Carrol VS Arts and Sciences Economics

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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I am planning on applying to Boston College in the fall. I would like to pursue a major in Economics, or at least that is what I am thinking right now. However, I am not sure whether I should select it through the College of Arts and Sciences or the School of Management. I believe I would like to go to law school someday, however if that does not work out, I would pursue a career in business so I feel it would be better to select CSOM. However, business schools have a reputation of being more difficult to get into than Arts and Sciences. I do not want to risk not getting in to the school just because I applied to CSOM when I could have had the same major in A&S. Any opinions on which I should do are welcome. I will post my stats below because that will aid in any advice people can give. Thanks!

ACT:33C, 35E, 28M, 34R, 33S

GPA:3.86 Unweighted 4.089 Weighted

I will graduate with 6 AP Classes-AP Euro, AP Stats, AP Physics 1, AP English 12, AP Government, and AP Econ. I also took an American studies course through Kenyon College junior year.

I also have spent two summers interning at one of Ohio’s U.S. senators campaign.

Any information is helpful!

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Your stats are very good - I would say you have a great shot of CSOM, assuming your essays and recs are good as well. I don’t want to tell you one way or another which school to apply to, however. Perhaps its worth giving the school a call to learn about the differences between majoring in econ through A&S and through CSOM. I will say that CSOM has a better reputation. So following graduation, if you are looking for a business job, it will look much better to have a CSOM degree. Boston College is an excellent school all around though so you really can’t go wrong. Good luck!! :slight_smile:

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My advice is to apply to CSOM. At the current moment, you cannot internally transfer into CSOM, so if you think you have any inclination to have a business degree, apply to CSOM. You can always double major outside of the business school, and there is an Economics concentration in CSOM. Also, I think you have the stats to get into CSOM. Good luck! Go eagles!!