<p>I need some advice. I'm an incoming freshman at Cornell university and am considering majoring in economics; however, math isn't my best subject. How hard would a major in economics be without strong math skills?</p>
<p>define “without strong math skills.” What math classes did you take in high school and what are your grades? What did you get in the math section of the SATs?</p>
<p>Well in HS I took precal junior year and got an 89, but I only took AP stat as a senior (if that even counts as math) I got a 96. My math section for the sat was pretty low (680)</p>
<p>My first reaction was to chuckle. 680 means you scored better than 90% of the people taking the test. I do, however, recognize for Cornell, it means that 2/3 of the students did better than you. Having said that I did look up the econ program at Cornell and saw that the only math required was Calc 1 and econometrics. Econometrics is basically a statistics class so you should be ok. You might find Calc 1 a bit difficult but I see no reason you can’t do it. If your plan is to go to graduate school, you would need more math including Calc 2, and the more rigorous statstics and econometrics series. But even that is doable for you.</p>
<p>What is really important IMO is that you recognize one of your limitations and you can work a little harder in those classes. It may require you to visit your professors a bit more to make sure you really understand the methods and concepts used. But you can do it. </p>
<p>What other majors are you conisdering?</p>
<p>I also was considering government because I am thinking about going to law school, but I thought Econ would probably be better in case I do not pursue law because I could still get a decent job.</p>
<p>Your thinking is correct. And with an econ major, there is no reason why you can’t take some government classes. And with econ, you can never go wrong taking a few computer science classes if you decide to pursue a job rather than law school.</p>
<p>Ok thanks for the advice</p>