<p>so u know how the people who major in x subject usually have stereotypes? like, there ar emostly male engineers, asians do sciences, etc.</p>
<p>well can u guys tell me about econ majors?</p>
<p>also if econ is considered a difficult major?</p>
<p>difficulty of major is completely based on the person attempting it. Usually people major in something that they are strong in.</p>
<p>The stereotypical econ major is probably about the same as the stereotypical government major.</p>
<p>Econ majors are awesome! Usually with a buisness/political mind (depending on if your more interested in macro or micro), I think the stereotype is male but thats a bunch of hooey. I think it’s generally considered a difficult major because once you get beyond intro econ its very technical and mathy.</p>
<p>If you enjoy math/money/history/psychology you should like econ. Even if you don’t major in it everyone should take an intro econ class!</p>
<p>I heart econ!</p>
<p>Is it a strong major when trying to ultimately enter graduate business school? How are internships in investment banking for econ majors?</p>
<p>Is that a serious question? </p>
<p>Who ELSE would be preferred by ibanks and MBA programs?</p>
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Well, ibanks tend to care not so much WHAT you studied as WHERE you studied it. Most limit their recruiting to a handful of the most selective colleges and LACs. From there they take people with any major. You’re chances of getting a job at an ibank are manifestly bigger as a sociology major at Penn than as an econ major at Iowa State.</p>
<p>what if u were a econ major from stanford, vs. say, a EE major from stanford</p>
<p>As far as I’ve heard from iBankers on my own campus, the econ major does provide an advantage, but it’s only marginal. It does show that you are good with numbers and understand how the economy works and that you’ve taken some useful classes (like Macro or Finance). People with other (particularly non-science) majors need to have something extra to prove their numeric ability. An econ major is definitely not the only path to iBanking*; if you do a survey of iBankers about their majors in college you would be surprised about the results. </p>
<p>*unless you’re an international student who has to worry about pesky visa regulations</p>
<p>what about law school (from econ)</p>
<p>for law school its all about the numbers LSATs and GPA they don’t care if you studied something trivial like women’s studies (hahaha just kidding with the trivial thing) but yea major has no influence.</p>
<p>Yeah, when I was in law school in the late 70s, we had all sorts of majors. Mine was sociology, there were history, english, political science & all kinds of majors. I dated an econ grad student for years. He & his collegues were very nice & fairly serious. He went on to get his pHd in econ & taught econ at different Us. He likes being a paid legal consultant for lawsuits but says being a prof is OK too. Not sure what his classmates did, but none went to law school that I’m aware of. I think they all used their econ degrees for their professions.</p>
<p>Econ majors? I heard they liked to do it with models.</p>
<p>hahahahahahahaha yeah, we LOVE doing it with models :-D</p>
<p>I know an econ student in the PhD department at the University of Chicago. He is from Chile, hense, he is a “Chicago boy,” as they are known (econ students from Chile at the U. of C.). Smart, laid-back, has an accent.
:)</p>
<p>Katharos, that econ student sounds freakin’ hot. I am so attracted to intelligent men! Especially from U of C!!! My dream school!</p>
<p>yeah, hehe, if you want to take classes with older, usually attractive guys, take upper level econ classes as a frosh. . . oh yeah. . .</p>
<p>Jeparlefrancais-</p>
<p>Yep, I’ll be attending the U. of C. next year, so I am just now starting to get to know people. I met him over the summer at the library, along with another guy who has an MA in computer science from the U. of C. This is definately THE place for smart guys.</p>
<p>I hate stereotypes, and they usually aren’t true. But, an econ major is usually white, already from wealth, from a suburb, preppy, and anal-retentive.</p>
<p>^ oh darn, I don’t fit my stereotype. I’m from the city :(.</p>
<p>oh darn, I don’t fit my stereotype either! </p>
<p>Lets make a new stereotype, Econ majors ROCK!</p>