<p>I come from a small town and no one seems to know ANYTHING about the business world, I have no idea where to start. In the fall I will attending a top 10 LAC. How does the process work.. Do i transfer or apply to a business school? What do i major in as a Freshman at my LAC? What do I do after business school. Sorry but i am very uneducated in the business world!</p>
<p>In Williams/Amherst/Swarthmore? Major in econ, math, stats, or physics and you’re set. In another top LAC? Prepare to do some major networking, regardless of major.</p>
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<p>Should I transfer? apply to business schools after a certain amount of years?</p>
<p>Apply for transfer to the Ivies and top undergrad business programs. You’ll get into at least some of them if you have a good GPA at a top 10 LAC.</p>
<p>Why did you choose to go to an LAC in the first place if your goal was business?</p>
<p>I was not sure what I wanted to do and still am not sure. No one was able to explain how the whole business world works (very low-income area). What classes should I take? and am i transferring directly to b-schools or just the normal undergrad schools?</p>
<p>Depends on where you’re transferring too I believe… Some schools you can be directly admitted to and others you have to do like “Pre-Business” classes and later apply.
Like, I go to Ball State University and we do 2 years of pre business classes (your basic classes; accounting, micro & macro econ, ISOM classes, english, Business Law basics, statistics, and applied calc, etc) and then your junior year you apply to the business program and then can focus on your area be it Marketing, Accounting, Sales, Econ, etc.</p>
<p>Just earn the highest GPA possible. Apply to a bunch of top business programs ([Best</a> Undergraduate Business Programs - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-business]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-business)) during your freshman year and if you don’t get in, you can try again during your sophomore year. Some of them have 2 year programs like the post above noted, others have 4 year programs, but still accept many transfers after 2 years, so don’t be discouraged. You will have to apply to the university AND the business program and it’s likely that you will be accepted to the university but not the business program at some of these schools.</p>
<p>There are undergraduate business programs as well as graduate business programs.</p>
<p>Undergraduate business programs usually award a BS or BBA degree with a major in a business concentration (ex: BBA in Finance) and the top programs are highly recruited by every major firm, but a mediocre program would definitely not be worth transferring to. You get the advantage of learning skills that will apply to your future job in college without sacrificing your college experience. It’s possible to be hired for these jobs if you do really well at a top LAC, but you will still be expected to have self-taught yourself a lot of these concepts before your interviews in a lot of cases.</p>
<p>Graduate programs are an MS in a certain field (MS in accounting is probably the most popular of these) or an MBA. You could do an MS program right after undergrad if you wanted, but you will need about 5 years of work experience before applying to a good MBA program. Keep in mind that most people do not feel inclined to return for a graduate degree and at that point you may be making some pretty good money with five years of experience and going back to school would have a high opportunity cost.</p>
<p>You need to research careers in business before you decide your next move. Do you want to be an accountant? A management consultant? A trader? An investment banker? There are many different business careers out there. You then must learn about the schools and what kind of companies recruit there before you make decisions. Some require attending a “target” school (i.e. the top 15 or so universities + a few of the top business programs). This is where Google comes into play.</p>