Majors and B-school/jobs

Vissanik
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:39:04 +0000

I’m currently a rising sophomore at Stanford trying to figure out what to major in. I can’t decide between law or business school, and I was under the impression that an econ major is better suited for going into business related endeavors than say an english or history major. However, econ is also harder to get a high gpa in than those other majors at Stanford, and law school is largely about the gpa, regardless of one’s major. Thus, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how much of an advantage (if any at all) one receives from majoring in something like econ if one chooses to go to b-school and/or seek jobs in banking, consulting, etc. Thanks for your advice.