econ 1 grades?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>anyone taking econ 1?</p>

<p>what was the mean for the first exam?</p>

<p>my lil bro got clobbered.</p>

<p>I'm just trying to find a way to help him out. He clearly hasn't adjusted to college life yet.... or he's been goofing off when he shouldn't.... who knows.</p>

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<p>econ1 midterm killed me when i took it too. the final wasn't any different. </p>

<p>=(</p>

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<p>I got a C+ on my Econ 1 midterm. :(</p>

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<p>LOL! If you think Econ 1 is hard try econ 102</p>

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<p>Oh crap, I'm taking Econ 102 next quarter... along with CS180... :(</p>

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<p>How do people usually do well in econ classes?
by doing a lot of practice problems?</p>

<p>or is it more abstract conceptualization?</p>

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<p>Generally, if you do the practice questions a million times, you are guaranteed at least a B. That means truly understanding every question, not just being able to do it. </p>

<p>Econ is hard at UCLA, its very different from a typical "business major." Good luck!</p>

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How do people usually do well in econ classes?

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I think many people make the mistake of approaching it like other liberal-arts classes. In history or psych, for example, you read the chapter and underline a few key points. Its reasoning in the english language, so its something pretty comfortable for most people.</p>

<p>Econ, by contrast, is more like math in liberal-arts clothes. The concepts tie to math, and you have to study econ like you'd study a math text. If you skim a math book and just underline the theoroms, you'll fail. You need to spend time understanding each concept, time doing problems putting the concept into practice. So when there is a diagram of a shift in the demand curve you need to spend time thinking about it, and understanding how that's different than a change in amount demanded. You need to sketch out the examples yourself and show that you can do them. In the end I think people who can do well in econ are those who can do well on algebra word problems. Its the same kind of reasoning, translating a word description into something mathematical and extracting results.</p>