<p>Hey everyone. I'm interested in entrepreneurship/business, and the Sloan School of Management seems like a great place to study that. However, I was wondering how much math is involved in the undergrad school. Since MIT is (in)famous for its intensive math courses, I'm curious whether or not the mathematical workload will be very heavy, or if I'll be able to take less math-intensive courses there, since I'm more of a management/people-oriented person. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Are you looking for an MBA, or are you looking at the undergraduate program. The important thing to remember about the undergraduate education at MIT is that MIT admits to the Institute as a whole, not to any specific department or school. So the admissions criteria is precisely the same whether you are planning to study Chemical Engineering, Physics, or English Literature. Also, all students, regardless of major, must complet the General Institue requirements, including a year of Math, a year of Physics, a semester of Biology and a semester of Chemistry plus no less than 8 subjects in the humanities, arts, and social sciences (<a href=“Welcome! < MIT”>Welcome! < MIT)
Most of the management courses that you will need to take will not need a great deal of math (with the possible exception of needing some basic statistics. At the same time, management majors need to take both micro and macroeconomics, and they are taught with math included. Basically you will find that the overwhelming majority of MIT students have, if not a liking for, a least a tolerance of math and science and that can affect any of the teaching approaches.</p>
<p>I would also recommend the search function as this topic has come up many times before. I also think Sloan requires undergrads to take something like a basic probability class and linear algebra which is actually more math than many majors at MIT. The good news is that if you are primarily interested in management it’s not to hard to get like Bs in those classes and focus on other stuff even if you are not good at math (by MIT standards).</p>
<p>EDIT: You can find specific degree requirements here <a href=“http://mitsloan.mit.edu/undergrad/academics/sb-in-management-science/degree-requirements/”>http://mitsloan.mit.edu/undergrad/academics/sb-in-management-science/degree-requirements/</a>. I’m not familiar with all of those classes but it looks like the minimum requires are more technical than the minimal requirements for economics.</p>