Boston University

Date: Dec 09 2008
Major: Business - Management and Administration (This Major's Salary over time)
There are a lot of parallels between my studies at BU and my experiences in the workforce. 1. You're responsible for constantly learning challenging and new material and for getting your assignments done. 2. You have to be able to deal with a diverse group of people - both in culture and personality. 3. Both environments are competitive. 4. Both environments require working in teams/groups. 5. Change (for the better) is constant. 6. Living on BU's campus for 4 years made me feel more like an adult by being able to live in beautiful brownstones on Bay State Road and having an urban feel. I also think you get the best of both worlds at BU (both an urban and a campusy feel) since the campus runs along the Charles River and consists exclusively of BU buildings for about 1-1/2 miles. BU has much more of a campusy feel than NYU, for example.

One thing I wish the business curriculum had incorporated when I attended is an emphasis on the importance of mathematical modeling in the business decision process. Credit decisioning is based on complex mathematical models that were never covered. When registering, students are looking to see what they can waive due to AP courses taken in high school; instead, faculty should proactively advise students of technical courses that they should be taking rather than waiving.