<p>I’m a junior in high school and interested in applying to SEAS. It says in the undergraduate curriculum that the ‘Principles of economics’ course can be satisfied by taking the AP exam; is this particularly recommended for someone who finds economics boring? I’m thinking of taking the AP course in my senior year just to get it over with, though I’m not really looking forward to it.</p>
<p>So, for those currently in SEAS: is the ‘Principles’ course a waste of time? Should I just get it over with in high school? I mean, I realize the importance of economics, but I feel like I could be spending my senior year in high school taking philosophy or statistics instead.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I am not sure what you have seen; however, when I read through the bulletin for seas it says you need to do micro eco and macro eco and get a 4, 5 or 5,5 to get credit.</p>
<p>economics is about taking things from innovation to production. if you find engineering interesting - you ought to find economics at least minutely useful. or so that is the rationale for having the requirement. training you to think not just about what you want to create, but how to bring it to market.</p>
<p>principles of econ is a difficult and enjoyable class, it’s tough to do well but you learn a heck of a lot, it makes many seas kids go on to do an econ minor. econ is only boring in high school. I’m an econ minor in seas and I’ll continue to take econ courses after I finish my minor, because they’re highly educational, and the good ones are taught very well at Columbia, they make your expense worth it. I’ve had 5 econ profs, 1 has been mediocre, and 1 has been really good, and 3 are the best 3 professors I’ve ever had.</p>