<p>I'm really interested in taking a route to become an investment banker and I was just wondering if I would have to become a Finance specific major to get into a top business school, or could I have an equal chance getting in with a Political Science major (law is my other option/route). I've read both, where top schools like Finance orientated and I've also read that most students who get in top MBA programs aren't even business majored. Thanks</p>
<p>You can do anything you want. Just do well on the GMAT and have 5-7 years of WE if you're aiming for a top-10. Any business school worth a damn won't accept you for anything less than that.</p>
<p>Good business schools will definitely accept you with less work experience than that. However, students generally "average" 4 or 5 years of work experience.</p>
<p>That being said, the threadstarter can't get into business school without work experience.</p>
<p>I know, just saying that HYWSM are looking for that range of WE, preferably for the experience you bring to the table. You can have as little as a year or two of experience, but you would really need to make an exceptional case with your other stats.</p>
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I know, just saying that HYWSM are looking for that range of WE, preferably for the experience you bring to the table.
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<p>HYWSM??? Hmmm... assuming that means HBS, Yale SOM, Wharton, Stanford, MIT Sloan -- one of those schools doesn't belong.</p>
<p>thanks for the info, greatly appreciated.
so would an MBA in corporate finance be the best for an investment banking route?</p>
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That being said, the threadstarter can't get into business school without work experience.
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<p>Well, actually, you can. In fact, I was just talking to a few guys who are at HBS right now who have precisely zero work experience, and came straight from undergrad.</p>
<p>To be sure, there are very few such students. I believe I read somewhere that they comprise about 1% of the class at HBS. Hence, your chances of being one of them are obviously very small. Nevertheless, they do exist.</p>
<p>I didn't say that they don't exist. I simply stated that the threadstarter can't.</p>
<p>Why do you say that? Maybe he can be part of that small percentage. Granted, the chances are very small. But why automatically assume that his chances are zero?</p>