@oldfort I would not make a sweeping generalization that business degrees are generally not worthwhile based on your D’s fairly limited experience. If a class is easier it often has something to do with an individual’s aptitudes, the level of the course, the prof. etc. And even if the classes were easier to her, it does not by definition make an entire course of study not worthwhile. And as an aside, I found many of my liberal arts classes at Penn to be easier than my business coursework.
I am glad you find Wharton worthwhile. After visiting a number of undergraduate b-school programs with my S in his college search process I feel confident that there are many many other undergraduate b-school that offer a similarly well-rounded and worthwhile programs.
I absolutely appreciate the value in a pure liberal arts education (the route my D took) but like many things in the college process I feel that each individual has to find the right path for him/her to take – for some a solid undergraduate b-school will be that most worthwhile route and for others it will be another path. There is no reason to knock a path you haven’t taken. Live and let live.
I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this one.
Apologies to the OP for the digression.