<p>So from these forums, I keep reading peoples' comments about how economics is a fairly easy major, especially compared to science courses. HOW COME I DON'T FEEL THE SAME WAY? </p>
<p>No joke, even in the intro microecon courses, I cannot get a freaking A in the class! There is just something about economics that doesn't click with me. The absolute most I can hope for is a B, maybe B+. I seriously find upper-level Calculus (like iterated integrals) to be easier than Microeconomics. Plus, I could easily pull an A, or A- in sciences, yet, as I've said, I cannot wrap my head around econ.</p>
<p>Has anyone else had this problem, or am I just a jackass</p>
<p>EDIT: I also want to add that I am MUCH more interested in economics/business than I was in science, and even though I "enjoy" studying and study harder, I'm still doing worse. WTH?!</p>
<p>I had a great time with both of my lower-division econ classes (micro, macro) and I took honors. maybe coz I had a fantastic professor. he’s just awesome. How’s ur professor?</p>
<p>I guess everyone is just different. I took Microecon last semester and I thought it was pretty easy. However I didn’t really try at all and I ended up getting a B. This semester im taking
Macroecon and I’ve been getting A because i’m actually trying. I didn’t really find it hard at all and it seemed to come pretty easy to me with minimal effort. I’m the opposite when it comes to upper level math and science courses though. No matter how hard I study or try, I still end up getting either a C+ or a B. So no I don’t really think your dumb…its just the way some people are at certain things.</p>
<p>I think it depends on the individual. I’ve generally done much better in physics than I ever did in economics, but many people do find physics harder. Some find English harder than both. It all depends on where your strengths and weaknesses are.</p>
<p>^seriously, I’m the same way. There are kids at my school who I dominated in AP physics (no e-brag), which is considered harder, yet I’m getting owned by these kids in econ. Those kids have "A"s and I have a B. I guess I need to stop reading CC, because I feel to stupid when everyone else keeps talking about how Econ is a grade inflation class, yet I’m getting bodied by it.</p>
<p>It also depends on the professor you have. My best friend is majoring in Econ and he got a professor notorious for being unhelpful and writing ridiculous quizzes unrelated to lectures, as well as grading on a curve that makes it difficult for many people to get A’s.</p>
<p>well, my professor is a grad student, so she’s probably not the greatest thing ever.</p>
<p>But I dunno. Does Econ ever get more computative rather than just being conceptual? Because I think that I’m struggling in it because all Micro seems to be is concepts, which is not my strength. I’m good at working with numbers (i.e. I see the relationships between calculus and economics without being told by my teacher), and I do think it’s interesting, but if it’s all just concepts, I don’t think I’ll ever be good at it.</p>
<p>Intermediate micro and macro require some calc I knowledge. I’m planning on taking intermediate micro next semester and as I was looking through the professor’s past semesters hw assignments on the website, I saw a lot of calculations and problems that involved derivatives. If you take econometrics, its basically like taking a stats course and everything is mostly computational. Therefore, economics isn’t just concepts.</p>
<p>calculations are fine with me, it’s when the teachers test almost purely on concepts that I get discombobulated. I seriously think that if economics were taught to me with calculus, it would make much more sense to me than without calc. No joke.</p>