I find that a bit ironic considering even with the pre-professional oriented side of my extended family, the undergrad business major was one which they’d tend to only allow for the students in the family who “weren’t intellectually inclined” as indicated by HS/K-12 academic performance AND how they conducted themselves and the type of interests they had outside of school. It was considered one of the major of last choice before considering turning to vocational school, working a full-time job to be obtained with a HS credential, enlisting in the armed forces at 17/18, etc.
A reason why they allowed it for some relatives while strongly discouraging it for those with strong academic records and/or those who they perceived as being “intellectually inclined”.
There has also been some discussion in the newsmedia about the lack of academic rigor/challenge with many undergrad business majors as seen here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/education/edlife/edl-17business-t.html?_r=0
Also, one of the past financial firms I worked for in the Boston area GOT BURNED* with past hires from undergrad B-schools outside the very elite Wharton, NYU-Stern, UVA-Mcintire, UMich-Ross, Berkeley-HAAS, etc that their unofficial policy was to not hire any applicant with an undergrad business major unless it was from a school in that elite tier.
Ironically, they would seriously consider and hire Arts & Science majors from the very regional/lower-tiered colleges whereas those colleges’ undergrad b-school applicants’ resumes are immediately sent to the circular file.
- Such past hires had serious issues with basic math proficiency AND communication issues which ended up causing serious headaches with supervisors and great embarrassment with senior executives/clients.