Why Undergraduate Business School.

bdl108
Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:14:49 +0000

Vinnyli: Fine. But what you’re saying is kind of my point to begin with. College students fret about their majors because they think it will define what they do for the rest of their lives; but the truth is that no one in the real world actually cares what you majored in. People care even less about what individual program you were in, whether it be business or LA. Employers don’t care whether or not you attended Wharton, Ross, Haas, or Stern as opposed to each school’s CAS. They only care that you earned your degree and excelled in something you’re interested in. So if you’re interested in business, wonderful! Major in business. If you’re interested in Asian studies, major in Asian studies! Arguing which major is superior based on a calculated standard of success is absurd and does no one any good. Success is different for everyone and it should be left at that.

Again, it may sound stupid, but my belief is that the point of college is to learn for the sake of learning and to establish a self-identity that will carry us through the rest of our lives. Our careers will find a way to work themselves out.

Canuckguy: No one’s trying to “obscure”. Yes, every major is very different. It’s just easier to group them all the majors together for the sake of this discussion. And GRE scores don’t prove anything. Like the SAT, it’s a stupid f***ing test. Some people are better test takers than others. Many people (especially on CC), look at someone with a 2200 as superior to someone with a 1900. But you know what? I know people with 2200s who are at community college. And there is certainly a fair share of students with “mediocre” SAT marks attending top universities. There’s much more to a person than their mark on a four-hour examination.