<p>If i Plan on attending a top MBA program, which bachelor major should i choose? (assume that I go to a top 20 undergrad university)</p>
<p>thanks,sorry if i sound pretentious</p>
<p>You don’t need to be a business major to get into an MBA program. You can choose practically any major. Engineering, math and finance are impressive to top MBA schools though</p>
<p>Is economics considered a “business” major?</p>
<p>Why do you want the MBA, and what do you plan on doing after graduation? I’d recommend reposting this in the MBA section of the forums. </p>
<p>MBA programs aren’t like other professional degrees (MDs and JDs) where your undergraduate career trumps all else - oftentimes, MBA programs take into consideration things like work experience which is very important. </p>
<p>The University of Pennsylvania Wharton MBA program states that its average student had worked an average of 5 to 6 years between their undergraduate career and the MBA program; so, with that in mind, it’d make sense to major in something where you have promising job prospects post graduation where you can gain meaningful internships and other employment to put on your application. </p>
<p>In terms of your major and undergraduate curricula, this is what Wharton had to say;
“We welcome applicants directly from undergraduate programs who are motivated and exhibit strong leadership and managerial potential. When preparing for the Wharton MBA program, consider that the stronger your quantitative background, the better prepared you will be to take finance, statistics, accounting, economics, and other quantitative courses offered in our curriculum. For example, calculus and/or statistics are good foundation courses. We do accept students without this type of background, but we like to see evidence of a capacity to handle these types of topics (e.g., strong quantitative GMAT scores, strong academic performance in quantitative subjects).”</p>
<p>@brickthelegend - Some colleges have econ in their business schools while others have it in their arts and science department. In some schools (like my prospective transfer school, OSU) you can choose to get an econ degree either from the business school or the arts and sciences department. So, yeah, depending on where you get it, econ can be perceived as either very applied/business or very theoretical/academic. </p>
<p>would i be at a disadvantage if I studied economics? Im very interested in that</p>