<p>How bad is the competition in this major compared to say.. engineering or anything science-related. Also, why is it that pre-business majors tend to use economics as a backup (least it seems like it). Thanks.</p>
<p>In terms of difficulty, Engineering > Economics.</p>
<p>That’s because although engineering is harder than Haas, the competition is still brutal. Economics is a great backup because many classes overlap, so your pre-Hass focus wont go to waste.</p>
<p>If my interests are around that type of area (business, economics, stuff like that), should I go for pre-business first then rely on econ. as a backup?</p>
<p>Sounds like a good plan :]</p>
<p>They don’t mind if you applied as an econ. major but then take the classes for a business major right? I’ve read that they accepted you in L%S thus, you declared major does not matter?</p>
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Because economics is similar to the business major. Though some people choose economics over business because they say it’s more interesting. I hear that economics is a little more difficult than business.</p>
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I agree with killthefifi =)</p>
<p>Business seems to have an easier last two years (i.e. once you get into haas)
Econ can be pretty challenging (depending on how quantitative the courses you take) for your upper-div years.</p>
<p>Like above posters mentioned, business and econ are closely related. haas students will often compete for the same jobs as the econ majors from ivies/stanford (they don’t offer undergrad business program).</p>
<p>business’s average GPA to get in is around 3.70 while econ’s GPA threshold (from what I’ve heard) is somewhere between 3.0-3.3</p>
<p>You can see why econ tends to be a popular backup for intended haas students, as a lot of them have pretty solid grades that will all but guarantee them a spot in the econ major.</p>