I still can't comprehend whether school prestige trumps major or the other way round.
Why is it that someone would rather go to harvard but not nyu stern, but harvard vs wharton would be a tougher decision to make?
What comprises that gulf that exists between wharton and nyu stern, or wharton vs indiana kelly college, or wharton vs uva mcintyre et cetera...that on the face seems minimal, but in the end makes harvard or yale or columbia et cetera a better choice than any of these locations except for wharton? Why is the effect of college admissions (or where you go) so long lasting and severe enough to negate substantial effort made in terms of coursework?
In other words, why do uva mcintyre or kelley students or ut austin business college students study a hellava lot more accounting and finance, but fare worse in terms of representation on wall street or MBB consulting? Or is it that in fact I am misinformed about this whole premise -- that even lower ranked business colleges outrepresent in wall street relative to the outdated, outmoded educational programs that harvard and yale can offer?
Why is it the case that the most selective colleges shun undergraduate business education in favor of attending uber-expensive MBAs all over again? (with the exception of maybe princeton...)
Whatever the case the utterly contradictory nature of the system bewilders me sometimes. This is probably because I am a foreigner...
