Econ Major

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Anonymous wrote:Best major for people not smart enough to do math or physics and not invested/intellectual enough to excel in history or the humanities.

Best major for those who want a job after graduation perhaps.

Any math major is better at a finance job than an Econ major.

It’s cute that Econ majors have to pretend they do anything productive in those four years, but the truth is all these firms have to give boot camps on trading or whatever investment strategy they use anyway to their new hires.

Econ is a great degree for people who are just smart enough but have no passions and are too lazy to try anything that doesn’t have a simple path.

This is untrue. It may be relevant for quant jobs but there is a whole universe of non-quant jobs (esp at the banks) where they are looking for more skills than doing advanced math. Most banks these days are doing limited “trading or whatever investment strategy.”

There is a reason these institutions recruit at business schools, SLACs, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Best major for people not smart enough to do math or physics and not invested/intellectual enough to excel in history or the humanities.

Best major for those who want a job after graduation perhaps.

Any math major is better at a finance job than an Econ major.

It’s cute that Econ majors have to pretend they do anything productive in those four years, but the truth is all these firms have to give boot camps on trading or whatever investment strategy they use anyway to their new hires.

Econ is a great degree for people who are just smart enough but have no passions and are too lazy to try anything that doesn’t have a simple path.

Tell us where the Econ major hurt you.

None. I just recognize that they weren’t very intelligent people and clearly didn’t have much reason to go to college other than to drink for 4 years

I think that probably says more about the institution you were qualified to attend than the population of econ majors.

The institution is one you’d want your kids to attend. Fun fact: we can disagree and you don’t have to assume I have an insignificant pedigree.

I think I'll assume that anyways, thanks. Anyone who went to an institution where they take a non representative sample and apply it to an entire population with 100% assurance better use almond milk when they make my latte this morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a waste of a major? What are the possible career paths?

Is this a joke?

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone say what is the difference between a BA and a BS in Econ? My student is very strong in math and is looking at Econ as a second degree choice after Math.

It’s not about the degree type, but the actual courses. Any Econ program without econometrics, advanced econometrics, linear algebra, time series, and probability required or heavily suggested is a complete wash of a degree.

Again, not true. Lots of career paths are not that quantitative and do not require all of this. If you want to do quant stuff, by all means do as much math as possible, but it is not some universal thing.

So much bad info on this thread from bitter quants.

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Anonymous wrote:Best major for people not smart enough to do math or physics and not invested/intellectual enough to excel in history or the humanities.

Best major for those who want a job after graduation perhaps.

Any math major is better at a finance job than an Econ major.

It’s cute that Econ majors have to pretend they do anything productive in those four years, but the truth is all these firms have to give boot camps on trading or whatever investment strategy they use anyway to their new hires.

Econ is a great degree for people who are just smart enough but have no passions and are too lazy to try anything that doesn’t have a simple path.

Tell us where the Econ major hurt you.

None. I just recognize that they weren’t very intelligent people and clearly didn’t have much reason to go to college other than to drink for 4 years

I think that probably says more about the institution you were qualified to attend than the population of econ majors.

The institution is one you’d want your kids to attend. Fun fact: we can disagree and you don’t have to assume I have an insignificant pedigree.

I think I'll assume that anyways, thanks. Anyone who went to an institution where they take a non representative sample and apply it to an entire population with 100% assurance better use almond milk when they make my latte this morning.

How great, you took an intro stats class. Was it a major requirement? Next you’ll tell me about the null hypothesis! So exciting

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Anonymous wrote:Best major for people not smart enough to do math or physics and not invested/intellectual enough to excel in history or the humanities.

Best major for those who want a job after graduation perhaps.

Any math major is better at a finance job than an Econ major.

It’s cute that Econ majors have to pretend they do anything productive in those four years, but the truth is all these firms have to give boot camps on trading or whatever investment strategy they use anyway to their new hires.

Econ is a great degree for people who are just smart enough but have no passions and are too lazy to try anything that doesn’t have a simple path.

Tell us where the Econ major hurt you.

None. I just recognize that they weren’t very intelligent people and clearly didn’t have much reason to go to college other than to drink for 4 years

I think that probably says more about the institution you were qualified to attend than the population of econ majors.

The institution is one you’d want your kids to attend. Fun fact: we can disagree and you don’t have to assume I have an insignificant pedigree.

I think I'll assume that anyways, thanks. Anyone who went to an institution where they take a non representative sample and apply it to an entire population with 100% assurance better use almond milk when they make my latte this morning.

How great, you took an intro stats class. Was it a major requirement? Next you’ll tell me about the null hypothesis! So exciting

Two splendas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone say what is the difference between a BA and a BS in Econ? My student is very strong in math and is looking at Econ as a second degree choice after Math.

It’s not about the degree type, but the actual courses. Any Econ program without econometrics, advanced econometrics, linear algebra, time series, and probability required or heavily suggested is a complete wash of a degree.

Again, not true. Lots of career paths are not that quantitative and do not require all of this. If you want to do quant stuff, by all means do as much math as possible, but it is not some universal thing.

So much bad info on this thread from bitter quants.

Attempting a quantitative degree and refusing to do math makes you a poor fit for Econ and someone who shouldn’t be in a quantitative field. There’s much space in anthropology for social scientists who eschew mathematical reasoning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone say what is the difference between a BA and a BS in Econ? My student is very strong in math and is looking at Econ as a second degree choice after Math.

It’s not about the degree type, but the actual courses. Any Econ program without econometrics, advanced econometrics, linear algebra, time series, and probability required or heavily suggested is a complete wash of a degree.

Again, not true. Lots of career paths are not that quantitative and do not require all of this. If you want to do quant stuff, by all means do as much math as possible, but it is not some universal thing.

So much bad info on this thread from bitter quants.

Why would any quant be bitter? Their job is awesome.

[Anonymous]

Id recommend a stats or finance major over Econ. The Econ grads of today can hardly do math and are much less impressive than finance/stem grads. Even grad school Econ departments are looking for math majors, because they perform better

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best major for people not smart enough to do math or physics and not invested/intellectual enough to excel in history or the humanities.

LOL history humanities wtf lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone say what is the difference between a BA and a BS in Econ? My student is very strong in math and is looking at Econ as a second degree choice after Math.

It’s not about the degree type, but the actual courses. Any Econ program without econometrics, advanced econometrics, linear algebra, time series, and probability required or heavily suggested is a complete wash of a degree.

This is to a T what DC did at Uchicago. He makes 3-5x peers who did Business Econ to easy their way out of math. By the end, he nearly ended with a math major!

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Anonymous wrote:Best major for people not smart enough to do math or physics and not invested/intellectual enough to excel in history or the humanities.

LOL history humanities wtf lol

The type of idiotic common one should expect from an Econ major.

[Anonymous]

Another thread that could have been helpful for students considering what and where to study goes straight in the dumpster.

You people are so useless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone say what is the difference between a BA and a BS in Econ? My student is very strong in math and is looking at Econ as a second degree choice after Math.

It’s not about the degree type, but the actual courses. Any Econ program without econometrics, advanced econometrics, linear algebra, time series, and probability required or heavily suggested is a complete wash of a degree.

Again, not true. Lots of career paths are not that quantitative and do not require all of this. If you want to do quant stuff, by all means do as much math as possible, but it is not some universal thing.

So much bad info on this thread from bitter quants.

Why would any quant be bitter? Their job is awesome.

Because the econ grads ended up making more than them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another thread that could have been helpful for students considering what and where to study goes straight in the dumpster.

You people are so useless.

Dumpster? People are giving great advice. Frankly, anyone can look at a graph and point the direction of supply and demand. It’s the grads with mathematical and coding ability who excel above their peers. Econ is a fine degree, but no longer can you enter the fields students desire without taking the quantitative track.