MBA Quant Experience

Adapting material first posted here over a year ago, I've written a fairly light piece intended to help prospective MBAs decide how much quantitative preparation they need given their background and temperament.  The substance is adapted from the 8 MBA Quant Themes posts I wrote when I started this blog.  The opening is adapted from an impromptu dramatic performance one morning at Tuck's math camp in August (you had to be there!).

“To prepare or not to prepare, that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous quant courses or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by preparing surmount them.”

Thus I (tongue in cheek) imagine a pacing Hamlet, top MBA acceptance letter in hand. Despite their various unique brand positions and program structures, top MBA programs all must teach the quantitative basics of finance, accounting, economics, and statistics.

Drawn from years of MBA quantitative skills teaching, the following themes will help incoming MBA students determine their preparation needs...

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