Mason School of Business

<p>I read somewhere that it is a 2 year program. How does that work exactly? Do all high school seniors wanting to apply to W&M just apply to the university and not to a specific school within, unlike many other universities? Does one just apply to the undergraduate business school after two years of being at W&M? Is it difficult to be admitted? What classes does one take before they enter the business school opposed to after? Thanks, if anyone can answer any of the questions asked above that would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>You find most of the answers to your questions here: [William</a> & Mary School of Business - Undergraduate Business](<a href=“http://mason.wm.edu/programs/undergraduate/index.php]William”>http://mason.wm.edu/programs/undergraduate/index.php)</p>

<p>To summarize, you must be admitted to W&M as a regular student, and you apply to the ‘B’ school to begin Junior year. This is a competitive admissions process, admitting 225 students to the Major program each year (you can also take business as a minor.) </p>

<p>Prerequisite courses include:</p>

<pre><code>* Principles of Accounting (BUAD 203)

  • Introductory Microeconomics (ECON 101 or ECON 151)
  • Introductory Macroeconomics (ECON 102 or ECON 152)
  • Introductory Calculus (MATH 108, MATH 111, MATH 112, MATH 131, or MATH 132)
  • Introductory Statistics (BUAD 231, MATH 106, ECON 307, PSYC 301, SOCL 353, MATH 351, or KINE 394)
    </code></pre>

<p>If you want to do the “International” option, you’ll want to get your language/cultural classes out of the way as well. Once admitted, students will spend their first semester in the Integrated Foundation Semester (IFS), after which you select a major/concentration. </p>

<p>Anyway, not an expert, I don’t have first-hand knowledge, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Oh, they have a Youtube channel, too: [YouTube</a> - WMSchoolofBiz’s Channel](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/user/WMSchoolofBiz]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/user/WMSchoolofBiz) - mostly seems to be about the construction of the new building.</p>

<p>oh okay thank you! wow, is it really that competitive to be admitted into it? i searched for an acceptance rate of some sort but didn’t seem to find any. does anybody here know of one?</p>

<p>I do not think that it is THAT competitive…a friend of mine applied to be in the Business school for a minor with like a 2.75 and was accepted so take that as you will.</p>

<p>EDIT: The website says the minimum GPA is a 2.75 for minors, so there can’t have been too many applicants for minors.</p>

<p>I can’t say I know anybody off-hand that applied for the business school and didn’t get in, but I’m sure one wouldn’t advertise that fact if it happened. </p>

<p>Conclusion: if you do decently and knock off the pre-reqs I’m sure you’ll be fine. It’s based solely on GPA, whether you are a junior (54 credits), and the prereqs. Major applicants need a 2.0 minimum. Another friend of mine I know got like a D in Calculus but was still accepted, so I wouldn’t worry too much.</p>

<p>All that said, the business students for the most part are a pretty intelligent bunch.</p>

<p>is there a real difference then between a 2 year undergrad business program opposed to a 4 year program at another school concerning academics…?</p>

<p>getting into the b-school is not that competitive. long as you have >3.00 GPA you get in for sure, and as noted above you can go lower too and still get in. for admissions they just rank everyone by GPA and cut off the list after they meet the limit of people they can take. i remember reading on the mason site once that it is more difficult to be accepted if you want to minor in the b-school, they actually get more minor applicants.</p>

<p>oh okay thanks for that response, great! what kind of classes would you be taking your first two years at william and mary then? like core requirements or something similar?</p>

<p>You would take the prerequisites Squiddy posted, your [url=<a href=“http://www.wm.edu/as/undergraduate/curriculum/gers/index.php]general”>http://www.wm.edu/as/undergraduate/curriculum/gers/index.php]general</a> education requirements<a href=“8-11%20courses”>/url</a>, and other electives. Many business majors double major. If you get your prerequisites done early, you can apply to enter the business school as early as the beginning of your sophomore year.</p>

<p>I believe that having a Junior academic standing is a requirement for applying to the business school.</p>

<p>Academic junior standing is required, social junior standing is not, so all you need is 54 credits. If you have credits from, say, AP exams, those count. I had a semester’s worth of AP credit, so I entered the business school during the spring of my sophomore year.</p>

<p>The number of students admitted during the spring is much smaller than the number admitted during the fall. It is typically more competitive as a result, and you have no choice in class scheduling as there is only one section of each course in the block. Unless there’s some compelling reason to apply for spring admission (such as going abroad for a semester) you might find it easier to gain admission in the fall.</p>

<p>is it difficult to fit in a double major if your last two years at WM are dominated by the Business block schedule? I might want to double major in business and english, but I don’t want to have to take 3 english classes a semester as a freshman and sophomore just to fit it in…</p>

<p>Every business major I know is double majoring, so i’d assume it can’t be that hard. I know some business and kiniseology and some B and econ and some B and bio.</p>

<p>The business block is your first semester in the business school. You take 11 credits worth of classes that are predetermined. From there on out, you have 8-9 required core credits, and typically 12 major-specific credits.</p>

<p>Assuming you enter the business school the fall semester of your junior year, once you’ve completed the block you have 3 semesters to earn 20-21 required credits if you want to graduate in 4 years. Assuming an average load of 15 credits/semester, that means you have about 25 credits available for other classes. I don’t believe that’s enough for any major, so if you want to double you should have a reasonable chunk of it done before entering the business school (don’t forget your GERs, either).</p>

<p>You don’t have to double major. Many business majors pursue a minor in another subject area, which can be a bit easier to manage.</p>

<p>how is business regarded at W&M?</p>

<p>what about the math department?</p>

<p>business school at W&M is well respected… from businessweek:
30th among all schools
10th among public schools
A+ in faculty teaching
14th in Return on Investment</p>

<p>Top hiring firms: Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte Touche, Tomatsu, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KPMG LLP, Ernst & Young, Deutsche Bank AG, Navigant Consulting, Capital One, CGI, FTI Consulting, Kenesis, Consulting, Teach for America, Cambridge Associates, Accenture</p>

<p>math department is solid, but not what W&M is known for. You will definitely get a good education.</p>

<p>I’m a math major, and mostly happy with the department. There are some great professors. A few are fairly dull lecturers, but it is math after all. You’ll find plenty of opportunities to get involved in research. There are some faculty involved in applied areas like linear programming that might be useful in combination with a business degree.</p>

<p>The main disadvantage is that we are small, and there aren’t as many upper-level classes to choose from as at schools with graduate math programs. Topology, for example, was taught my first semester here and won’t be taught again until after I graduate.</p>

<p>Malvenuto:</p>

<p>How many students, roughly, graduate as a math major each year? How are the facilities? Class sizes? The lack of upper-level courses is somewhat frustrating though…</p>

<p>I’m not really sure how many math majors there are per year. I’d guess 20 or so. The facilities are okay. The math department is in Jones Hall. There’s a big cluster on campus called SciClone.</p>

<p>Class size varies. Many upper-level classes have 5 or fewer students. My smallest class was a seminar on PDEs with 3 students, my largest was Linear Algebra with 35.</p>

<p>There are upper level classes, they’re just not as varied as at some other schools. If you’re a double major you definitely won’t run out of classes to take.</p>

<p>The posts on getting admitted to the Mason School of Business are excellent. There is no specific admission rate but it’s pretty high. Generally there are more applicants than spaces but the admission rate is quite high (it wasn’t until a few years ago that the Mason School of Business had to deny people due to space limitations).</p>

<p>W&M is known overall for being a very strong liberal arts university and the degree you receive has a great reputation behind it regardless of major.</p>