I'm was going to apply to read Management at LSE and Warwick but after looking into some articles/forum threads, I've gotten a bit worried as people/employers seem to see it as a bit of a weak degree where you don't really learn much of anything useful and that I may be better off applying to study something like Economics . My primary issue is I only have AAA (+ A* in EPQ) at A-Level which more or less prevents me from studying Econ at a target so realistically I'd be aiming at semi-targets such as Bath, Nottingham, Manchester and maybe Durham through their Foundation Year program.
My question is pretty much this, which would put me in a better position for a career on the buy side, Management at LSE/Warwick or Economics at Durham/Bath/Manchester/Nottingham assuming everything else apart from the course are the same (extra curricular activities, work experience, grades etc).
From the threads and articles I've read it seems that people are of the opinion that undergraduate business education is a waste of your university years where you don't learn anything useful that you couldn't learn easily by yourself and that employers (particularly in Asset Management and Private Equity) favour those with more quantitative or traditional degrees. From reading the course modules on the university websites it seems to me to be quite an interesting and diverse degree but what do you guys think?
In summary (assuming the above post is too long to read);
- Articles and forum threads seem to suggest business is a weak degree
- I can only get into Econ at a semi target due to my grades
- Which is better (for buy side work) Management at a target (i.e. LSE, Warwick) or Econ at a semi-target (Nott/Bath/Manc/Durham) assuming all else equal.