Tepper

<p>for any current or former Tepper students, how intense are the academics there? also, is Tepper very math-based? thanx</p>

<p>not intense....only if u want it to be but not really....and by want it to be i mean double majoring in math lol.... had a bit to drink...</p>

<p>i am not a former student but will be attending tepper soon enough</p>

<p>it is very math based... tepper pioneered a mathematical approach to business.. as opposed to a case study based school such as harvard school of business or wharton.</p>

<p>this means that many tepper kids get jobs as analysts and need math though rather than normal business jobs</p>

<p>wikipedia:
Many of the Tepper School's innovations have been adopted by other business schools around the globe. It pioneered the "quantitative" or "fundamental analysis" based approach to teaching management, as separate from the "case-study" based approach developed originally at Harvard Business School. It also pioneered the use of computer simulation for experiential learning of business roles via the 'Management Game'.</p>

<p>It's actually not "mathematical" in my opinion. Accounting, communications, econ, even stat courses are not math oriented. If you choose to do quant stuff then I guess it can be "math" but I don't consider stat/econ/accounting formulas to be math at all and yes I've taken all these classes already. Intro to business for example is a joke and so are other "required" classes they make you do like the stat/programming/writing requirements. IMO not very math focused compared to the math majors and MCS kids. Perhaps things were different in the past but I'm telling you what I did so far and it's not intense/impressive/hard. Non-tepper kids will tell you it's easier than high school but I like to think it's somewhere in between.</p>

<p>PS: I don't know if ppl understand the wall street "slang" but analysts do anything and everything. It is often used as a term for the newbloods on wall st. For example in corporate finance (ie investment banking) an ugrad is known as an "analyst". Once you get your MBA you are an "associate" and so on and so on. Other fields within such a field include executives and whatnot. Being an analyst does not necessarily automatically relate you to quant/math.</p>

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<p>Intro to business is pretty much a big mixer to learn about the program & meet the people you'll be working with closely. From what I've seen so far, it's math oriented when it needs to be, but I'd say it's all about the practical skills that you'll use later in life.</p>

<p>From my experience, it is a pretty good mix. I am doing a business minor, and so far I have taken principles of economics and accounting. Accounting is pretty much all math, but it is really easy math. I took principles with two different professors, one class was completely math based (using equations that state preferences to find an optimal bundle), and the other was completely theoretical. Personally, I think the theoretical class was much better (professor Klepper) than the math based class. Next semester I will be taking Models and Methods of optimization for my business minor, which I have heard is a really easy version of Matrix Algebra. In short, you will be exposed to some math, but it shouldn't be anything difficult, esp in the earlier classes. I assume after you get those out of the way you can either choose a theoretical route, or a more practical route, but you can always check with your advisor -- 1 more week until orientation!</p>

<p>thanx for all the great info. wut if I plan on concentrating in marketing? is a lot of math involved?</p>

<p>Marketing is a track inside business. You have to take the normal business core to get the degree but no, the actual marketing core is not math based.</p>

<p>Thanks for the great info.</p>