just curious .. which is harder

nocousin
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:01:45 +0000

The purpose of the core is to expand your sphere of knowledge and expose you to new ideas outside a narrow path or course of action, pardon the pun. If you chose CBA, that is your path and all decisions in life have consequences, both good and bad. Its not a value judgment, just a statement of fact. I suppose your comments bring us back full circle, where I was initially trying to help the OP in deciding, that while the admission standards are probably very close for both schools, the path you take once in that school may be very different, and it would be wise to consider that before you jump in. If you are more of an experimental type who wants to try new ideas and esoteric subjects or have more freedom in the area of study, then CBA is not for you. Nobody ever said that business classes were “intellectually challenging” in the philosophical/theological/idealism sense. By definitiion they are pragmatic courses designed for specific training that a business is looking for. I have never been a fan of business as an undergraduate degree, except maybe accounting because that is a path you take to prepare for the CPA exam and they often dont go onto MBA school. MBA school was designed to give people with more general studies, liberal arts, some pragmatic course work either before entering the workforce or often after a few years of entry level jobs, to help them get into “management”. It has morphed into another expected degree to even get started. But I would never denigrate a liberal arts degree, for it teaches you how to think, not what to think.

Often kids in college have expectations set too high. I know people at Ivy League Schools who make the same complaints you do. But college is a lot things, and academic stimulus is but one factor.