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Where did you go to school? At most places, business majors are people who would be economics majors if they scored half a standard deviation higher on standard
by byrneseyeview 18y ago
Where did you go to school? At most places, business majors are people who would be economics majors if they scored half a standard deviation higher on standardized tests.
- potatolicious 18y agoThe school in question is UBC up in Canada - I didn't personally go there, but being where I grew up, I heard plenty of "yeaaaaah free boooooze!" from my peers who went into commerce, and "screw the preppy commerce guys" from everyone else. I got the impression there that "commerce" was the end-all-be-all, and that econ majors are the people who actually study this business thing (as opposed to be awesome, network, and be awesomer, and get drunk).
- byrneseyeview 18y agoI don't know. Just looking at average salaries, it seems that the econ guys can either afford to drink more, or afford to drink better. Yeaaaaaaaaaaah enough booze to reach the point of negative marginal utility! And from the resumes I've seen, a business degree will leave open some pretty uninspiring opportunities. Usually low-end stuff -- assistants with titles other than 'assistant'. Perhaps in Canada, it's different.