<p>This information is helpful, but why the consistent elitist and sarcastic remarks? First of all, I am not ignorant of economics and business. While I have had some formal academic study in these areas, judging by discussions with my “business” and “econ” major friends from across the country, I think I would do okay in a business setting. Most of them are cookie cutter thinkers who have no real definitive ideology or set of principles which would dictate their discussions or decisions anyhow.<br>
Remember, you know very little about me here - and you make comments that imply that I am some kind of idiot because I majored in public health? A major that requires the likes of O Chem, Genetics, Molecular Bio, Calculus, etc? My GPA would be higher if I could cash a few of those courses in for some business classes. I mean, at the root aren’t quantitative courses like calculus and statistics key indicators of academic readiness? In these courses, I got well over a 100% and close to it without even trying (went to my stat class one time) … that means I kicked some of your business major friends’ butts. CMoss - I appreciate your empathy with my mission experience, but I know after having served a mission, that everyone’s mission experience is unique and different. For example - I trained a new mission president for the last 4.5 months of my mission (this is the term that both of my mission presidents used to describe this time period) - also got a new companion at the same time - so in many instances, I was making sole decisions for the whole mission that normally a mission president alone would make. Also, key indicators of success, speaking assignments, etc, can certainly vary. Not placing mine above or below yours because that would be prideful and arrogant. Just pointing out that during my missionary service, there was one other missionary (out of at least 300) who held comparable leadership assignments for a comparable period of time, and that missionary didn’t train a new mission president or lead during a time that the mission hit its highest key indicators for more than 5 years. That doesn’t make me like every other missionary who has served. Again, I am not saying this to be prideful. It is just the honest truth. My mission taught me to excel in public speaking, and if you were able to speak with anyone who knew me, they would probably tell you that I could hold my own in a debate or speaking assignment, even if I am just a slobbering public health major.
Truth is, I think business as a whole is highly corrupt. Also, based upon my close observance of politics, I feel that some of the greatest economic minds of our day are those who think “outside of the system” - and surprisingly they don’t have MBA’s or even business degrees in many instances. I mean, can it be argued that our country’s declining economy is in some way related to the key MBA holding economic leaders who are running it based upon their perception of economics? If I don’t understand how a country can thrive while spending more than it ever has hope of repaying, I am proud to be ignorant.
My last question is, if I can by some miracle overcome my public health background and rock the GMAT, do I have a chance? Would a 750-800 get them interested? Right now I am interested in getting in - I am not afraid at all of crashing and burning if I do.</p>