<p>I am planning on majoring in cognitive science and possibly pursuing a second major in economics or business. Does anyone know which of the latter two majors is more practical if I want to work with NGOs in the future? What are the people who major in business like at Berkeley?</p>
<p>does anyone know?</p>
<p>uh ... just like regular berkeley students, haas students are hard to put into a box. some are really chill, others are pricks, most are nice and smart, some are arrogant, i think you get it.</p>
<p>remember that if you want to major in business, you have to finish a lot of prereqs. getting into the econ major is much easier (in terms of number of prereqs and competition), but haas is haas.</p>
<p>"What are the people who major in business like at Berkeley?"</p>
<p>The nickname for business majors are 'haasholes' you can draw your own conclusion from that</p>
<p>Job prospects for Haas and Econ seem to be about the same. Compare [url=<a href="http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Econ.stm%5DEcon%5B/url">http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Econ.stm]Econ[/url</a>] and [url=<a href="http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/BusAd.stm%5DHaas%5B/url">http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/BusAd.stm]Haas[/url</a>]. I've found Haas people to be about the same as people in other majors.</p>
<p>i wonder though if "haastitutes" and "haasholes" are just names given to haas students by those who got raped by the prereqs. in other words, by bitter people.</p>
<p>haas students are much more heavily recruited than econ students. and haas has more of a small school feeling (well, it is relatively small), like the people working there actually give a rat's buttocks about you.</p>
<p>Job prospects are about the same, but Haas's average starting salary is slightly higher. </p>
<p>Econ is more of the "academic" route and those who want to go to grad school. Material wise, Econ is more difficult. </p>
<p>Haas is more competitive to get in, but the upper divs are easy and the material is easy.</p>
<p>Now, here's the part where I might get some flack:
I think business students are just like other students, except one thing:
They think their major is harder than it is, and they seem to think of themselves on the level of engineers when the material is much, much easier. They also think that getting into Haas makes them as smart as engineers . </p>
<p>Oh, and they like to wear suits more than any other major...</p>
<p>(Before I get backlash for my comment, a few things about me:
Pre-law Econ major 3.75 GPA, who did not apply to Haas. Applying to law school with an LSAT of 172.)</p>
<p>Bring it on! Lol</p>
<p>To the OP, I don't know. I'm not sure if either bachelors will help you that much for NGO work. If you want to do grad school, pick Econ. If you want to work as an analyst, maybe study finance at Haas. </p>
<p>To be honest, business related jobs have very on-the-job skills. The majors teach you limited knowledge that you can apply in the real world. You pretty much learn what you need to know on the job. I.e. I know Poli Sci majors for example who got jobs as analysts, etc.</p>
<p>I think some NGOs encourage graduate degrees, so maybe you can study Econ/Math and pursue a masters/PhD later.</p>
<p>i don't know ... business students know they had to work (at least kinda) hard to get into haas, but as far as i can tell, they don't think the material's hard. the suits ... well, maybe they're comfy? or maybe they serve a practical purpose such as, say, looking nice for a business event.</p>
<p>i'm not sure what stating your major, gpa, and lsat has to do with not getting backlash ...</p>
<p>^because many people assume Econ majors are Haas-rejects and have low GPAs. Aka my critique on Haas students isn't due to rejection (As another poster insinuated earlier that those that critique Haas students are "bitter" )</p>
<p>I don't know. I just think business majors think business is as competitive aka hard as engineering for some reason.</p>
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<li><p>why do many people assume econ majors are haas rejects? because many of them are. no offense, but it is often the case. of course, many econ majors have no interest in business. i was one of those, but my parents pushed me really hard to apply to haas and now to major in biz. but i like econ and refuse to give it up, so we're compromising and i'm doing a simultaneous degree.</p></li>
<li><p>maybe haas students really are arrogant and annoying. or maybe some "bitter" people really do like to complain. i'm not saying all complainers are rejects. but some of them definitely are.</p></li>
<li><p>i do not think business can compare to engineering in terms of the difficulty of the material or the difficulty of the curves. but i do think that getting into haas is no cakewalk.</p></li>
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