MBA program and GMAT with no undergrad business class?

worried_mom
Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:14:16 +0000

You don’t need to take ANY business classes to do well on the GMAT because it does not include any testing of specific business concepts; it’s just a test of general verbal and quantitative skills, very similar to the SAT. I wouldn’t worry about taking stats or accounting as an undergraduate, unless you really want to take them now and have room in your schedule for them.

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You will almost certainly do well with the quantitative section of the GMAT since you’re a ME major. Since you’re also in an honors program and writing a thesis, I assume you’ll do well on the verbal part as well.

As an engineering major/honors student, you are already competitive for B-school admission. Your biggest issue may be a lack of actual business experience – unless you already have some – because many top programs prefer applicants with at least 2 or 3 years of real world experience.