Is business right for me? (finance/accounting)

dyre00
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 02:54:03 +0000

If I could just butt in here, let me say that while going through my job search, the majority of prestigious financial institutions hiring straight from undergrad were looking for finance or accounting majors. I had two financial internships in fairly large banks and almost all the interns were, you guessed it, finance majors. I think we did have one economics major, but it’s absurd to pretend that going to business school doesn’t help you get a job out of college. Why do you think business schools exist, if not to give you a competitive skill-set and networking opportunities to break into the corporate world?

As for MBAs, from what I’ve heard from numerous people, including professors and the CFO of the company I’m about to go into, is that it’s probably not worth it unless you get into a truly top-tier program. Personally I’d rather take a major that gives me a significant advantage on the job market than one that gives me a small boost in getting into a tier 1 MBA program.