<p>I applied to ILR because of the flexibility the program provides to study the areas that I’m interested in so that I have a lot of options after graduation. However, I have been doing more research into what would be required to get into an economics PhD program (which is one of a few options I would like to have open to me after undergrad) and I now know that I would need to take a more math intensive ciriculum than I initially anticipated when I applied to ILR. ILR does have slots for electives and I will have a few AP credits, but I was wondering just how feasible it would be to take the classes I would need to be able to go into economics in ILR if I decided to take that path. Can it be done? Or would I need to transfer to Arts and Sciences to get an econ BS if I decided that I wanted to do so?</p>
<p>It’ll really depend on how the classes you think you’ll need to meet the requirements of the PhD program end up fitting with the ILR requirements. The only sure way to see if it’s feasible is to break out the online Cornell Course of Study and the degree requirements and plan out the eight semesters to make sure that A) you stay at or under 20 credit hours each semester and B) that you’ll meet all the ILR degree requirements still. It most likely can be done, but the question of how much suffering you’ll have to go through to do it will only come out when you sit down and plan out the eight semesters.</p>
<p>Alan Krueger (who’s guest lecturing next month) says yes.</p>
<p>Wow that’s pretty cool. Thank you both for the responses. I can’t wait until April to see if I got in. </p>
<p>I can think of three individuals from my cohort who went on for a PhD in Economics – two at Michigan and one at MIT. So yes, very much so. Two of those individuals are now economists at the Federal Reserve Board in DC.</p>