Glut of Econ majors

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Anonymous wrote:All these hoity-toity econ majors. The reality is that econ is the easy degree for mediocre/students without any passions to find jobs. That's it. It could've been stats or cs, but those require the scary word-MATH-so, instead, people major in Econ. Any liberal arts college grad has the social skills to get through a finance position. These are all students smart enough to get through the wacky college admissions process and land on top; that's hard to do without persuasive qualities.

Wow - you have zero clue about economics.

Overly enamored with math, too.

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Anonymous wrote:All these hoity-toity econ majors. The reality is that econ is the easy degree for mediocre/students without any passions to find jobs. That's it. It could've been stats or cs, but those require the scary word-MATH-so, instead, people major in Econ. Any liberal arts college grad has the social skills to get through a finance position. These are all students smart enough to get through the wacky college admissions process and land on top; that's hard to do without persuasive qualities.

60% of econ programs require calculus. 80% of the econ programs at top schools do. Usually also probability and statistics. It's not an easy degree for mediocre students, especially at places like Williams, idiot.

Oh how scary, CALCULUS! [The point is that it's not "an easy degree for mediocre students", dolt. Mediocre students major in education like you did. ]

And 1 stats class...You know who does a similar amount of math? Psych majors, Political Science majors...This is not at all impressive and just shows how little quantitative skills you need for an econ major. The serious ones all have to major in Math, because you don't learn any skills.

Let's take UVA as an example.

BA in Econ - requires Calculus II and STAT 2120, STAT 3120, APMA 3110, or APMA 3120.
BA in Psych - no math requirement
BA in Poli Sci - no math requirement

Nope, not similar amounts of math at all.

Now Berkeley

BA in Econ - requires calculus or Analytic Geometry and Calculus, probability and statistics
BA in Psych - no math requirement
BA in Poli Sci - "Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods" weaksauce math

So yeah you're full of it.

Education isn't offered at Amherst, but thanks for your wisdom. But you know what they do need to take-PSYC122, also known as "Stats," something that would've helped you choose peer institutions to Williams rather than massive state schools who need to serve the dyscalculia crew. None of those requirements are advanced and can be wiped out by a high schooler. Berkeley is barely requiring a Calc I class for an economics major! It's embarrassing. There's a reason grad departments will take up math and physics students for econ rather than these BA in econ students. They can hardly do math.

Speaking of 100 IQs…

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Perhaps everyone should major in Econ. Then everyone will have a job in investment banking when they graduate.

Seriously, though, Williams is the only school I have ever come across that prohibits students from taking more than 1 class a semester in a subject freshman year, and only allows a total of 3 classes in a subject the entirety of sophomore year.

I think it says something about the “broad” intellectual interest of this esteemed student body that this is the only SLAC which has deemed it necessary to impose such a requirement…

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Everyone's attacking those who are "against" econ, but looking through department pages, there's not much to suggest econ majors do much math at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Getting As in economics at Williams shows you’re good at math and can think quantitatively and logically. It probably means your quantitative iq is at least 130. It also probably means you can code. Those are all marketable skills.

You do not need to code at all for an econ major at Williams. There's also nothing to do with IQ.

Dumb people aren't at Williams in the first place, and the ability to do advanced math has everything to do with IQ.

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You don't need much IQ to pass Calc 3, just a good background in 1 and 2. Intro stats is mostly proofless and regurgitating steps for certain problem solving techniques. And following intermediate micro requires an ear and some Calc 3, which we already covered. It has very little at all to do with IQ.

Oh FFS you won't have gotten through Calc 1 and 2 if you don't have a high IQ. Nor will mediocre IQ people get through stats. You have obviously never met anyone with an average IQ.

+100

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Surprising how little people here think of others. Across the board of IQs people have been able to learn intro to stats and calculus. You don't need to be Einstein to know how to compute a derivative.

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Econ is a fluffy major that sounds "hard" because it implies some math content.

Just go for it and do finance!

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My guess is they've seen how much money previous economics majors have made and decided that was the best route to go.

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is they've seen how much money previous economics majors have made and decided that was the best route to go.

Bingo!

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Economics more of less signals to employers you can handle some math and are practical minded. I wish I had majored in Econ in undergrad, it opens lots of doors compared to other liberal arts subjects. Even at schools with Business majors, your average Econ major does better financially than your average Psych major.

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Anonymous wrote:Econ is a fluffy major that sounds "hard" because it implies some math content.

Just go for it and do finance!

Economics as you get beyond introductory courses becomes highly quantitative.

[Anonymous]

I loved my econ degree. Satisfied both my left and right brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps everyone should major in Econ. Then everyone will have a job in investment banking when they graduate.

Seriously, though, Williams is the only school I have ever come across that prohibits students from taking more than 1 class a semester in a subject freshman year, and only allows a total of 3 classes in a subject the entirety of sophomore year.

I think it says something about the “broad” intellectual interest of this esteemed student body that this is the only SLAC which has deemed it necessary to impose such a requirement…

It's getting harder and harder to find students outside of Math/CS/Bio/Chem/Econ these days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All these hoity-toity econ majors. The reality is that econ is the easy degree for mediocre/students without any passions to find jobs. That's it. It could've been stats or cs, but those require the scary word-MATH-so, instead, people major in Econ. Any liberal arts college grad has the social skills to get through a finance position. These are all students smart enough to get through the wacky college admissions process and land on top; that's hard to do without persuasive qualities.

Tell me more about these mediocre students getting into Williams

They are athletes. ‘Nough said.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All these hoity-toity econ majors. The reality is that econ is the easy degree for mediocre/students without any passions to find jobs. That's it. It could've been stats or cs, but those require the scary word-MATH-so, instead, people major in Econ. Any liberal arts college grad has the social skills to get through a finance position. These are all students smart enough to get through the wacky college admissions process and land on top; that's hard to do without persuasive qualities.

Tell me more about these mediocre students getting into Williams

They are athletes. ‘Nough said.

Only 40% of them!