<p>Alright here's the deal. I applied undecided to all of my schools (most fall in the top 25 according to USNWR) but I've always had an interest in business. My question is if I'm not absolutely stellar at math, could i cut it any of the good banking fields (i.e. investment banking)?</p>
<p>I mean, my math is good. I have an A in honors calculus, for whatever that means. But as seen by my 670 math score on the SAT (only took once), I'm no math superstar. </p>
<p>So basically my question is: is innate math ability incredibly important for top business's or is the math something i can learn along the way?</p>
<p>(Sorry if this post seems really confused.)</p>
<p>I'm a former Sternie, transferred into CAS to pursue a double in Math and Theoretical Economics (decided to shoot for a phD down the line in econ). I just finished recruiting for wall st, banking and trading. Its funny the kinda bull that gets said on these boards. Anyways, obviouslly im ok at math, 800M 730V and that def. helped in recruiting, but most people arent. Banking requires 100 hours a week of excel modeling, basically valuing companies on Excel using your addition/subtraction/multiplication skills. Don't worry, most people on Wall St. cant do math. However, trading (which i will be doing at a bulge bracket come june) looks highly on math skills and the level of math ranges from desk to desk on the trading floor. An equities desk uses no math (i dont think those guys can even add) whereas the mortgages and credit derivatives desks have a fair amount of phDs in math or physics on there. You'll have no probably finding a place suitable with your skill set as long as you have basic numerical skills, dont worry so much. Intern, find your niche and do it all at a good school and youll be fine. hope i was a help.</p>
<p>tremendous help. thank you.</p>