<p>Are there any other math/econ majors waiting for a desicion from UCLA on here?</p>
<p>Yes I am.</p>
<p>Econ major.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response but econ is in the econ dept and math/econ is in the math dept. Good luck to you though!!</p>
<p>here is one.. i'm now see something different on ursa</p>
<p>Admission</p>
<p>Undergraduate
Fall 2008</p>
<p>Accept or Decline your offer of admission </p>
<p>hehe</p>
<p>I'm applied math so I might do some mathematical modeling in econ.</p>
<p>Cool I just wanted to see if anybody could see their sir. Wlfkfrkrls, would you mind posting your stats since you got in??</p>
<p>Math/econ sucks at UCLA. Been there done that.</p>
<p>Dont worry about your acceptance, their acceptance rate is rather high.</p>
<p>It is the location more than anything to me. My whole life is here. Family, property, job...I hope it is as easy as you say.</p>
<p>Malishka31:
why does math/econ suck at UCLA?</p>
<p>the acceptance rate for math/econ was around 65% and i think it is at least 55-60% right now (it goes down because of the number of applicants going up every year but space is relatively constant)</p>
<p>i did not like their math/econ program because of what i intended to do with the major. The whole thing is based on theory, not on practical application in lets say the business field. It is great if all you want to do is go to grad school, not so great if you plan on working first. Additionally i loathed their scheduling, they cater to the on campus student, the one whose job is to just go to school, I had to work, support myself, and pay the bills- i fall into the adult student category and UCLA is HORRIBLE for adult students. When the math class you need is only available at 8am with a discussion that is only available at 10am it totally screws you over if you have a real job- and if you HAVE to work.</p>
<p>I got in an as a Math-Applied Science major. I'll just say that I'm not posting my stats cuz they're not that good :p, that should mean enough.</p>
<p>@Malishka31. Yes. But what about the quality of their program? Is it rigorous? Does it attract recruiters? What about grad school placement? These questions are important too.</p>
<p>i would say the math department courses are difficult. I came from a CC and i felt unprepared for my math classes, and for their teaching style. I also hate the curving thing in the math department. </p>
<p>I cant answer about recruiting or grad placement because I do something totally different now and did not utilize that part of department. I pursued a different major and am working on a second bachelor in a 5 year program with an MS right now.</p>
<p>Random question...seems a bit early to ask this and it doesn't really apply to this topic, but I did get in as a Math-Applied Science major... how exactly is the situation when one wants to change a major? Is this a possibility at UCLA once you've been given acceptance? If anything, I'd probably be interested in Economics. It's not that I'm trying to snake around an acceptance, but I've somewhat had a change of heart. At the time of application, I was very interested in UCB's Operations Research/Management Science degree and in short, hadn't really done my research at other schools. I applied to UCSD's Management Science program, and applied to UCLA's Math-Applied Science program at the last minute after seeing they had an "operations-research track." Never thought I'd get in, but now that I have, I'm starting to think that I don't want to do the whole math major thing.... I know, I'm an idiot. </p>
<p>Anyways, anyone know?</p>
<p>edit: As far as econ goes, I guess this would answer my question:</p>
<h2>3. Transfer students who are admitted to a major outside the Department of Economics are not permitted to transfer into one of the economics majors.</h2>
<p>BUT does anyone know how this process works for other majors?</p>
<p>Econ is a no go unless you get department approval- i say this with a lot of sarcasm in my voice because that is quite impossible to do , i have no clue what you would have to do to actually pull that one off.</p>
<p>You can change into any non impacted major by going to that department and filling out a form. </p>
<p>You can do Math/Econ (7 math courses, 6 econ courses) it is within the math department and to change within the math department you can just go to the department chair and fill out the petition.</p>
<p>Basically for any non impacted major you fill out a form. Sometimes it may require you to complete other preqs b4 they officially change your major but you can see the councelor for that department and they will give you a degree progress report as if you were in that major so you know what classes to take prior to officially switching over to that major.</p>
<p>Malishka,</p>
<p>Is is possible to get above a 3.5 in math/econ? Are the classes really hard?
What are they like? Can you elaborate on how they were different compared to your CC classes? What is the curve like and how do other students do?</p>
<p>Saying the Math/Econ major sucks because it's based on theory is quite ignorant. The regular Econ major itself is just as theoretical as the Math/Econ program. The major courses you take are Econ 11, 101, 102 which are all THEORY classes. The econ elective courses are all theory classes as well. Not to mention all classes at UCLA are heavily relied on THEORY. So if you want a more real world type of program, you shouldn't pick UCLA. Oh and I'm an Econ major at UCLA who has taken both Econ 11 and 101, so I am telling you this first hand.</p>
<p>Colin387</p>
<p>It is not ignorant for me to say that the program sucks- i also clearly stated that it is not what I would have wanted out of the program- i said it is good prep for grad work. Clearly my opinion relates to my own experiences and my own needs so it is not ignorant. In addition to that I wouldnt say econ 11 was theory based. Econ 11 is a course of applications- it is just econ math problems and nothing more. </p>
<p>You can get a 3.5 in anything clearly, you have to work hard. Some classes are harder than others, the teacher makes a big difference. My problem was primarily that the classes are too big , especially for lower division, coming form CC i was used to about 30 people max in my course, and the ability to ask questions in class. At Ucla you can not ask questions in class really because class is 50 minutes. The other BIG problem i had was that there is a lot of assumed understanding, sometimes when teachers do problems on the board they skip steps- like integration for example and for me when learning a new concept i prefer a very detailed problem to have an example, one that clearly shows how to go from A to B to C. Another thing is the language barrier, just about all of the teachers have very bad accents- which is all fine and dandy but it makes math freaking impossible when i have no idea what he is saying and i stress my hearing to just try to understand what is said rather than what is being done. </p>
<p>Most of your instruction comes from the discussion section, which is taught by some Phd student. Yes, we pay thousands to be taught by other students. During your discussion section you have time to ask questions and they explain stuff and go over whatever you want, but then why go to class to begin with. SOmetimes though discussions have quizzes and not a lot of time for explanations and really your understanding rests on the intelligence of your TA. A lot of TAs are HORRIBLE. Knowing how to teach math is not something everyone has a talent for, especially when you get into the higher math courses, it is not intuitive anymore. </p>
<p>The curve varies, some teachers dont curve at all, but as far as i recall it was something like only X amount of student will get As and so on, which is ok if people are doing poorly, but it sucks if people are doing well.</p>
<p>If you wanted easy math courses, then why do a math/econ major. 6_6</p>
<p>I know the 50 minutes seems really short, but there are lots of office hours, TA office hours, as well as your mates in class. In subjects like introductory real analysis, there are lots of alternative sources with nearly similar material, and lots of places to find examples or counterexamples even.</p>
<p>I'd probably agree that review is relegated to the sections, but really, it's your burden to keep up with the work.</p>
<p>^ im not looking for easy math.. just some insight from anyone nice enough to give some...</p>