<p>I'm just wondering what path people chose to follow for attaining an MBA. What undergraduate school are they going to, what are they going to do after they graduate and what graduate school they are going to.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is my first choice for undergrad, followed by a job in an investment bank in NY for several years, followed by Stanford Business School, Harvard if I can't get in there! My pipe dream for now!!!</p>
<p>I'm really hoping for a foreign languages major with a minor in economics from Bowdoin College then wherever that leads me for a couple years then...NYU/Upenn for an international business MBA?</p>
<p>NYU has a cool NYU/HEC Paris co-op program that looks quite intriguing...</p>
<p>Scott</p>
<p>I was wondering if to attend business grad school you need to major in something related, or could you major in lets say...chemistry??</p>
<p>Well, that's what I'm planning on doing...</p>
<p>But I am almost positive that you can. I'd like to minor in economics to at least get my foot in the door at a business grad school but there have been many engineering BS' at many top-tier grad schools...</p>
<p>I'm no expert on this but I've asked around and they said the only disadvantage you'll have is seeing the MBA class material for the first time as opposed to your undergrad business colleagues...</p>
<p>Scott</p>
<p>there is no disadvantage.. remember MBA means you have ambitions of getting higher up in a company.. could be a biotech company, a chemical company.. a firm.. practically anything.. so no undergrad doesn't matter.</p>
<p>btw.. for most top MBA programs about 50-55% accepted did engineering/sciences undergrad.</p>
<p>I'm Stanford '09, planning on majoring in Management Science & Engineering (hopefully landing a few good finance internships during the summers), then hopefully getting recruited by a Wall Street i-banking firm (Goldman Sachs looks really appealing), work for a few years, then maybe b-school (hopefully Wharton) and continuing in i-banking or some other finance field.</p>
<p>would you have a stronger advantage finder business related work if you were in an undergraduate business program?</p>
<p>and with this business related work, does it give you an advantage in getting into an mba program?</p>
<p>No, for top jobs in business out of undergrad the biggest advantage is to have gone to a top 10 or so school, major really not important for most jobs.</p>
<p>I am going to Wharton in the fall(lucky me) then go work consulting or ibanking on Wall St for a while then return to Wharton for my MBA and</p>
<p>Planning on majoring in Advertising and Marketing at UT-Austin and then grad school..who knows?!</p>
<p>I've heard that going to a big name school (like top 10 or so) is more important than major because big companies recruit there. Then, after working as a analyst/beginning-position, you go for your MBA. If course, you've got to prove yourself at your work before thinking about going to a top Business school.</p>
<p>take a look at this from an old CC post.</p>
<p>5) Quality of undergraduate institution. As you pointed out, it does not have to be a top 10 or top 20 university. However, the better the undergraduate university, the better your chances. For example, last year's Wharton entering class had 800 students. They came from over 200 undergraduate institutions. Let us look at the 20 most represented undergraduate programs:</p>
<h1>1 University of Pennsylvania 50</h1>
<h1>2 Harvard University 35</h1>
<h1>3 Princeton University 30</h1>
<h1>4 Stanford University 25</h1>
<h1>4 Cornell University 25</h1>
<h1>6 Duke University 20</h1>
<h1>7 Columbia University 15</h1>
<h1>7 Dartmouth College 15</h1>
<h1>7 University of California-Berkeley 15</h1>
<h1>7 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 15</h1>
<h1>7 University of Virginia 15</h1>
<h1>7 Yale University 15</h1>
<h1>13 Brown University 10</h1>
<h1>13 Georgetown University 10</h1>
<h1>13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10</h1>
<h1>13 University of California-Los Angeles 10</h1>
<h1>13 University of Chicago 10</h1>
<h1>18 New York University 5</h1>
<h1>18 Northwestern University 5</h1>
<h1>18 Pennsylvania State University 5</h1>
<p>Adjusted for size of student body, that would mean these are the top represented schools by proportion:
Penn Harv Pton Yale Stanford Duke Columbia Dartmouth and Brown
Of course all of those schools are really good.</p>
<p>So yeah, I think its fair to say that going into a top school is a good prereq. The only flaws I see is that Wharton is just one school, and that the proportions of kids that plan on pursuing careers related to business vary greatly between schools (i.e I would thinkless kids at MIT would want to go into business as compared to Penn) so proprtion might not be the best measure. I think GPA matters a great deal in the recruiting process by firms, but I'm not sure if there's a cutoff for grades and stuff.</p>
<p>I'm suprised to not see CMU on that list. They have a #6 undergrad business, strong analytical/quantitative focus, strong engineering program, and they get recruited well. Maybe it's because they have more diverse interests(more hardcore engineers, cs,fine arts taht don't look into business).</p>
<p>Get a 4.0 GPA at my public state school then get an internship somewhere in St. louis or Chicago as an analyst. Work for so many years then apply to Washington University(if I live in St. Louis) or Northwestern University, University of Chicago(if I live in Chicago).</p>
<p>You can major in anything and have an undergrad degree from anywhere if you want and MBA and that's true for many grad schools "prospectees".</p>
<p>The thing is I think that most people who want an MBA know and base their decision of an undergrad UNI on that. And yea, work experience is very important as well but I don't think it matter what kind of work experience, it can be any type of job that will develop skills prospective MBA students. Jobs in hard sciences (aka Phy math chemistry engineering) are good for just that. I suppose a background in economics wouldn't hurt but an undergrad business degree is a waste of time if you wanna get an MBA I think.</p>
<p>Myself I was looking at babson college and then maybe get a Job in one of the big cities NYC Chic DC SF Boston. I'm not 100% sure the MBA is for me, I may get a degree in economics,going into business would be great too.</p>
<p>Does anyone have job placement accounts for a place like babson college?</p>
<p>thanks,</p>