<p>I do agree with WOW’s #2 and not actually post #3. I don’t think the issue is that it’s money focused (economics is fine). The issue is undergraduate studies being vocational versus academic. And, as other posters have pointed out, this is conventional wisdom but I fully admit it cannot be proven.</p>
<p>On the other hand, conventional wisdom also says you need to write a good essay. I don’t know any way to prove that claim, either.</p>
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<p>Economics is the liberal arts version of “business.” Obviously your courses will be similar but in theory they’re supposed to be different. Macroeconomics versus accounting; econometrics versus marketing; international trade versus business negotiations; etc.</p>
<p>It’s sort of like physics (academic) versus engineering (vocational); or like political science (academic) versus law (vocational); or, for that matter, biology (academic) versus medicine (vocational).</p>