<p>econ is probably the most popular major right now, but seeing how i haven't taken a single econ class yet, i'm not sure what to expect. to anyone who is currently majoring in econ right now, could you tell a little bit about yourself? thanks.</p>
<p>good question...
econ is one of my two majors, and I still have no idea what to expect.
so I'm interested in any replies!</p>
<p>I'm majoring in econ at NYU. I've liked my classes for the most part so far...except the graphs in microeconomics can get really annoying.</p>
<p>I plan to go into investment banking, consulting (just finished an internship in this field), or corporate finance after college.</p>
<p>i'm an econ/math major and i love it. i think the material is interesting and applicable.</p>
<p>Why don't you take intro to Microeconomics next semester and find out? Even if a hundred people reply to this thread saying that Econ. is amazing YOU may not like it.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. Econ majors probably will enjoy economics. I took AP Economics this past year and about half the class really enjoyed it, a quarter were impartial and the other quarter did not like it. It just depends on the person. Take a class and find out.</p>
<p>I’m an econ major and love it. Will you love it? Only one way to find out. Most of the people I’ve studied econ with over the past few years don’t love it.</p>
<p>A bit about me: I am much more interested in the big picture – in any field – than the details. This is why I really didn’t care for chemistry or biology, since both those classes required an obscene amount of measurement and boring old arithmetic. Physics, with its emphasis on relationships rather than actual numbers, was much more interesting for me. Economics these days has become extremely mathematical. Even though I’m quite comfortable with math (ie the details), and most of the math is algebraic rather than numerical (makes it more interesting and more relevant IMO), I find it unfortunate that the emphasis on this style of analysis has displaced the more generalist approaches to economics, which draw on expertise from other disciplines such as political economy, history, and philosophy. Don’t expect to hear about any of the heterodox schools of economics in your classes; you will need to seek this out yourself if you are interested. Most of the truly influential works of economics included little or no mathematics; after all, economics for hundreds of years was not about mathematical analysis, but rather ideas. It should also be noted that virtually all the truly great thinkers in this field were considered heterodox before being considered mainstream. Some of them have never come to be considered mainstream, but are still far more revered than 99.999% of the economists who chose to tow the generally accepted line.</p>
<p>But of course if investment banking is the primary objective in your selection of major, then all this is irrelevant. Whether or not you hate economics won’t matter to you since there’s money in it, the same way whether or not your hate investment banking won’t matter to you since there’s money in it.</p>
<p>Do you find yourself reading about economics in your spare time? And no, I don’t mean Business Week. More like the Economist...</p>