<p>What's Econ like at Harvard? I know that intro classes are huge but what about the higher classes? When you are a junior or senior econ concentrator, how much attention do you get from your professors? Are they easy to approach/excited to work with you if you express interest to them? What are your chances of going into grad econ at Harvard if you're there for undergrad? I heard that if you do econ, there's a lot of pressure. Is this true and why would there be a lot of pressure?</p>
<p>absolutely worthless. i’m a senior with an econ concentration.</p>
<p>Quite a few Harvard undergrads go on to the graduate programs in economics and business economics (many of the same courses but funded by the b-school); this year I know of at least 8 (out of an entering pool of 40 or so for the two programs.)
The concentration is very large, and more popular with the would-be economists than with students using it as a substitute for a business major (which Harvard doesn’t have.)</p>
<p>seachen, would you like to elaborate on that?</p>
<p>youll be stuck in large classes for the first few yrs for general theory classes and for the larger popular classes but there is opportunity to form relationships w/ profs</p>
<p>This, I’ve heard from many people, is generally true about Econ: large intro and intermediate classes. While this is true, it is nothing against the Econ Department IMO. In any field that requires a high degree of technical knowledge, many intro/theory classes will be required. Econ is a very popular field. Econ, therefore, must have many large intro/theory classes. It’s not Harvard’s fault that Econ is so awesome that everyone wants to major in it…</p>
<p>Economics is still awesome, and you still have the opportunity to form relationships with professors in more advanced/obscure classes.</p>