Graduate School Admission

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>Okay, so I am enrolling in as a freshmen and would like to know what classes I should take in order to get into a top B-School (the Ivies, Booth, Kellogg, Sloan, Stern, etc.) for an MBA. I am enrolling as a Finance major, will probably double-major with accounting, and would like suggestions as to what sort of classes are preferred that one takes during their undergrad. I know calculus, statistics and economics are a must, but is there anything else??? Since I took a lot of IB/AP tests I may likely have the college's minimum requirements and will thereby not have to take many classes, so I need to know how I'm still going to fill my schedule.</p>

<p>I know that undergraduate GPA, work experience, essays and tests scores are the main factors for admission; but I want to know what, academically, will set me apart.</p>

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<p>Most of the top B schools expect you to work for a few years so that you bring real world experience into the classroom. So, what do you want to do careerwise in the interim? Worry about that for now.</p>

<p>Obviously top grades and test scores will be a must. But don’t think you need to major in business to go to a top program…it is good to stand out from the run of the mill applicants. My DIL is in the MBA program at Sloan (and excelling in it)…she majored in middle eastern studies and econ as an undergrad, and had a fascinating unusual job afterwards…she had acceptances from several top mba programs.</p>