^ My point is - if you really love BC, what is a better option, studying Econ at BC or Business at, say, Villanova? It is probably a personal decision but again, given that CSOM kids also have liberal arts distribution requirements, how much of a difference will taking a few more business courses be than someone taking more math, econ, or whatever. I would take Econ at BC over Business at Nova in a heartbeat. Also, for someone who wants to go into Finance, many of the courses in the Carroll School Curriculum will not be useful when you get into your career. While the Econ and Accounting requirements at CSOM are useful, how useful will “Principles of Marketing” or “Organizational Behavior” be? As someone who sat through those courses during my MBA, not much!
The student who is truly motivated does not need to be in an undergrad B-school to get good internships and a great first job.
By way of background, I have been hiring people in investment banking and asset management for over 30 years. . I can assure you a top Econ grad from BC (particularly someone coming out of the honors program) would not have been disadvantaged over a CSOM student at any place that I worked. On the contrary, I have ofter been frustrated with some younger colleagues who had undergraduate business degrees as these people often could not think outside of the box. I just believe that someone who has gained the skills of critical thinking and ability to work hard and efficiently (whether or not he/she majored in business, a science or a humanities major) will ultimately make a better employee.
I just saw @collegemomjam 's post and fully agree.