Business major???

notaznguy
Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:15:14 +0000

UCLA doesn’t have a formal biz school, but we have a Business Economics major, which is basically the “business” degree offered here. However, it’s competitive as hell to get into the major. It’s mainly just economics classes combined with accounting classes.

UCLA doesn’t offer a major in “general bizness just so you can start your own bizness.” You can major in Economics or Business Economics and do what 90% of people here do and go into accounting. If you’re smart, you’ll get hired by a big firm like KPMG or PwC.

If you’re truly exceptional and have amazing grades (think 3.8-3.9) and have a great charismatic personality with some experience, you can probably get hired as a financial analyst by Citi or JPMorgan Chase and relocate to New York. Mind you…I know only 2 people out of the dozens of Econ/Business Econ majors I know to have ever been able to do this. Again, most end up working in accounting firms. If they didn’t get an internship or full time offer by the time they graduated, they were EFFED and probably ended up working in Bank of America as a Bank Teller or something.