<p>I'm about to go into my second year of undergrad as undeclared major. I really enjoyed econ though so I think I'm going to major in it. Problem is this: I just briefly met a guy who majored in econ, but he won't be pursuing it at the graduate level because he says it's completely different than intro level stuff, boring, and just generally terrible. He was like me - he loved intro level econ - but now he hates it. I didn't have much time to talk to him about it but he basically said to get out now while I can. </p>
<p>Any thoughts on this? Is graduate level econ completely different? If so, in what ways? What should I expect?</p>
<p>True. But I’m pretty sure I want to go to grad school even if it isn’t for econ. That leads to another question - would I be “behind” if I ended up going to grad school for something else? I assume if I decide to do something similar like get my MBA it wouldn’t matter all that much, especially if I minor in business, right?</p>
<p>The guy you talked to was correct in that graduate econ is far different from undergraduate econ (graduate is way more mathematical!). In fact, you need Calc 1-3, Linear Algebra, and Real Analysis to get into even the lower ranked programs. However, econ is great prep for graduate school in other areas. Law schools, MBA programs, and sociology degrees are probably the most common routes.</p>
<p>Tough it out, take some more math classes like statistical methods for finance or stochastic processes, take some programming, and soon you just might join the financial superhumans on Wall Street or in Switzerland.</p>
<p>Well MBA is designed for people WITHOUT a business background so econ major alone would be fine. At just bachelor’s level, I’ve seen good deal of job openings that overlap with Finance or Accounting major.</p>