<p>Just some thoughts:</p>
<p>1) At my school, business majors and Econ majors are required to take a statistics class.
2) Sschoe2 is absolutely right. If you’re naive enough to major in something like Bio and Chem you won’t survive in the world of business. Just watch The Apprentice and see how fierce the competition is. These people who choose Science majors just because they were most familiar with them in high school or they want to look intellectual sadden me. If you’re smart enough for Science, you should major in Engineering.
4) On the other hand, there are many Econ majors who major in it because it looks as “cool” as a business major and end up actually hating their major.
3) Wall street jobs for scientists often require a Ph.D in something like Engineering, Physics, or Math. Not all science majors end up with Ph.D or even apply for science grad school. It’s true about 1/3 of Engineering graduates from MIT get into investment banking and consulting because… they have the name “MIT” on their diploma.</p>