<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>I was just wondering what advantages there would be to pursuing an Operations Research and Management Science (ORMS) degree over an Economics degree, particularly when you're vying for a job as a consultant or analyst right out of Cal. </p>
<p>Is Management Science even taken seriously as a B.A. or is it like pre-law and not considered until it's on a graduate school degree?</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/AcademicPrograms/Ugrad/ORMS.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/AcademicPrograms/Ugrad/ORMS.pdf</a></p>
<p>IMO, ORMS is taken as seriously as an Econ degree, if not more.
If anything, Econ is even more of a pre-professional degree than ORMS is.</p>
<p>I see, would you guys say then that given how ORMS is limited to a group of ~25 students, it would stand out in the eyes of an interviewer for a consulting firm?</p>
<p>Actually, wouldn’t it stand out for any kind of internship/post-grad program/grad school application more so than a Berkeley Econ degree?</p>
<p>I assume ORMS is not that special given that its curriculum is less strict than IEOR, which itself is not particularly prestigious among engineering majors.</p>
<p>In my opinion, if you are into that financial mathematics/ operations research,
Econ<ORMS<IEOR<= a mathguy that took relevant econ classes</p>
<p>Also, as an ORMS major, you attend the Engineering graduating commencement and be like the only 10 people who get B.As instead of B.Ss</p>