<p>Yup, Pennsylvania has the highest-ranked B-school (Wharton). Cornell also has a hotel management program though.</p>
<p>Maybe it's just me, but business administration is pretty useless without legitimate work experience. Columbia has begun a financial engineering program btw, which... is similar to some of the things you'd do at Stern. Again, if you are going to pursue a job in "business", consulting firms and places like that are all going to pay for you to goto an MBA program and you're going to be doing the same sorts of things all over again. Might as well do something more interesting for undergrad.</p>
<p>Cornell started a program called Applied Economics and Management which is part of the CALS school. I believe this was it's first year to be ranked by Business week and it was placed at #14. It shows a lot of promise...</p>
<p>"consulting firms and places like that are all going to pay for you to goto an MBA program and you're going to be doing the same sorts of things all over again. Might as well do something more interesting for undergrad."</p>
<p>Exactly. Plus, perspective on diverse issues and ideas will probably help you (and whatever company you work for). The preoccupation with undergraduate business majors seems a bit narrow-minded to me.</p>
<p>I understand and agree with your perspectives about an undergrad business majors. However, I wanted a backup option to fall upon, besides economics, in the event that I dont like Engineering.</p>