<p>How good is W&L's ugrad business school at getting students into bulge bracket IBanks?
Are the alumni connections strong enough to land a person a internship at these firms?
I know that W&L is proud of the fact that it's the only top LAC that has a "nationally accredited business school," so where exactly does that put W&L when compared to B-schools such as Ross, Marshall, Wharton, McCombs, etc?</p>
<p>I have not really ever been to the Williams school, but look forward to graduating from it in 2010. Let's see if I can be any good at answering this thread.</p>
<p>Among all the LACs, WLU certainly has the best business program and is excellent if you wish for a great liberal arts education and a pretty good business program. The alumini base is also quite good, and there are indeed gooid job prospects later. </p>
<p>However, comparing WLU to strictly business schools such as Ross, Wharton etc is just a whole different matter. These schools have a much wider alumni base, more companies recruiting on campus, and simply just much more reknowned. </p>
<p>For what it's worth, according to Undergard business rankings by Usnews, Wharton is ranked 1st, McCombs - 8th, Marshall - 9th and WLU comes in at 102. Also, since I wanted to pursue business myself, I've checked out these schools and the Business courses / options these schools can offer are much more than WLU. ( I eventually settled at WLU due to financial aid matters, a whole different story).</p>
<p>So, yeah, a great liberal arts education with a good business program -WLU is your bet, but comparing only business schools, I beleive WLU would fall short.</p>
<p>If you want a specialized professional major where you go into the field right after and don't go to grad school, your best bet is to go to a special business school like Wharton or McCombs. If, on the other hand, you plan on going to grad school for business anyway, you will want to have a broad base of knowledge not only for your own purposes but also to impress grad schools and potential employers - in that case I would recommend W&L.</p>
<p>If you have made up your mind that you don't want to go to business school but just want to go right into business once you finish undergrad, go with the big specialized business schools like Wharton.</p>
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<p>Is it easy to do double major at W&L in chemistry-engineering and business. I want to do an MBA after that, but would really like to pursue some business courses at the undergrad level</p>