A crack WorldGolf.com reader wrote in yesterday with an interesting find in the stories that came out about Michelle Wie being accepted into Stanford. You see, most the stories repeated this same line: “Wie said she did not know what she would study, but narrowed it down to business, economics or marketing.”
One problem: Stanford doesn’t offer majors in two of those fields.
“Nothing wrong with economics, but it’s clearly she did not put the effort into researching about Stanford. If she did, she wouldn’t have considered in majoring in business or marketing. Why? Cause Stanford doesn’t have a business or economics major! It clearly shows that she did not really research about the college she got accepted to,” wrote chineseboy08.
And our reader was correct. While Stanford does have a fine post-graduate business program, business and marketing are just not options for a bachelor’s degree at the prestigious university.
So, to Michelle, good luck in your pursuit of a degree in economics.
–WKW
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The cynics in me believe that this is a PR move by her handlers after all the negative publicities she's gotten following her dismal performance in men's events this year,.
Tim, That's the perfect correlation.
Maybe she will get another sponsor's exemption.
Can see the Wie team already petitioning the USGA and NCAA to get the rules of eligibility changed so she can play on both the Men's and Women's Teams. Would only be appropriate as she would be playing all the time and away from school...
She never gets old....
She can also earn her PhD in Marketing....All she has to do is write a thesis on her exploits so far...
Undergraduate degree in economics.
MBA from the Stanford graduate school of business.
PhD in Behavioral or Quantitative Marketing from the Stanford graduate school of business.
There you go again, trying to underestimate Michelle's goals. The media (with their liberal arts degrees) just did not quote her right.
She did state Wolfman she wanted to earn a PhD like her father.
I guess the tours will have a freelance golfer on their hands for a few years.
Wrong again, Wolfrum. One of the great attractions of Stanford is diversity. Diversity in study is no exception. If Michelle (or any other Stanford student) wishes to craft a curriculum to suit her interests, she is free to do so.
Go to Stanford's web site:
stanford.edu/home/stanford/facts/undergraduate.html
Cursor down to "Individually Designed Majors"
offer a scholarship to a professional athlete? Wie's PR team really think outside of the box.
"Individually Designed Majors"... with Phil Knight and Sir Howard Stringer as her professors."
Individually Designed Major with Knight and Stringer as adjunct professors? Is there a university in the world who would not warmly welcome Knight and Stringer in any capacity they were willing to serve? Mark that one down Michelle... "blackcat" may have stumbled on to something.
And Michelle, if you maintain your interest in lending a hand to those in need (I'm sure you will), you may be able to add Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to the adjunct professor faculty of your Individually Designed Major.
Baby Blue,
The above is one of the most clever, funniest comments I've read here in a long time. I genuflect at the altar of your wit.
And you guys wonder why the pro tours won't give you full press credentials. What a bunch of hacks.
I'm sure she probably was offered a lot of money, Stanford has one of the nations largest athletic budgets.
i'll be honest with u. i'm really a junior in high school in hawaii. the school i attend is
considered one of the "ghetto" schools in hawaii. but i'm determined to succeed, so i don't
let it get to me.
i researched colleges, from stanford to princeton, and practically know what they have to offer.
I have nothing against michelle wie, but just wanted to point out that how could someone
"dream" about going to a school without first knowing what there is to study? i mean, i don't
go to Punahou, but at least i know how to research about colleges.
and i don't think she was implying she would study business at the graduate level. her first goal
is a bachelor's degree. by the way, if michelle, you're reading this, could you help me with my
golf swing? thanks.
"the temptation to quit is greatest, just when you are about to succeed"
While you may be the most reliable source Wolfrum, McDonald, and Marrandette have had in quite some time, you may want to go back and review Stanford's "Individually Designed Majors" option. You might also look into Stanford's Interdisciplinary Programs.
The "Technology Ventures Program", with its close ties to the internationally important Palo Alto venture capital community, would likely yield priceless opportunities for any Stanford student with an interest in the complexities of the entrepreneurial process. Elements of other programs, such as Financial Mathematics, would also appeal to a serious business student.
I think Michelle spoke clearly and accurately about her upcoming Stanford studies when she reportedly said that she had, "narrowed it down to business, economics or marketing." You may want to offer Michelle an apology if you hope to get any golf tips from her. Good luck in your goals.
When Leland Stanford set up his university, he certainly didn't have affirmative action dingbats
like Bubbles in mind. He did have in mind kids like chineseboy08, who through merit might
work his way out of his ghetto school......at least he can read the school's catalogue. The
STVP is not degree granting and you know it....or are you as big of a dingbat as your idol?
Bubbles has never spoken "clearly and accurately" about anything.
Grinches, go back to the drawing board. You have lost this battle by monumental proportions. You're embarrassing yourselves. Whining won't help. Better luck next time.
*Including the Stanford-Benet (how perfect !)
So Michelle's teacher's are self-serving frauds? And Stanford admissions... dupes? Wow...
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CONCENTRATION: Organizations, Business, and the Economy
Focus is on the arrangements which societies construct for the provision of material goods or services. A formal organization which provides goods or services for profit and sells them through a market is called a business, and the economic system is capitalism. Social needs are also met through government and not-for-profit organizations, such as garden clubs, hospitals, prisons, and the Red Cross. Some private and social needs are met outside of organizations, such as health care provided by family members and exchange of favors among friends. Courses stress the factors that determine whether needs that people define are met through markets or by non-market allocation, through organizations or by other means. They also investigate the environmental and technical factors that shape organization structure, the determinants of how efficiently organizations operate, and the interpersonal processes that shape individual behavior within organizations. Careers related to this field include management and administration in business or public settings, management consulting and analysis, and legal studies related to corporations, organizations, and business.
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It is clear that Michelle will have any number of opportunities to study "business, economics or marketing" at Stanford as an undergrad. I hope she will take a look at the opportunities the Technology Ventures Program may offer. Palo Alto is the center of the universe for the formation of capital for groundbreaking new technologies. Michelle's 20 mil/yr is mad money for some of the young guns in those Palo Alto high-tech IPO circles... she won't feel a bit out of place among the Palo Alto high-tech wunderkind. I think she will be wamly welcomed.
One-Putt may have it exactly right. Stanford as her first priority - A dozen or so events yearly, divided among the tours, for the next seven years... sounds ideal. Best of luck Michelle !!
Ghet UnRheel,
Bubbles has never spoken "clearly and accurately" about anything.***
This is why young people attend college and mature. Let's see what Michelle sounds like after a couple years in Palo Alto, Palo.
High School Teachers (and College Prof's, as well) can post any compulsory grade they want, especially if they think it will help their own career. In fact, most of these educators could work for Rolex.***
My God man get some help..... She Hawks Omega watches man not Rolex!
Nike would not allow that. Since she is failing at golf she is
trying to stay in the limelight at other things and that seems to
be so predictable and suspicious that it actually hurts her more
than helps. Bubbles needs to go to the School of Humbleness, then
she can accomplish anything if She graduates, or NOT!!
Ghet Reel, you are a funny, funny man. Or woman. Or thing....whatever the hell you are.....***
This is the funniest comment coming from some one who is the product of a cross-in-breeding family.....
I do give you props for piercing together legible sentences this time...
Do you think Wie 'gives' scholarship to Stanford to get accepted?
she would MAJOR in, but only what she would STUDY. As an
undergraduate at Stanford, one is free to take classes at the
Graduate School of Business, in which classes in business
and marketing are obviously available. I know, I majored
in economics at Stanford and took classes at the Business
school as well. So Michelle can indeed "STUDY" marketing
and business as an undergraduate at Stanford. Think you
Wie-bashers before you spout off nonsense.
before you spout off nonsense.
proud of what she has done. i just want her to realize that she needs to be alert and be
careful what she says.
for those of you who says she obviously meant studying at the graduate business school,
i don't think she even knew about those things. i bet you she doesn't even know about
"individually designed majors"
anyway, i myself learned something new. the power of the internet and media. i can't
believe i was able to start up a heated conversation. this young boy from the ghettos, some
how was able to catch something that many others didn't catch.
anyways, thank you to the guys who backed me up. booger, u da man! k then guys, peace
out, and take care.
Um, I go to Stanford. And I'm an economics major. Sooo i'm pretty sure Stanford does have an economics major. Might wanna check your source on that one.
Chineseboy08 -
"Wie said two other students from Punahou also got into Stanford, while her best friends were accepted at Duke and Harvard. She did not know what she would study, narrowing it to business, economics or marketing. Wie will not be eligible to play NCAA golf."
Did you READ the above comments? No Stanford Student needs to MAJOR in business or marketing in order to STUDY business or marketing. Stanford is well-known worldwide for the opportunities it offers to students interested in all aspects of business - both at the undergraduate and at the graduate level.
Michelle was right. Sorry Bud, but you were wrong.
Jim C -
"Morgan Pressel was accepted at Duke. Does that mean Morgan Pressel is one of Michelle Wie's best friends?"
In Grinch logic? Yes, absolutely!
Jim C -
"Morgan Pressel was accepted at Duke. Does that mean Morgan Pressel is one of Michelle Wie's best friends?"
In Grinch logic? Yes, absolutely!"
Morgan is such a caring and loyal friend of Michelle that when she just sees her ahead of her in the field, the tears of joy begin to flow.
Where are the Pressel bashers and where is the indictment on Pressel's parents (who obviously influenced their daugther to make money over getting an education....
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High School Teachers (and College Prof's, as well) can post any compulsory grade they want, especially if they think it will help their own career. In fact, most of these educators could work for Rolex.***
My God man get some help..... She Hawks Omega watches man not Rolex!
I AM REFERING TO THE ROLEX RANKING SYSTEM.....JUST REMEMBER - FIGURES DON"T LIE, BUT LIARS FIGURE. In the case of ROLEX RANKING, ZERO wins equates to a number 2 ranking???? And so, most teachers can (and a lot do) skew grades, based on "who a student is", such as WIE-WEE. Do you think WIE-WEE would get straight A's if she was on the H.S. boys' football team? But now that she has made a national spectacle of herself, they have to make the world believe she is not stupid - They have to make her an academic winner, After all she can't win at golf.