<p>I'm an undergraduate freshman so I still have some time to figure out my life. I'm 100% certain that I will eventually go to graduate because I plan to major in something liberal arts oriented(sociology, philosophy, or history) as an undergrad. I CAN'T handle calculus or really any major that requires anything above low level math.</p>
<p>My ultimate career goal is to become a management consultant with a concentration in human capital/leadership & change management. I have always been very interested in organization psychology. I think this sector of management consulting really fits my interests well. This will probably require an MBA.</p>
<p>So my main underlying question: Can I obtain an MBA(human capital concentration) and avoid taking calculus? Is it true that some MBA programs are more quantitative than others? My biggest assets are my verbal,written, and communication skills. I always excel in English/History classes.</p>
<p>I’ve done research on this because I’m literally in the same shoes as you. I can’t take anything above low level math courses. </p>
<p>From what I’ve gotten, it all depends on your concentration. If you do finances or accounting, it is math-heavy. I believe your concentration wouldn’t require complicated math if it doesn’t relate to the field.</p>
<p>If you are looking to get into management consulting, don’t look too far down the road. The most important thing for you to do now is to succeed in your classes and keep your GPA up. </p>
<p>Most areas of consulting don’t require calculus, though you should probably be able to do quick arithmetic (if you can’t turn a number into a percentage, and if you can’t say that 1324/1527 is somewhere around 80-90%-ish reasonably quickly, you may struggle in the more quantitative aspects of consulting). </p>
<p>Success in consulting is not dependent on getting an MBA; it is really the opposite - if you get into a good consulting group, you are more likely to get an MBA if you so desire. </p>
<p>When people want to become doctors, they try to go to med school as soon as possible after graduating; if they want to become lawyers, they try to go between 0 and 3 years after graduating; if they want to get their MA or Ph.D. in arts and/or sciences courses, they try to go right out of college. For people in business, the MBA doesn’t have much value before you have business experience, so most people have at least five years of business experience before even applying. When I took a couple of grad business courses in college, the MBA students varied in age from 25 to >35.</p>
<p>The point? It’s good that you have your eyes on an MBA, but the prize is the job, not the degree. You may find that you don’t even need an MBA to be very successful; you may also find that you do need an MBA. Either way, you won’t have to make that decision for quite a while.</p>
<p>^ Very true. I personally haven’t <em>needed</em> statistics knowledge (and haven’t taken any courses), but I’ve missed opportunities to add value to clients and to my company for not having that knowledge. I’m actually enrolled in a stat course this semester to close that gap.</p>