@thecoolboy1234 : My problem with that is that we do not have data on how many from ECAS who attempted NYC so vs. GBS, so you’ll never have a complete picture. Of course at a school with a large and prestigious BBA program (literally the number 1 chosen major for undergrads. at Emory), they would be over represented. Those looking to go into finance are simply much more likely to be in the business school (and admittedly for good reason, it has a clear allure). It’s a “default” pathway for those choosing that. The alumni and career center effect could be very real, but the way you just threw around that data does not contextualize the data enough. The fact that upwards to 5 folks from ECAS (a much more diverse entity likely with a much lower concentration of those pursuing finance altogether. The business school apparently had like 15% of Emory UGs in 2016 and econ. had 9%. We know that an overwhelming majority of folks in the b-school are aiming for something in their concentration, but among econ. majors, we have no clue how many are single majors looking for business related positions, actuarial positions, or are just some pre-law, pre-med, something like that. So at the most, assuming that most IB folks from ECAS come from econ, with econ. having all 9% of its students aiming for econ. related jobs, and that econ. is as concentrated with those applying NYC IB jobs in GBS, the most you would see is maybe about 10-11 from ECAS of that share you gave. Given this, 3-5 seems reasonable to me.) is quite the contrary to indicating a necessity so much as a clear edge.
Regardless, if that person is to go to GBS, they need lots of help planning primarily since they are a transfer student. If they had started at ECAS, I would have been all for GBS, but they aren’t so it gets a lot trickier. I just don’t agree that they should feel completely doomed if they don’t go. There are obviously ways to make it happen without the BBA. Since Emory will probably cost a lot more than UVA for this person, they better get ready to hit the ground running to make a BBA at Emory work in their favor towards this goal. Once you take that into consideration, this shouldn’t be as black and white without serious planning. If the two cost the same and they would only have to be at Emory for 2 years (as opposed to a possible 3, so one year supported by no or much weaker aid), then yeah, absolutely nothing to lose by going to Emory. But this case means that they must absolutely ensure that their time at Emory is not wasted.