<p>Okay, so after two years at UW Madison, I have decided to major in Marketing(ranked 10th) in the nation for UG. I've taken many statistics classes, and will go into marketing research. I recently visited Stanford's Graduate School of Business, and have decided to apply there my senior year of college, as Stanford is one of the few schools that are openminded towards applicants with no job experience.<br>
So here's my deal: I'm going to take on a second major, and as the statistics show, graduate business schools prefer non-business undergrads. Thus, I have decided to do economics. There is a BA and a BS in econ, with the BS being the math-heavy option. Now, I'm fine with math, but I have a feeling that I will struggle with courses like linear algebra and multivariable calculus. So, will not taking the math option hurt me for graduate school?</p>
<p>[College</a> Seniors: MBA Program: Stanford GSB](<a href=“http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/college_seniors.html]College”>http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/admission/college_seniors.html)</p>
<p>Hopefully you are a top notch student and have something else to set you apart. I just looked up the two grads featured in that link. One was the first student to graduate from VMI with a 4.0 in the past 23 yrs (as far back as they had record), and I’m assuming he also had a very high rank in the Corps of Cadets and vast leadership experience. </p>
<p>There isn’t as much information about the other student, but it appears he was a computer engineering major at UC-Irvine and held leadership positions and started an investments club on campus.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. I’ve decided to take the regular BS in Econ along with marketing with an emphasis on research and a certificate in healthcare. I entered Wisconsin with 39 AP credits, so I’ve currently got 98, but it doesn’t matter as many of my AP’s are fluff credits. I’ve taken a lot of business quant, like business statistics, accounting, econ, and I hope my future courses will be quant-y enough. GPA-wise, I currently have a 3.5, but it’s an upward trend, so I expect to have a 3.7 by graduation.
Internship-wise, I am currently doing two part-time interns, and hope to get a third, all in marketing research. I’m also studying for the GMAT, and considering I took a practice test cold and got a 690, I think a 750 would be doable.
The soft factors: my leadership plain sucks because I haven’t invested the time to really lead in any of the clubs I’m in. I may become business manager for my acapella group next year, and I am in my school’s DECA. I know Stanford wanted research, work, or activities, so I’m going to try and obtain some research within the econ department or marketing department. Coming from a school like Wisconsin could be a disadvantage; it is not elite, and applying straight from college is also unorthodox, but it’s my dream to attend either Stanford or Berkeley. What can I do to stand out?</p>