<p>Would it be ok to major in Poli Sci if I want to go into business?</p>
<p>Yes. Many colleges that don't have business programs send students on to MBA programs (like Duke). slipper1234 majored in anthropology and then went on to get an MBA.</p>
<p>Hey, I've known people who have majored in things like Classics and Dance who have gone to business grad school.</p>
<p>but what if someone majors in political science (at UC BERKELEY) and then wants to get an MBA..</p>
<p>do they have a shot at top business schools like Stern and Haas?...i mean wont the top b-schools look for business related work experience?</p>
<p>In short: Yes.</p>
<p>I won't give you the long answer...I have to take benedryl and go to bed.</p>
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but what if someone majors in political science (at UC BERKELEY) and then wants to get an MBA..</p>
<p>do they have a shot at top business schools like Stern and Haas?...i mean wont the top b-schools look for business related work experience?
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<p>Like I said, why not? If a Art History major can get into Harvard Business School (as I have seen happen), then why couldn't a poli-sci major get into Haas and Stern? </p>
<p>It is true that these schools look for work experience first and foremost. But who says that you can't get good work experience with a poli-sci degree? Lots of poli-sci grads snag plum jobs in consulting, and sometimes even investment banking. Furthermore, you may be able to get a job with the government, i.e. in a Congressional task force. Or perhaps with an NGO. These would be strong jobs that could get you into B-school.</p>
<p>I go to UCLA Anderson and I was a biology major. My three roommates were chemistry, electrical engineering, and political science majors. You can definitely get in to a top school with a poli sci major.</p>
<p>thats cool. so how does someone whos majoring in political science, get the background in business math that will help them prepare for the gmat and business school itsself. would someone in political science just have to take some finance/business statistic classes on their own?</p>
<p>You don't really need to take any specific business classes before the MBA. The one class that they really stress taking is calculus (which I haven't used in b-school once, other than doing a very simple derivative). I only took one econ class as an undergrad.</p>
<p>You don't have to have a "business" type of job, although most people do. There are people in my class who were teachers, architects, soldiers, professional athletes, and other "non-traditional" careers. As long as the job you have allows you to grow as a leader, it should be fine.</p>
<p>But if you want to take finance or business classes for personal enrichment, then that's fine.</p>
<p>And you don't need any business specific classes to do well on the GMAT.</p>
<p>oh yeah and does being a female help?</p>
<p>how about female and minority? (iranian)</p>
<p>I'm sure being a female would help, since right now most business schools have a ratio of something like 70:30 and they're constantly looking to bring in more women. I don't think being a minority would be a huge help, unless there's something more behind it (like living in a foreign country and working there) than just being of that ethnicity.</p>
<p>thanks ali......</p>
<p>wow i hope that the environment in mba programs isn't sexist, although i guess theres a huge chance it is...i can just imagine women being marginalized and not taken seriously. i hope someone can prove my guess wrong?</p>
<p>My daughter got her MBA from Georgetown last year and she said she experienced no evidence of sexism at all. She was even the team lead in many of their exercises. By the way, she was born in Iran (to US citizens).</p>
<p>Want to ace standardized tests, INCLUDING the GMAT? Take philosophy. In this study, "Business" majors scored -5% lower than the mean GMAT score. Philosophy scored 11% above (the best of the majors included in the study).</p>
<p>There are lots of these things on the internet. Philosophy, Economics, Math always seem to top the rankings. History and English also seem to do well. Finance and Business never do.</p>
<p>Um, with all due respect:</p>
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<li><p>Only 4 of the top 20 schools offer business as an undergrad degree.</p></li>
<li><p>A majority of students at universities past 50 take business. </p></li>
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<p>I feel confident that Wharton graduates score the best or among the best in the country on GMATs.</p>