<p>I am a parent and am trying to decide for my son who has got acceptances from both Oxford @ Emory and Northeastern. He is interested in a liberal arts - business undergrad education. While Emory seems to have a better overall reputation, he needs to apply to the business school after his 2 years at Oxford. If he do not make it, then he can continue with the Emory Colleage of Arts and Sciences. I am not sure that if he were to do this, how will this place him to get into a good MBA program. Also not sure of the Oxford campus and curriculum and how it stacks up vs. Emory or Northeastern. </p>
<p>@Kandarp: Uhmmm…the reputation of your undergrad. or the program you complete as an undergrad will not really affect MBA placement (most MBA’s look at work experience. They’ll look at superficial stuff from undergrad like GPA, and of course they’ll look at GMAT, but other than that undergrad. institutions don’t place people into MBA programs. That correlates more with student quality and the interest in MBA programs. Like many BBA’s or others at Emory are typically less interested in them if they are making a certain amount of money after a certain time). And Oxford provides an excellent education, perhaps better than main campus, especially for the first 2 years to non-science majors. Also, if he does not make the BBA program…good! Many options in the college are better training for a future in business or in life. Also most MBA’s do not have a BBA (as many schools do not have undergraduate business entities, especially the top ones). BBA/undergrad. is not an automatic ticket into MBA programs so much as it is certain types of jobs at certain types of firms. After the job placement, your academic major/track will matter much less than the performance in it (and even then, GPA threshold for many good MBA programs is not impossibly high because of the value placed on work experience). </p>
<p>As an alumnus of Northeastern’s business school I will add that the value of coop should be very important in making a choice. A Northeastern education has a very applied focus, even in the humanities and social sciences. Also being in the middle of Boston is an amazing experience if you son is looking for an urban environment. </p>
<p>At D’Amore-McKim your son would be immersed in the business school from the start. Midway through sophomore year he would be preparing for his first round of coop interviews while at Oxford@Emory he would only then be applying to their business school.</p>
<p>Concern about an MBA program should not be an issue at this point. As the previous poster mentioned, top business schools look more at previous work experience than the undergrad school and major of an applicant. </p>
<p>You do not mention money. If one school is significantly more costly than the other, and that is an issue, go to the less expensive school. </p>
<p>@TomSrOfBoston : Yeah, I don’t really promote undergraduate business…just saying. I honestly think they could benefit from some time outside of the undergraduate business environment and instead being in a liberal arts intensive setting. And I agree, I would go to the cheapest school…I guess. Also, I feel Emory is kind of going the same direction (with the applications) with all the joint majors and interdisciplinary majors that are popping up and rising in popularity. I don’t know how I feel about it. I guess if it makes the students more marketable…I’m glad. </p>
<p>Thank you all for your prompt responses. </p>