Student seeking for advice..

aznhyboi87
Fri, 25 May 2007 14:24:28 +0000

When I said stepping stone, I meant that my undergrad studies would be one part of my academic career. Everyone needs a masters in something these days to even be considered useful. Sociology will allow me to understand why certain groups of people interact in certain ways and will allow me to not be ethnocentric towards any type of group. I guess you guys got all offended when I said “stepping stone” as a sure avenue to HBS. That is NOT WHAT I MEANT! SUre you can try to copy paste what I said in my OP, but I’m not going to try to refute your claims. I’m just so curious as to why social science majors represent the single largest portion of admitted students into those schools. Now I kind of understand-- the top IVY league schools are the ones who probably apply to the business schools since they don’t have undergrad biz majors… Now let me ask you guys this… If my ultimate goal is to receive an MBA, everyone can agree that the first five years of experience is crucial right?

Now would I be able to earn more experience and land that coveted first job with a USC business degree or a UCLA sociology degree? I am an extremely pro-active type of guy who will do all means to search for opportunities. I actually don’t like to have things handed to me at all. Would a business degree guarantee that I will make more money coming out than a ucla sociology degree for the first couple of years before i get my MBA?