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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.

DP. So what did you major in?

Physics and Chemistry.

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.

At my undergrad, the difference between BA and BS was that the BS econ majors were part of the business school and BA were liberal arts college. At my graduate school, the difference was that BS econ majors had to take introductory econometrics. It varies by institution, but I'd wager it requires an additional math of some kind to get a BS. I worked in an econ department for a short time, and for our institution, BA/BS didn't seem to make much difference in job placements or grad school.

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.

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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.

DP. So what did you major in?

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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.

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.

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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.

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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

Lot of bitterness to be holding onto this many years removed from college. Again, we are here to listen.

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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

So bitter after so long.

Math is where it is at for Wall Street and the big banks. Econ is nice, but the ones in demand are the math majors.

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the best majors together with CS. enginerring, business.

Do more research.

It’s much worse than CS, Engineering, MIS, or Finance.

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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

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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.

Ha! That’s me! I never actually used my Econ degree for anything, but I’ve landed in a comms position where there are a few other former Econ majors as well.

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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.

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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.

Getting an econ major to read a book is like asking a dog to do neurosurgeory. Insufferable.

Hey! They’ve read a chapter of a required reading once! Sure they used chat gpt after, but they had to put a lot of effort into the query!