I currently live in Australia and have been accepted into all the top 5 university we have here. I was reading a lot of the topics that have been posted on the WSO about undergraduates who dive straight into business oriented degrees before the MBA are doing more harm to themselves. I wanted to get a bit more opinion on this, if people from this forum can chime in. I'm currently enrolled at a University for an undergraduate degree in a Bachelors of Business with a major in Management but I have been told by my Uni advisory (they have to be non-biased) that I can change degrees and switch university to any of the top 5 ( I had spoken to her about the top 5 universities and she okay'd them) Would it best for a student looking to work in a medium tier PE or MA firm to perhaps get a degree in Arts or languages with a minor in Finance or Accounting; something similar to that then after completion of that degree study an MBA at an ivy or top 25 MBA school in the US. I have read a lot in here that companies often employ psychology/engineering/science/arts majors over finance/accounting candidates but of course this is a case-by-case and of not the majority.
What are your thoughts or suggestions?
Australia doesn't have a strong business scene but our university are above average.
America is a definite location for my MBA dreams more specifically Columbia, Stanford, Yale or Cornell.
Universities here allow you to study abroad and intern internationally in your final year for credit points, I could get an internship in the US if that is a need.
Thanks a lot to any replies. I'm usually a very good at finding the answers and info myself but I couldn't find any extra info this time so I decided to ask instead of lurk like I've been doing for the past year.
Cheers for all the advice and information I have scene and read on this site. WSO is often an icebreaker when speaking to people in the business industry here.