<p>I can see where your criticism can be merited; you seem to have a fair bit of first hand experience in this field, where I can honestly say I am but a high school senior. Simultaneously I was not very clear on a number of my positions which obviously doesn’t help. Hopefully that cleared up some soft spots in my statement.</p>
<p>**** I’m sorry but for some reason this website is being really weird and it keeps doing that thing where it takes the last thing I wrote and putting it at the beginning. I tried to split it up to make it easier to read but it still did it in a few posts so I apologize but I’m not too sure how to fix it at this point.</p>
<p>On the other hand, economics is the most (IIRC) popular pre-law major. So perhaps there’s some leniency in uncertainty as to whether the applicant is considering law or MBA school?</p>
<p>This is exactly the topic I was trying to address earliar; one cannot deduce the future plans of an undergraduate simply based on the information “Economics Major”, however if a student is an economics major along with having business summer internships, has taken classes in business administration, has extracirriculars involving entrepreneurship and marketing, it’s a fairly simple job in extrapolating their career intentions have been business based all along. </p>
<p>However is a student is an Economics Major but has no other real correlation to business, instead having taken a variety of other classes in the humanities, along with non-business related extracurriculars then you can say their simply a humanities student that has decided recently their intended career path has become business. </p>
<p>Wildflower, I hadn’t noticed you still had not responded to my previous comments. I am very interested to see what your thoughts are on my position.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter whether they have business internships or extracurricular activities. Economics is a social science no matter what the students future plans are and the “liberal arts major” title will always hold. Unless of course your economics degree is from wharton where it would be considered a business degree. Or if you go to a school where economics is a part of the business school rather than the college of arts and sciences. In those cases I would argue that it is probably not your normal economics degree, but it has a lot of business influence.</p>
<p>If the purpose of 2+2 is to admit students that wouldn’t otherwise pursue an MBA then I’d think that someone that has shown a strong interest in business would be less likely to be admitted.</p>
<p>To pkp20: My point was that if you have an economics major with business related activities/internships, you will be looked upon as a student interested in pursuing a career in business.</p>
<p>You’ll have to excuse me, Roneald. While I appreciate your enthusiasm, I don’t have the time to debate with a high school student. I would advise you, moreover, to listen (read) more and talk (post) less. Your opinion is misinformed by virtue of being young and inexperienced. And while you sound like a smart kid, if I were you I would defer to those who actually know something about the programs being discussed.</p>
<p>I’m a Psychology major with a minor in Entrepreneurship & Management (all my E&M courses have been in marketing), currently doing a marketing internship at an investment management firm. Currently my plan after graduation (I’m a rising junior, but am trying to graduate this year) is to go to art school for art direction, so many of my activities for the last couple years have been in the advertising/marketing area… And though B-school is quite a ways away from art school, could 2+2 be a possibility for me? I’m not sure if I’m considered to have had business-related experience, or whatever it is they would consider more of a candidate for regular HBS admission.</p>
<p>And, if I do decide to apply to 2+2, would I be eligible on the grounds that I am graduating early? Technically, I would be applying after my “junior year” but I would already hold my BA.</p>
<p>Sorry if I’m completely wrong about this – I am currently in the process of exploring post-graduation options and just found out about 2+2 today. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Does anyone have input on a 5 year program, where one gets her undergraduate and masters in accounting in 5 years. Or is it better to do 4 years for undergraduate and 2 for masters.</p>
<p>I had to read this several times in disbelief as I tried to decide whether or not you were actually serious.</p>
<p>If you are serious, then you have just as much growing up to do as Roneald, if not more. Truth is not the exclusive property of the aged and experienced.</p>
<p>Look i know a girl who goes to University of Florida and she graduted as a senior with a 3.83 gpa majoring in BS in ECON and also doing a MS in Finance to finish her 4th year off. She got accepted into the class of 2015 2+2 HBS program. She has a pretty impressive resume from Getting an internship at GS to using and applying her business knowledge into group progects to help the community out. She also got a high 780 GMAT score. I know this thread is old but if anyones wondering from the looks of it its abut securing great internships, Good GPA, Good GMAT scores, and of course volunteering.</p>
<p>If every person who inquired on this forum about their chances of getting into HBS 2+2 actually got into HBS 2+2, they would make up twice the current 2+2 class size. Someone should make this a sticky: to anyone wondering what your chances of getting into HBS 2+2 are, you will not get in.</p>
<p>Completely agree. According to the website, 95% of posters go to top 10 schools in the country, are all admitted to HWS, and have Kellogg/Booth/Haas/etc as backups.</p>
<p>I’ve been reading some of the discussion boards regarding the HBS 2+2 Program and was wondering if you could give me an insight on what they are looking for.</p>
<p>I currently attend a top business school and doing a 5-year program (I am not sure I am going to stay in it though), but my main interest in business was originally a academia/research interest, and that is starting to change. I became interested in the MBA program offered by Harvard which changed my short-term plan from academia/research to working for a corporation.</p>
<p>My main question is: is this the type of application they look for in the 2+2 program or is this more like a traditional MBA?</p>
<p>** I held/hold 3 tutoring positions one of which is a Teaching Assistant Position, I also held a Research Assistant position.</p>
<p>No, I’m sorry but it is not. You must actually find a job on your own and get into business school the hard way like everyone else. Please refer to my previous post (2 above yours).</p>
<p>One of HBS’s reps came to our school and did a Q&A and that was someone’s question. Apparently 2+2 is available for people who are still in their undergrad. If they’ve done a masters already or are in a master’s program, then they recommend that the student apply for regular Round 1,2,3 admission to HBS instead of 2+2. </p>