<p>Hey,</p>
<p>So I've always been interested in international economics and development so I wanted to look into an economics major. I'm good at math (and I like it too) so that is not what I'm worried about. I wanted if it's possible to get A's in the classes or are they that hard (I know 101/102, 401/402 are a different story).</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>It is definitely possible to get A’s in the classes. They are not hard in that they are a lot of work. It’s just one of those things that comes easy to some and others will never get no matter how hard they try. Econ 101 and Econ 102 can be competitive because they are Ross requirements.</p>
<p>If you’re good at math you should be smart enough to get A’s in Econ. The smarter of the Econ majors/ones who get the better grades are also math majors (I don’t mean to sound conceited, but it’s true).</p>
<p>“They are not hard in that they are a lot of work.”</p>
<p>What the hell are you talking about? There’s no work… just 2 exams, just study a couple days before the midterm and the final and you should get an A no problem</p>
<p>Although I agree that the material in intro to Econ is vanilla, the classes are graded on a curve, and with a decent portion (20%-25%) of the class being Ross wannabes, I would say getting an A is not easy. Getting a B is relatively easy, but the A takes work and smarts.</p>
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<p>Like I said in a past thread, get off your high horse and stop acting like difficult things are easy for the average person. The weed out courses, 401 & 402 (and 101 & 102 to a lesser extent), are curved to a B-. That means half the class gets a B- or lower, with a decent chunk failing/discontinuing Econ forever.</p>
<p>401 and 402 are curved lower than 101 and 102? That’s lame.</p>
<p>How do 401 and 402 differ from 101 and 102? More breath? Depth? Math? What?</p>
<p>A lot more depth and some more math. 401 and 101 cover slightly different material (there is still overlap).</p>
<p>I’m in 402 right now and I didn’t take 102 
so I can’t comment on that yet</p>
<p>do you read? I was commenting on the fact that the other poster said “they are a lot of work”. I consider work as homework/project/assignments. There is nada in econ 101 and 102. So there is no work… The only thing you are graded on are two exams (and quizzes for certain professors that are written/graded so easily they are basically just used to take attendance for the discussion sections)</p>
<p>A lot of people put a “lot of work” into those classes. How good you are at the subject matter depends on how much work you need to put into the class to receive any given grade. You also advised that just studying a couple of days before the exams will garner you an A, “no problem”. I don’t have to go into why that is clearly false for the average person.</p>
<p>Giants, the “average person” would fail Econ (get less than a C) at Michigan. The average Econ student at Michigan is pretty damn smart. I struggled to get B+/A- and I got a 1540/1600 on my SAT. Only the top 25% get As and the top quartile at Michigan are HYPSM material.</p>
<p>Sorry, by average person, in this context, I meant average Michigan student taking the class. The average Econ student will, by definition, receive the average grade in the class. I was trying to say bearcats is wrong in claiming just studying a couple of days before the exams will garner you an A. That is clearly false for the average student.</p>