<p>I'm looking to attend a top-notch undergrad bschool with hopes of becoming an international i-banker. I like Wharton because of its location and prestige. I heard you have to be a math genius to succeed at ibanking. I'm better than average at math and have made it to state level math comps but I haven't placed. Grades and test scores are up to par. Also in accelerated math classes. Am good enough for Wharton/ibanking?</p>
<p>Specifically I was wondering if I can handle Wharton even though I’m not the best at math</p>
<p>You’d have to give me some test scores so I could make a better judgment. If you’re going in taking beginning math courses like Calculus of a single variable, I wouldn’t worry. If you’re skipping farther ahead, it’ll be difficult. Then again, if you like math as you say, you should be fine.</p>
<p>ibanking is brain-dead. They like quants but realistically, you don’t need to know how to take a derivative to be a good banker.</p>
<p>If you want to use your brain on the job, go into consulting imo.</p>
<p>thanks for posting guys</p>
<p>Wangatang- I’m taking the most advanced math my school allows (hon. Trig at sophomore level) and I have an A. I haven’ttaken the SAT yet so Idk about that. I very good at math but there are kids at my school who are def better… I just don’t know if I could compete at the Wharton level.</p>
<p>Wharton isn’t MIT.
You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Honors trigonometry? What the hell is that. Is that supposed to be the equivalent of pre-calc honors? </p>
<p>As someone said earlier, please post specific stats, an A doesn’t mean anything to me when I don’t know anything about your school. </p>
<p>As for the type of math-level required to get into Wharton, I’d just say that as long as you’re taking the hardest courses your school offers, and you’re amongst the top few kids at your school, you should have a decent chance assuming everything else is up to par.</p>
<p>Dude, just relax.</p>
<p>If the hardest course you’ve taken so far is Trig then it sounds like you haven’t taken Calculus. Just don’t skip anything when you get to Wharton. If you haven’t taken Calculus then take it when you are there. If you like math then you’ll catch up.</p>
<p>hon trig at the SOPHOMORE level? does that mean you’re a sophomore still? because then you have plenty of time…</p>
<p>Yeah still a sophomore</p>
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<p>lol wut?</p>
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<p>You must have banking confused with algorithmic trading</p>
<p>If you’re still a sophomore, you’ve still got a long way ahead of you. From what i’ve heard, you don’t need to be a math genius or anything to be in I-banking.<br>
But you’re a sophomore. Do you have any idea what I-banking is?</p>
<p>investment banking is boring to me.
entrepreneurp FTW!</p>
<p>Suvayanr: Yeah, I do know what it is. Also, two years isn’t that long of a time.</p>