<p>I have a couple questions that have been nagging at me for sometime. I will graduate in two years with an undergraduate degree in Economics. I honestly don't know what kind of job I'd go into with that degree because there's like 0 internships in my area relevant to Economics that I know of...mostly just accounting/marketing/engineering. Because of this and some other factors, I think that it might be a good idea to get a masters of science in Economics.</p>
<p>My reasoning is this
1) A masters is more competitive especially when you consider how the world is becoming more globalized. In addition, achieving a masters would allow me to have a specialization and be able to apply Economic concepts to the real world moreso than my undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>2) Until very recently I was a mediocre student. Now I want to challenge myself. I hated math and it hated me back. Attaining a masters degree in Economics would be challenging because of the math involved.</p>
<p>3) There was an internship possibility (had no chance though lulz) at a company that specializes in psychographics (analyzing consumer purchases in order to detail the correct area to build a store to fit that type of customer.) When my mom heard of this she was excited because back in highschool I took a statistics class that was apparently fun (I don't remember, hah).</p>
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<p>I have two major things hanging over my head. </p>
<p>1) The first, the math requirements for attaining a masters.</p>
<p>I emailed one school about it and they said to get Calculus I-III, Differential Equations/Linear Algebra, Probability/Stats, Real Analysis.</p>
<p>Then I heard back from my current school's dean of the grad school who said Calculus I and two courses of business statistics would suffice. ?</p>
<p>I'm assuming the difference here is that the former school is a Tier 1-2 while the school I currently attend is a Tier 4 (yes, embarrassing). It also could be that there is no separation between their Masters and PhD program.</p>
<p>Obviously more math doesn't hurt, but I don't want to end up having to double major in mathematics at this stage.</p>
<p>2) Deciding on a scholarship/leadership program versus grad school.
I was accepted into a business scholarship (2k a year) + leadership academy. It requires that each student takes 1 leadership course each semester with 29 other members. There's good opportunity for connections with other students and CEO's of companies.</p>
<p>The problem here is that the leadership academy advisor doesn't want me to take any "unnecessary" courses and was pretty blunt about it.</p>
<p>I'm just looking for some advice. If you read this far, major kudos.</p>
<p>Edit: In case you were wondering, my GPA is 3.943.</p>