<p>I'm currently in my second year of CC and I'm way behind on the math prerequisites. I have a 3.7 GPA though. Would it be possible to get into a UC school as an econ major and take calc over there?</p>
<p>maybe to the lower tier ones but definately not Berkeley or LA.</p>
<p>even ucsb requires at calc:
"Admission selection information:<br>
Transfer students who wish to declare the Economics major must complete the<br>
following four courses with a 2.75 grade-point average, with no individual grade
less than "C": one microeconomics course, one macroeconomics course, and two<br>
calculus courses. "
ASSIST</a> Report: FOOTHILL 08-09 UCSB Articulation Agreement by Major</p>
<p>You're much better off completing Calc in CC. The one in UC is going to be substantially more challenging.</p>
<p>"maybe to the lower tier ones but definately not Berkeley or LA." -- all the UC's are tier-1.</p>
<p>University</a> of California--Santa Barbara - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report
University</a> of California--Davis - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report
University</a> of California--Irvine - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report
University</a> of California--San Diego - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report
University</a> of California--San Diego - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report
University</a> of California--Berkeley - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report
University</a> of California--Riverside - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm setting my sights more on UCSC, may be UCD best case scenario. I'm getting really discouraged with my hopes of studying econ because I'm not that good at math. It is true that actual econ classes aren't all that involved in math?</p>
<p>what i meant was in terms of ranking in the UC System. Berkeley and LA are definately on a tier above all the other UCs.</p>
<p>lol yes ucb and ucla are obviously ranked higher but they are the SAME tier</p>
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<p>Lol, are you kidding? All modern econ is math based. If you are planning to be a competent economist, you need to be in a reasonably good command of calculus, theory of functions, discrete math, formal algebra, etc. On the other hand, if you suck at math and cannot become an economist, you go into business as a non-quant and become rich.</p>
<p>i think <5% of people who major in econ become an "economist"</p>
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<p>I wouldn't know. Why major in econ if you can major in management? Econ, even at the UG level, is too hard for an average person.</p>
<p>I disagree; maybe to the average person econ may be difficult but not necessarily to the average UC college student. If a liberal arts major is too hard for the average college student we would have practically no science-related majors which is not the case.</p>
<p>As I have been told by many econ professors, some of which graduated form cal, the most math intensive majors in order are:
Math, obviously
Engineering
Physics
Econ (Particuarly Micro/Quanitative)</p>
<p>One of these professors told me if he were to do it over again he would have gotten a math degree with a minor in econ instead, so yes, econ is very math oriented</p>