<p>Without meaning to speak for S, I think the usual response to such a question is: "Of course luck played a part. But it was entirely possible for me to make better choices, which would have reduced risk, or worse choices, which would have increased it."</p>
<p>But you are forgetting that in many instances, the choices are not up to to make. But we are digressing that from Sakky's insistence that I believe in relying on luck solely.</p>
<p>actually, there are a lot of engineers and math majors at the business schools because of ibanking and the prevalence of using computer models. you need quantitative mathematics to make those models work. those are the people hired by investment banking firms and they easily make 400k starting.</p>
<p>you don’t need an undergrad major in business</p>
<p>I’m getting an MBA without having any work experience or graduating from undergrad actually. There are special programs that allow this, so I would check some sites 
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<p>yes I am aware this thread is extremely old 
but i just wanted to say this to people who might read this thread :)</p>