<p>I think Sakky is right. I believe I've seen the statistic as well.</p>
<p>MBA programs want students that have a diverse, broad, and well-rounded academic record. The reasoning behind this is they want students who have proven basic ability to reason and learn.</p>
<p>That's one consideration.</p>
<p>The best MBA programs also want stellar work experience for several years.</p>
<p>Business school gives you access to the work experience which is, for the top MBA programs, pretty much as important as your academic record. Plus, they aren't THAT specialized.</p>
<p>It won't kill you to take economics, but I have to say, if the part of the record you're lacking on is that you don't have a good enough GPA to get into Haas... you likely don't have much of a shot at the best MBA programs in the first place (doesn't matter if a particular course dropped your GPA--graduate schools still look at it).</p>
<p>That's the way I look at it, anyway, for myself.</p>