<p>hello, i just had a few questions about ucsd, hopefully someone can help me</p>
<p>-Do adcoms see freshman year grades/do they care/do they just use UC GPA?
-I plan to major in economics or mathematics or both, not sure yet; which specific college would be best? I'm not too interested in the fine arts or science
-if i were to major in economics only, would it hard for me to get into higher level math classes? i want to get a master's in econ after i graduate and i've heard that people who have taken tough math classes have a better chance to be admitted at top schools</p>
<p>Adcomms see everything. Whether they care or not is up for discussion since none of us sit in the committee.</p>
<p>Muir, probably</p>
<p>No, but it might be hard for you to pass them unless you’re basically doing the math or math/econ major anyway. For a graduate degree in Econ from any reputable school, you’re going to need the equivalent of Calc I and II, Linear Algebra, ODE, PDE, Real Analysis, and Probability Theory; things like Topology, Functional Analysis, Advanced Calculus, etc. are bonuses. You have a better chance of making it to a top econ program being a pure math major than you do being a pure econ major.</p>
<p>I suspected that being a math major would be more helpful although i wasn’t sure, thanks for clearing that up.
I have one last question now; I’ve seen on the ucsd website that a B.S. called “joint mathematics-economics major” is offered at the school; how would this major be seen by grad schools compared to a pure math major?</p>
<p>It’s actually a B.A.–I graduated with that as one of my degrees.</p>
<p>It’s looked on favorably by adcomms. I got into various top Econ and Marketing Ph.D. programs this year. My coursework was supplemented with a few doctoral courses in microecon theory. This pushed me over for a lot of schools according to the professors I spoke with on interviews.</p>
<p>I guess it used to be a B.A., according to the website it became a B.S. in fall 2010.</p>
<p>In any case, it looks like that’s what I’ll be aiming for. Thanks for everything Oyama, good luck in your Ph.D. programs and have a great day :)</p>