am I screwed if I never took Calc or Stats? got 750 on GMAT

This was my gmat score: 750 (q48/v45). also if it counts for anything, i got a 2150 on the sat (i got a 770 in math there)

A lot of M7/t15 programs state on their admissions websites that "since much of the MBA curriculum requires quantitative skills, we encourage students to complete introductory courses in calculus and statistics prior to enrolling." (that's specifically from kellogg's website, and booth's had it too)

I did well on the GMAT math after enrolling in courses, as it was a rehash of mostly high school stuff (just at a higher level). But honestly, I never took calculus, and only took precalc senior year of high school (and i slacked off and got a C i think from senioritis, although i got straight As in math up till that point). Completely forgot all that.

I also never formally took stats, although I came across it in my sociology degree. Like, I know mean, median, mode, experiments, multiple regressions, etc. but my college degree was very non quant heavy.

Am I screwed for the MBA curriculum and/or admissions? Do MBA classes have a lot of calc or hard stats? I also want to be a consultant. I'm good at mental math, GMAT-level math, algebra, addition, subtraction,

multiplication, division, etc., but don't know Calc or formal Stats. Will be I screwed for consultant interviews?
would it be the absolute best that I took both calc and stats at a community college or extension program?

i have good UG, good GPA, and good WE.

thanks

 

I don't think you should really worry, i'm pretty confident that a lot of MBA candidates come from a non-quant background.

The only quant heavy MBA program I am aware of is the Booth MBA. Even if it is the case, Khan Academy and some dedicated youtube channels provide a good "cookie-cutter" way of learning calc and stats.

If credits are mandatory, then you can always go to your local community college and take the required courses.

 
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Booth's program is as quanty is you want it to be. Remember, we're 100% flexible curriculum. The upside is if you have a strong quant/stats background, big data/coding backgroupd, heavy finance etc you can take very challenging coursework there. If you don't have the background you can take pretty easy classes or skip them altogether outside of fulfilling some fairly light graduation requirements.

There is a stats 101 course at Booth that has some easier sections for those with no quant exposure, and that's the only stats class you have to take; though spending the time to learn how to run some light regressions etc is worth it, you can do that in school. You absolutely do not need calculus before school.

 

I'm going to add to my above comment because if you go to Haas' webpage, they state that they require a college level math or stats course. So, not as specific as your comment above. I can speak from experience that they absolutely make exceptions to this rule; like other programs, they seek indicators of quantitative proficiency, if you have them elsewhere you'll be fine.

 

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