<p>Has anyone ever had mainly business related extracurriculars and applied to MIT for finance and got in (Their program is top notch along with engineering/science/whatever)? What were their stats like? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Yes, of course. After all, the Sloan undergraduate program does graduate about 40 students per year – it’s not as though no one comes to MIT with the intent of majoring in management.</p>
<p>You can look through the past few years of CC results threads to see the kinds of profiles that get people into MIT. The most recent is stickied at the top of the page, and it contains links to previous years. There isn’t a substantive difference between students who intend to major in management and those who intend to major in something else – MIT doesn’t admit by major, so excellence is required of all admits.</p>
<p>There is also a substantial number of engineering and math majors each year who go into consulting, investment banking, finances, etc. There are always multiple paths to a certain career.</p>
<p>Remember that unlike Wharton, the Sloan School does not have separate admission for undegrads. You also have to take a lot math and science as part of the general Institute Requirements whatever you major in. Even the econ/finance classes require pretty advanced math knowledge, especially compared to other schools. </p>
<p>So if the question is, could you get admitted to MIT with a so-so record in math/science, just based on outstanding non science extra-curriculars (such as starting your own business, publising a book or the like) the answer is pretty definitely NO. You would probably hate MIT and MIT would not want you to take the risk of flunking out.</p>