<p>Yeah so I am currently a freshmen at a UC college
(not UCLA UCSD UCB)
and I am currently an applied math major
I wanted to go to some good bussiness schools later when I go to graduate school
and I want to do finance in the future
(or risk management)</p>
<p>so I was wondering
if Wharton or any other top finance schools would accept a applied math major
with quite some other economic and finance and accounting classes
or a man. econ major?</p>
<p>btw I have already completed my Macro and micro econ with A and A- in the class</p>
<p>You’re undergrad degree doesn’t matter. Get good grades and then get out and get a good job and have a nice stint at a career in you field of choice; advancing, taking leadership roles, learning corporate politics, etc… Get a high GMAT score and then apply.</p>
<p>I’m assuming you are talking about MBA (this is MBA forum, albeit people post about MS Finance here too). In that case, Japher pretty much summed it up. Do as well as possible in undergrad. The better you do in undergrad, the more opportunities you will have to get a good job. Work experience is the most important thing for admission into an MBA program. However, GPA is still a factor. Avg GPA at top 3 schools is around 3.5 to 3.6. At other good, but lower ranked, schools the avg GPA may be as low as 3.3. </p>
<p>There is no magic # though. All applicants are different. One can have a lower GPA and still get in based on above avg work experience/GMAT/essays/etc. However, for a school like Wharton, most of the candidates have good grades, very good GMAT scores, and outstanding work experience. So, it’s not easy to compensate for being weak in an area. Since you still have the luxury of affecting your GPA (which most of us don’t have) I suggest you work hard to keep it high.</p>