Hi! I have been interested in business for as long as I can remember and currently run my own small business with over 100 clients and 10 employees (part-time) and 12 contractors. Our revenue for last summer year was over $20,000 and thats just with part time work. I have also interned at multiple companies including a global ad agency. My particular interest is in marketing and communications and I have done freelance work in that industry as well as attended a rigorous summer program about marketing at Yale (plus multiple other business intensive summer programs - including one at Harvard Business School).
The problem I struggle in math - something most business focused schools are clearly going to look closely at. Math has never held be back in running my own company but in school I have received mostly B’s (with a couple A’s and one C) in my math courses. I am currently in pre-calc and ended the semester with a B. I also scored very low on the ACT math section - a 19 - although my composite score was 29. My low math grades can be partly attributed to multiple learning differences I have that directly affect my math skills. Otherwise academically I have mostly A’s and am quite involved at my school.
I applied to many business focused schools and did a few early action. So far I have been deferred from almost all and the reason seems to be math across the board. I am not interested in studying finance or accounting at all but math still seems to be a concern for these schools. I am wondering what I can do to try and show to the schools math will not be a problem for me and I am ready for it at a college level. Thanks for any help and advise!
