<p>I am thinking of adding a double in Math to double with my Economics major. My Econ GPA is 3.8 but my Math GPA thus far is 3.3X (somewhere around there). I have heard places such as Greg Mankiw's blog say that there was a guy from UG at Harvard who had a great GPA who got shot down from every grad school he applied to for lack of Math. I don't want to be that guy.</p>
<p>I'm not as good at Math as I am at Economics and the Math degree is able to be tailored towards having more application towards Statistics and Econometrics. If, in the higher level courses, I were able to push my Math GPA closer to 3.4-3.6 while maintaining my Econ GPA in the 3.6-3.8 range (allowing for the fact that I would have to spend tons of time on my Math to make sure I learn it), would that look better on my applications than, say, taking extra courses in "soft" study?</p>
<p>My extra out of major electives will soon be fully satisfied for "Areas of Knowledge" and they're all going to be related to the geographic locations I hope to work or study post-graduate. I also made sure not to take "Cultural Studies 101" and instead took the highest course which didn't require add-codes or prerequisites.</p>
<p>What would make me the stronger candidate?</p>