<p>I am planning to get an MBA at a top tier school after I graduate. What would I need to major in if I want to remain competitive (if I do attend UCLA next year) and get an MBA?</p>
<p>Also is it possible to graduate undergrad within 2 years? I am currently a senior in high school and will have fulfilled 7 of the required 10 GEs by the time I enroll in UCLA (due to community college classeS), if I do.</p>
<p>probably need to work a couple years after graduation before you can get into an MBA program...</p>
<p>I don't see a point graduating early with the current state of the economy.</p>
<p>Business Economics. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>well i won't get any federal/state financial aid so i have to graduate as early as possible so my tuition wont be as big a burden to my parents.</p>
<p>Yeah so I probably need to work for couple years.. so which degree would be better, if at all, for MBA?</p>
<p>Also in UCLA, if you finish all the preparation classes for the major, you can go right into upper division classes right?</p>
<p>edit: thanks flopsy. But do I have to be a junior if I want to enter the business econ major? And are there any disadvantages to graduating early?</p>
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No, you don't have to be a Junior to enter Business Economics, but you pretty much have to have Junior standing in terms of units. The disadvantages of graduating early are the absence of useful electives that could potentially advance your career in the long run, and the chance to leave UCLA with a higher GPA and/or better resume and connections upon graduation.</p>
<p>Here are the requirements to get admitted into Business Economics:
UCLA</a> Department of Economics</p>
<p>graduated in 2 years is not really possible at UCLA cause you will have unit max cap for a quarter that you can take (19 I guess), unless you have a special permission to take more, but I don't think you are allowed to take more than 25units/quarter anyhow). However if you set your goal to be 3 years or at least 2,5. I think you should be able to do it.
top tier Business school generally require 2 years of working experience.
My final suggestion is that you shouldn't push yourself too hard. take some time to discover your college life as well as other opportunities out there. You will have tens of years to work after graduate hehe.
If you just want to do accounting, you don't really need a very strong resume or connection, a high GPA would easily help you to land a job in big 4.</p>
<p>I was thinking of getting a full time job as soon as I graduate and going back to school to get an MBA. </p>
<p>In any case, by the time I enroll as a freshman I will have more than 100 units (I took a lot of APs and college classes). So junior standing in terms of units will not be a problem for me. I am aware of the classes you have to take in order to get an business econ/econ degree and I will not be exceeding the unit cap even if I am set on graduating within 2 years. Though the fact that I might not be able to build up strong connections bothers me. Thank you s_dragon for the advice and flopsy for the info.</p>
<p>And it does not matter if I decide to go grad school years after getting B.A right? I mean most students who will go for MBA will have to build up work experience before applying for grad school anyways.</p>
<p>yup, it doesn't really matter when you apply to grad school.
About your units and standing, I think you should confirm with the admission if they accept all of your credits. I have 139 transferable unit also, but the school only accepted 105. If they accept all of your units (or at least above 60-70), I think graduating in 2 years is definitely possible.</p>
<p>Well I checked it according to various UCLA sites that lists credits earned for AP classes and assist.org for community college classes so I am pretty sure UCLA will accept over 100, although some of mine unfortunately doesn't count according to the sites. I will still check with the school regardless. Thank you s_dragon.</p>
<p>Also would employers discriminate/look down upon applicants who graduated early from their undergrad? Would they rather see applicants who stayed in undergrad all 4 years? (considering GPA, connections, and everything else are not issues)</p>
<p>I don't think so. graduate early means you are a hard working and smart student and very likely to be a good employee also. How an employer can discriminate/look down u? the only problem I can think of is that you may be lack of social experience (communication skills especially) considering your age by the time you graduate. You may have to work harder(workshop, books etc...) to build up a better resume as well as interview technique. But I think it should not be a big challenge for you</p>
<p>College is such a vital point in your life, both socially and academically...this is the stage where people grow immensely and learn a lot about themselves. I understand the financial situation...but please try to come to a solution and stay at the undergraduate level for more than 2 years, because frankly these are the best times of your life...after this you'll be thrown into the real world and the working life. </p>
<p>Cherish your youth!</p>
<p>In my experience, people learn through real world more than in college in most of the cases. I think as long as GPAx123 can handle the class work and be able to get a good position after graduate, I don't it should be fine to graduate early. Here is just for reference, I actually can graduate after next summer (within 1 year after transferring), but I think I will stay 3 more quarters to take more classes for a broader career filed choices.</p>
<p>I understand that people have different situations (financial, etc), but personally, I would gag if my undergraduate experience were to be summed up with nothing but 2 years of crammed ucla econ classes. Maybe you should consider another major that is more palatable... and I'm only half joking.</p>
<p>The good thing, if you decide to do econ here, is that it's very likely you'll be able to finish it in two years. But keep in mind there is a window (in terms of units, and i'm not just talking about a min but also a max) to be able to apply to any of the majors under the dept. Econ, not bizecon or int'l econ, is the most flexible in terms of requirement... which may be important if you are really pulling for a two year stint. It wont satisfy all your upper div requirements though.</p>
<p>ap credits, as far as I know, won't count towards my max, but will count towards min.</p>
<p>etti, I too want to stay and enjoy my college life, but I also don't want to be $80,000 - 100,000 in debt when I graduate.</p>
<p>Do you have what it takes to get into Business Economics with a two-year course load? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>he had a lot AP and college transferable course, so I think he should be fine.</p>
<p>Yeah I think I do flopsy. For sure I can finish all my prereq courses in two quarters and probably the 11 required courses for biz econ in three quarters. And I just need one quarter to finish off my remaining GEs. So if I study hard enough, I think I can finish the undergrad curriculum in 6 quarters.</p>