<p>I applied to Carnegie and while I was searching the Tepper website I saw undergrad economics..so I automatically thought economics was in Tepper w/ the business school and I applied to Tepper only. I just checked the website and Now I see that economics is in both H&SS and Tepper... Which one's right?</p>
<p>Tepper is a LOT harder to get into than H&SS.</p>
<p>I would definitely give Admissions a call and see what they want Econ students to do. Like tomorrow. Then they can fix your app before it's too late if it should be H&SS.</p>
<p>Better safe than sorry.</p>
<p>that said, in my opinion Tepper is the correct school to apply to.</p>
<p>why is it the "correct" school? I applied to h&ss because i like social science more than business.. </p>
<p>:/</p>
<p>well it tells you right on the website. i was wrong.</p>
<p>"The Undergraduate Economics Program is jointly administered by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Tepper School of Business. Students who wish to major in Economics need to apply through the College of Humanities and Social Sciences."</p>
<p>Soooo fawks make sure to call tomorrow and have them change that for you.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.. might be too late but I just sent an e-mail</p>
<p>email is very slow...definetly call them</p>
<p>Goodness, I would think you can get to economics by either way. Remember John Nash got a Nobel in Economics through Mathematics. My brother is doing economics though very much the same route, (physics > mathematics > economics). </p>
<p>If you want to do economics, perhaps you should do it through Engineering. Many financial companies have hired from CIT rather than through HSS or Business. (better understanding of concepts, alternative views.)</p>
<p>If you get into Tepper you can always go and transfer to HSS. The courseload for the first year and even 1.5 years are very similar and if you take gen ed, they can mirror each other exactly. </p>
<p>Furthermore, there is probably a 20:1 ratio in your favor of HSS kids wanting to take your Tepper spot, so transferring would be a non-issue.</p>
<p>the question wasn't of getting a job, it was of applying to the right school to get to do the major she desired.</p>
<p>=-)</p>
<p>Is Carnegies economics program very good? I have been accepted to chicago (top of the top economics), but I like carnegies campus, location, and variety better. would it be very dumb to turn down chicago for carnegie's economics?</p>
<p>Chicago acceptances out already! Why don't you wait another two weeks to get an answer from CMU. No sense in wasting brain cell power on something that may never become, so says my ecomonics bro.</p>
<p>chicagoboy, I went to CMU over Chicago for 2 reasons. The first one doesn't apply to you - I decided I wanted to do engineering over econ (and I'm very happy with it). The second reason I went to CMU is because it's 8 hours away from home and in a city. Your location is Erie, PA. I'm not sure what you mean by CMU has a better variety, but Chicago's campus is better in my opinion, and Chicago's location isn't all that bad. I love Pittsburgh, but Chicago is a pretty good city too. Unfortunately, most of the interesting parts of Chicago are on the north side, far from U Chicago.</p>
<p>I think you should visit both schools one more time if you can financially afford to.</p>
<p>can you transefer to tepper from H&SS or engineering at any time. or do u have to apply and stuff like that?</p>
<p>I don't know if there's a formal application process or not (as in one like applying as a new student), but I do believe there's a decent amount of red tape to go through since those schools are considerably more difficult to enter and they don't want to encourage students attending CMU at an easier college so they can "swap up."</p>
<p>^^ actually, i think there is a good bit of that, at least among those that i have talked to.</p>
<p>if you have a great gpa and are well-qualified i don't think it's that hard to transfer over.</p>
<p>and i'm not sure exactly the process, but you do have to apply and you can't do it at any time.</p>