<p>I mean, I hate doing textbook mathematics. I abhor it. I never practice it. I'm not exactly weak, and I am kinda fond of pulling statistics and numbers to support my claims in everything, but I hate doing textbook maths.</p>
<p>How much, if at all, would this hurt a prospective economist? Would I become someone who always processes things qualitatively instead of quantitatively, and is unable to produce original research?</p>
<p>PS Sorry for this ridiculous post. Haven't slept in 3 days (long story), so do not hold this against me.</p>
<p>Check the course requirements for the schools you are interested in. If there are a lot of heavy math requirements then perhaps you should reconsider. For example, it appears that the University of Chicago requires Cal I,II,and III as prerequisites for advance level courses and Linear Algebra too. On the other hand if you major in economics-finanace at a business school such as Bentley University, you may not have the same emphasis on math (at least from what I can tell from the catalogue).</p>
<p>Unfortunately the twin devils of LSE and UChicago have turned the field of economics into a sort of applied maths, so you won’t be able to go into grad school without a solid foundation of and stamina for mathematics. People have suggested to me that, nowadays, to do grad school economics, you might as well major in math. That said, if you can see how the textbooks apply to your study of economics, that might spur you on?</p>
<p>It’s a good post. What schools are you considering? How about after college? JD, MBA, PhD?</p>
<p>If you want to be an economist or do any original research in economics, you need to have an extremely strong foundation in mathematics. Honestly, it is very difficult to even get in to economics graduate school without having done mathematics as an undergraduate, and those that do get in without doing so are much less prepared than their counterparts. Sorry to burst your bubble, but there’s really no way to do economics at a higher level without significant amounts of math.</p>
<p>Depends on the type of economics you want to study. Business economics is soft on the math. Most graduate programs in economics want the higher level math completed.</p>