I think, as you say, the access to any of these positions is more so dependent on your resume than your coursework which explains why Ivy and Ivy Plus schools (and some more) without b-schools have students getting access to all types of positions regardless of major. If you can choose a major that gets you a solid background in something relevant as well as do some ECs or co-curriculars that are relevant, you get internship access. The internship access and performance is the key because folks can be trained or can learn the things in those courses on the job/in their internship. Do not be so stoked on these business schools (or at least not their curriculum. Trust me that isn’t what is doing the work. It is but a small contributing factor. Consider the SES background, academic background, EC background of the students as well as the alumni network). If you want to make it happen, it will regardless of whether or not you were at GBS. However, if you are to go to GBS. You really need to map things out super carefully. That involves perhaps starting talks with econ. now as I say. Send them a syllabus to them (there was no need to mention how you crushed the intro. econ courses…so do most people at Emory. The only reason that class has a B average is because they put the grades on a type of curved distribution that essentially specifies the grade cutoffs. Many students will get high numerical scores but not necessarily an A. Emory is hardly impressed by students who make As in its own intro. econ sequence, which may be why they are so picky about equivalents from elsewhere.
I personally don’t think anything is special about the level of the intro. econs. at Emory. The intermediate instructors are often very challenging however), and tell them the situation and ask if they would foresee taking the credit. You should know this in advanced as it will help you plan. If you have a calculus credit, that should transfer. I believe that stats may transfer (but ask GBS about that one or else you will need DSci). Try to get as much credits in as possible. This way you can take financial accounting (folks say this is hard, but I don’t think it is true. It seems to be applied algebra class that gives multiple choice tests with a time crunch. There are definitely harder courses in ECAS or the b-school) in addition to some courses either requiring it as pre-req or some other core b-school courses as opposed to you having to take crap like econ. 101,112, DSci. Get things in place so you can hit the ground running if you so badly want to be there. You don’t need to have your time wasted with the pettiness of the transfer process as you’ll likely be spending a lot of money. The friend I mentioned managed, but had to be really aggressive and did like I said and took the opportunity to take on extra classes while in the college, several of which were b-school classes. Use that opportunity if the course equivalencies work out.