNC as 5 and UVA as 9 neither of the programs are really that much better than the other.</p>
<p>it's a little different when it comes to upenn wharton grads are a step ahead of other penn schools</p>