@firmament2x : last comment, but quant and investment banking related. The investment banking firms, Goldman Sachs, Chase, Morgan Stanley, etc. all recruit undergraduates from the 3 schools, UCB, UCLA and USC. To get into Haas, 2 semesters or 1 year of calculus is required. For UCLA bus. econ., 2 quarters of calculus is required (not quite a year) and for USC’s Marshall, 1 semester of calculus is required. Even though calculus is required, the classes rarely not use it. Calculus requirement s just to make the standards high and show evidence that an applicant can think critically and analyzed, for admittance to the major.