<p>I’m more Keynesian, but SupplySide sounded cool haha.
My top were UCLA, UCSD, and UCI respectively. UCs are pretty good for econ, but my choices were pretty limited. I wanted to stay in California and I didn’t take high school seriously so I have mediocre test scores and like a 4.2 UC GPA.
So I’m not a good example if you’re looking at colleges all over the United States. When it comes to the UCs, I can tell you quite a bit from their econ programs. My top choices were based on rank (which also happened to be location).
Econ programs at UCLA, UCSD, and UCI tend to be Keynesian overall, but they do cover Monetarism and some of the Austrian viewpoint depending on which professors you get.</p>
<p>I want to become an Economist (bit of stretch, but doable if i start taking school seriously), but wouldn’t mind working in the Finance sector. The beauty of an Economics degree is that it is very flexible and you can get a job almost anywhere with it. You will be competing for the same jobs as the the Biz-Econ kids from UCLA, which tend to be competitive, so internships will certainly help. San Diego is close by and has plenty of financial firms so the location of UCSD is pretty good.</p>
<p>To all those that told you Economics isn’t the best way for finance, banking, accounting etc, then what is? The only UC with a Finance major is Berkeley. UCLA only has Economics and Biz-Econ as their major business majors. It is a solid start at any school.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at UCLA, but I rejected the waitlist offer knowing that I’m not going to get in (mediocre application as I said). UCSD was next on my list. Solid Econ program with a good location in terms of jobs and internships.</p>