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Núria
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Translated from Catalan .
És molt complicat fer Dret+Administració i Direcció d'Empresa havent fet un batxillerat científic?
Is it very difficult to do Law + Business Administration and Management having done a scientific baccalaureate?
I’m doing the International Baccalaureate and so I do some rather social subjects, but I do math, physics, chemistry and science biology.
I guess it’s hard to catch up, but would you recommend taking a summer refresher course to catch up or some other recommendation?
#ib #dade
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Terence Cheung
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From my MBA studies and the colleagues and friends I have in the legal industry, I would say this crossover normal. While these are advanced degrees, they start at a baseline that generally has to apply to people with varied undergraduate degrees. As an example, statistics and probability are a core curriculum class as an MBA student, but it has to be taught to people with backgrounds ranging from STEM, to Social sciences, to liberal arts degrees. From that baseline, concepts and topics become more advanced.
With the STEM background, you may find the math/analytical courses easier like stats or modeling, but may go into subjects (or even projects) that are more outside your comfort zone. MBA/Law programs can be highly collaborative and require more strategic, unstructured approaches that do not align with some people who require data, structure and order to make decisions. That's totally ok, that's what the programs can help develop.
Even with STEM backgrounds, business administration and studying law is rather common, at least from the sampling of those around me. In fact, there are some rather interesting specializations that you could get into with these combinations - say an engineering degree and law degree, or STEM + an MBA.
With the STEM background, you may find the math/analytical courses easier like stats or modeling, but may go into subjects (or even projects) that are more outside your comfort zone. MBA/Law programs can be highly collaborative and require more strategic, unstructured approaches that do not align with some people who require data, structure and order to make decisions. That's totally ok, that's what the programs can help develop.
Even with STEM backgrounds, business administration and studying law is rather common, at least from the sampling of those around me. In fact, there are some rather interesting specializations that you could get into with these combinations - say an engineering degree and law degree, or STEM + an MBA.
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Deepak Chadaga
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Nuria, both law and an MBA require analytical abilities which your Bachelor's in a science field would have provided you. As Terence mentions, those who do either an MBA or a Law degree come from various educational backgrounds. Depending on which country you're doing your MBA or Law degree, you may have some level of requirements in terms of grades, entrance examinations (for example in the U.S.A., GMAT for an MBA, or LSAT for law) , and recommendations to get into the school you want.
Wishing you all the very best in your endeavors!
Wishing you all the very best in your endeavors!
Thank you!
Núria