I want to have a career in business...but am horrible at math??

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<p>So, my daughter wants to have a career in business..maybe commercial real estate, own her own business, or news network. But she's not good at math...and to be quite honest, doesn't like math. Is there hope? Can she still succeed in business?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Of course...the quantitative skills needed for business can be picked up...its not like she is going to be sitting behind a desk doing calculus or diff equations. The majority of business professionals come from very liberal arts backgrounds.</p>

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<p>The most difficult class for business majors at my school was statistics. I took it over the summer at a local community college after finding out the credits would transfer.</p>

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<p>I work with many commercial re brokers in the largest firm in the US. Many of them are pretty weak in math. It helps but they seem to do just fine without it. Personality and work ethic are much more important in that field.</p>

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<p>Don't major in math, that's all. Just study what you're interested in, and add one or two stat courses and some business-related courses. You could always just study management.</p>

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<p>At my kids' high school, they tell the kids that they will need to take Calculus in college if they want to major in business. Is that true, or do they just say that to conviince kids to take higher levels of math in high school?</p>

<p>I am a commericial real estate attorney, so I deal with LOTS of people in the commercial real estate business. The kind of math she'll need in order to be successful/make money is how the financial part works - how much you can pay for the building and what interest rate you need to get and how much rent you have to charge to make your building profitable. To really be successful, you have to understand money and financing. This is not "higher math" but it does involve skill with numbers. </p>

<p>If she truly hates math, she could do what I did and go to law school....lots of real estate and corporate lawyers are on this side because we don't like math. (And we don't make a bad living either.)</p>