As a student in an okay program (with many friends in the truly elite ones), I will say "not many". It's very rare to find someone here who lives and breathes t

As a student in an okay program (with many friends in the truly elite ones), I will say "not many". It's very rare to find someone here who lives and breathes the entrails of technology and data rather than just the nice and shiny and sexy parts of it. That being said, I know some from finance and marketing tyle backgrounds who are totally gung-ho about data and have track records of getting their hands dirty, so I'd say that if you're intent on finding students with non-tech backgrounds who have the cultural instincts for tech, you can find them (maybe about 3% of the class). edit: That being said, many of my peers would be fantastic at roles like BD.