Can I Go to Grad School for Economics as a Social Work Major

Graduate School
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<p>I currently am a junior in college as a Social Work major, and at this point it would be too late to change my major. Do you think that I could still go (get accepted to) to grad school for Economics, and have a good chance in having a career in this field?</p>

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<p>I think you will need to add a lot of math to your curriculum.</p>

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<p>xdarthveganx is correct. At a bare minimum, you need Calc I-III, Linear Algebra, and a basic statistics course. However, its recommended that you have Calc I-III, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Real Analysis, Probability, and Mathematical Stats.</p>

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<p>Can you add econ as a minor? It may help a bit.</p>

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<p>You’ll also preferably want to get some research experience, and develop a good rationale for why you want to so dramatically shift your academic emphasis. In your SOP, you will have to convince the gradcom that you have good foundation for this change.</p>

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<p>My D got into Top 10 programs (but not the very top) with a Math major and five Econ classes. No DiffEQ, no Econometrics(Econ), compensated with Complex Analysis.</p>

<p>However, she worked in a non-academic Econ environment for three years after graduation. Apparently, Letters of Recommendation count for a <em>lot</em>, not just what they say but whether or not they’re from economists the people on the admissions committee have heard of…I think a letter from Paul Krugman, for instance, would be golden.</p>