<p>I didn’t mean to scare you off or make anything sound too hard/intense to do (taking 17 units and curved classes are actually not that bad at all), but I’ve heard some unfortunate stories before, so yeah. Better safe than sorry and all. Sorry about that monster wall of text before. </p>
<p>If you’re a L&S student (i.e. declared econ), then, yes, you can finish the rest of your econ classes in the fifth semester while you’re still under the unit cap. </p>
<p>Imo, the Haas name helps, but I wouldn’t say it necessarily makes you “stand out”, as there may be many Haas students applying for the same job you are. There are also always standouts in other majors (including non-econ ones). So all the usual things like work experience, GPA, networking/connections, extracurricular activities, etc, are important.</p>