Advice for Finance major

Mwfan1921
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:44:18 +0000

blossom:

and there is very little evidence that suggests that adcom’s at Wharton (for example) are specifically looking for the “gunner” type of HS kid who is razor focused on finance– as an EC, as an academic interest as a future career.

There’s a whole lot of space between no business related ECs and a ‘gunner.’

Regardless, I can speak directly about three schools that admit directly to business, and it would be a disadvantage in admissions at each to have zero business related ECs. On the flip side one doesn’t need all business-y ECs either, or to be a ‘gunner.’ Note I would consider a paid job a business-y EC.