<p>I'm curious to know if the majority of those who go on to get an MBA majored in Economics? Is it possible to go into business as either an International Relations major or an English major?</p>
<p>The answer to your first question is no. True, economics is one of the more popular "pre-business" majors, but the definition of a majority is more than 50%, and economics majors do not make up the majority of MBA students. The biggest chunk (but also not a majority) consists of engineers (of all kinds). </p>
<p>The answer to your second question is 'yes'.</p>
<p>If we're talking about top-tier B-schools, then far and away the most important thing you will need to bring to the table is strong work experience, as well as the accompanying things (i.e. recs, essay answers) that strong work experience provides. Your choice of undergraduate major matters little except in the sense that some majors will give you a greater chance of landing better jobs upon graduation than will other majors.</p>
<p>I got my B.S. in Biology and I am starting an MBA next fall after 5 years of work experience in higher education.</p>
<p>Where are you going to go alicantekid?</p>
<p>If you check enrollment data at top MBA programs, i think that something like 40% majored in a liberal arts concentration undergrad. 20% did economics. 20% did undergraduate business. And 20% did engineering.</p>
<p>It really does not matter what you major undergraduate-wise. As sakky said, the top programs look for good grades, good test scores, and strong work experience. That's why people tell you to major in what you like. Economics at a top school would probably give you the best chance of being recruited after graduation, but its not the only way.</p>
<p>If you major in a business related field, it knocks out many of the prereqs and saves you a lot of school. You can get an MBA with only like 32 credit hours if you have a BBA. (Knock your MBA out in a calendar year) I would at least recommend a undergraduate minor in business.</p>
<p>Thanks for the showing of input to all of you; I'm probably going to major in International Relations still or English, seeing as both are subjects I've enjoyed learning about in high school and have done well in them grade-wise.</p>
<p>I'm going to repeat one of my old quotes from the old CC site:</p>
<p>If you're talking about getting into MBA school, one of the top, if not the top field to come from is engineering. </p>
<p>Consider the MBA program at MIT-Sloan. It should surprise nobody that about 40% of entering MBA MIT-Sloan students are engineers. (I saw this statistic in hard-copy, I'll post an Internet link for it when I find it). </p>
<p>Now you might be thinking, well yeah, sakky, that's MITSloan. Of course MIT is going to be engineering-heavy. But consider some of the other top MBA programs, and notice the prominent position that engineers take. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm0211/spreadsheet_class.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm0211/spreadsheet_class.shtml</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/downloads/publications/mbacareer02.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/downloads/publications/mbacareer02.pdf</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.kellogg.nwu.edu/admissions/apply/entering.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.kellogg.nwu.edu/admissions/apply/entering.htm</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.bus.umich.edu/Admissions/Mba/Profile.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.bus.umich.edu/Admissions/Mba/Profile.htm</a> </p>
<p>Now, as far as the whole idea of shortening your MBA if you already have your BBA, if you're talking about lower-tier B-schools, yes, this can work. However, with only 1 major exception that I know about, the elite B-schools will not allow this. At these schools, not only is it extremely rare for you to get credit-hours for past work, but you may not even be able to waive any classes, even if you clearly already know the stuff. I know at one B-school that shall remain unnamed, certain incoming MBA students were complaining that they had to take the intro-economics class, despite the fact that they already held graduate degrees in economics. In one case, one lady already had a PhD in economics, and they STILL wouldn't let her waive the class. The idea is that she would have to be in the class not really to learn anything (because she clearly already knew the stuff) but to bond with the rest of the class (B-school is really more about bonding and networking than it is about actually learning anything). And even in those rare cases where they might let you waive something, that doesn't really help you shorten the program because you usually still have to fulfill the same credit-hours as everybody else, it's just that you now have to do it via electives. </p>
<p>The one major exception that I am aware of is the MBA program at Northwestern-Kellogg, an indisputably elite program which does have a special 1-year MBA program for those who already have an undergrad business degree or its equivalent.</p>
<p>I'm most likely going to UCLA (already accepted), although I'm still waiting to hear from Michigan and USC.</p>
<p>Upon further investigation sakky I agree with your assessment that at lower tier schools this is the case. Most of the programs I researched are lower tier (Cleveland State, Kent State, Akron, BGSU etc.) But after reading U of M and OSU MBA program requirements I realized that they want like 60 credit hours for the MBA, as opposed to 32-40 at the other schools I listed.</p>
<p>Does a culinary degree(B.P.S.) count as liberal arts? I know someone who wants an MBA to help their cooking career.</p>
<p>I am aiming for MBA at MIT Sloan,</p>
<p>I have a BA bachelor Degree concentration in Finance and Marketing from an American University.
My GPA is 2.67 which is low (My concern). Because I spent a while in engineering before switching to business however my business courses are mostly A and B grades.</p>
<p>I have a GMAT 700+. Speak three languages Arabic, English and Japanese.
4-5 Years work experience in one of the top automobile companies in the world. 2 yrs in the Middle East excellent achievements in many areas of the company. 2 years in the mother company in Japan also great achievements. My company highly invests in my training, I completed more than 25 certified and relatively expensive development courses in (Middle East, Japan…) I have worked all my summers during my BA degree working in leading community service companies and was selected to lead, train and direct a costal environmental protection team (was selected by Parliament member and vice president of the environmental group) also have shares in non-profit organizations. </p>
<p>Got promoted very quickly due to performance and is a general manager in 4-5 Years at a top 10 multinational company. </p>
<p>My recommendations are excellent from the top (President of our company) who is a board member in the school as well. Oh and I am an international student therefore inclined to pay full fees which according to what I have heard helps </p>
<p>What do you think my chances are this is my top goal and highest priority at this point I am dying to get accepted, I am also trying other top 10 schools in UK and US… thanks guys!!</p>
<p>I had double major in Math & Biology at a small (but prestigious) liberal arts school; three years of consulting at big name firm and ended up at Kellogg for my MBA (was also admitted to Stanford)</p>