MBA Quant Experience

Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business purchased MBA Math subscriptions for all incoming students for the fourth year.

Here is a testimonial from Jessica Grote, who recently completed her first year at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and is a member of the MBA Math Board of Advisors, about her pre-MBA use of the MBA Math online quantitative preparation course:

I am a second year MBA student at Washington University’s Olin Business School. I graduated with a degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where I served as President of the Women in Architecture organization and studied abroad in Rome, Italy. Before returning to graduate school, I worked at an engineering firm and was highly involved in my community as a volunteer for the American Red Cross and United Way. Now at Olin, I am concentrating in Brand Management and Marketing Consulting/Strategy while serving as President of the Olin Marketing Association.

As an MBA student with a non-business background, I found MBA Math to be particularly helpful. The lessons gave me a comprehensive overview of the quantitative work that would be performed during the core curriculum of the program. MBA Math is unique in that it provides the flexibility to work at one’s own pace to meet personal objectives. It’s a great transition to graduate school.

I'll be teaching a morning quantitative skills workshop at the Forté Foundation MBA Women's Conference in New York on June 27.  Students admitted to Forté Sponsor schools are welcome to attend.  As of yesterday, approximately 140 women are pre-registered for the workshop.

Here's a workshop description:

This two-hour workshop will build on the pre-work coverage of finance and accounting basics to develop insight into the ongoing credit market crisis. Rather than do a broad but shallow survey of quant skills needed in the MBA first year, I've picked a few tools and a relevant topic from the current business press. We'll dig into the basics of bond valuation and balance sheet leverage with two goals in mind:

1. Whet your appetite for your upcoming MBA coursework
2. Provide a status check on your quantitative proficiency.

To learn more about the broader conference and to register, visit the Forté conference site.

To learn more about the workshop or to take a look at the pre-work material on finance and accounting as an example of the MBA Math lecture material, visit the MBA Math workshop site.

The Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas purchased MBA Math subscriptions for all incoming Masters program students.

University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business purchased MBA Math subscriptions for all incoming Oregon MBA program students as part of the revised curriculum.

Georgia State's Robinson College of Business recommends, and in some cases requires, MBA Math for admitted students who need quantitative skills preparation.

Georgetown's McDonough School of Business purchased MBA Math subscriptions for all incoming students in the full-time, evening, and executive MBA programs. This is the third year for the full-time and evening programs, the second year for the international executive program, and the first year for the Georgetown-ESADE executive program.