<p>Oh woww..! That is very impressive!</p>
<p>hey guys,</p>
<p>just want to wish everyone a good luck today. i've been waiting so long for this and i can't wait to find out. I applied as a sociology major with a 3.46 overall gpa and a 4.0 major gpa. I've completed all the major requirements, even taking one on at ucb through a program called concurrent enrollment. i'll be igetc certified by the end of spring semester. No outstanding ec's but some volunteer work suited for my major. What do you guys think of my chances? any other soc majors out there. please post stats</p>
<p>Floydian.....and? I'm going to UCLA, don't have Regents, but everything is paid for in grants and scholarships. Go to UCLA, that's a no-brainer......lol.</p>
<p>UCB, it's hard to say......look at some of the stats of the rejected UCLA thread and also the pending students and you'll see that many of them had 4.0's......keep hoping though....</p>
<p>BruinMichelle, since you sent in your SIR, did you also sign up for orientation dates? also, i've seen two sites...one's BOL i think and the other one's URSA. which one do you use to sign up for orientations'n all?</p>
<p>I am an Econ major and have a choice between Davis and UCSD (Muir college too, their hardest to get into to). I'm going with Davis... I have done a lot of research, and read quite a bit of negative stuff on SD.
As far as the Econ programs go, I T/A for a CC Econ professor, and he feels that the top three programs in the UC system belong to Berkeley, UCLA, and Davis (Managerial Econ, not their regular Econ department). This is coming from a man who was at one time the Chief Economist for the state of California, and the owner of an Economic consulting firm.
He did his undergrad (in Econ) at Berkeley, his master's at Rutgers, and then post-graduate studies at UC Davis, so he has experience with two of the schools. He feels that the Managerial Econ program at Davis is excellent, and pretty much on par with the other two.
I found this on the UCD site, and although it is primarily discussing their graduate Managerial Econ program, I think it's safe to say that it is also likely a reflection of their undergrad program:</p>
<p>"Our graduate program was ranked second in the nation, according to a recent survey. Measured by number of articles published by an academic department in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the leading journal in agricultural and resource economics, UC Davis has ranked either first or second in every year except one since 1990. Several members of our faculty have received national and international awards for research, teaching, and outreach."
<a href="http://caes.ucdavis.edu/Admin/AcadPlan/DeptPlan/ARE.htm%5B/url%5D">http://caes.ucdavis.edu/Admin/AcadPlan/DeptPlan/ARE.htm</a></p>
<p>"The Department administers a popular undergraduate major in Agricultural and Managerial Economics (AME). Students complete a rigorous core of training in economic theory and quantitative methods and choose from a broad range of specialty courses in marketing, management, finance, and agricultural and resource/environmental economics. The program was ranked 8th nationally among peer programs in the most recent Gourman Report. The AME program's unique combination of disciplinary training in economics and quantitative methods, combined with applications to agriculture, business, and resource issues make graduates of the program valuable employees to both public and private sector enterprises."
<a href="http://www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/aredepart/general.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/aredepart/general.php</a></p>
<p>Also, many of the classes in most branches of the Managerial Econ major will closely parallel that of a business major. UCD has an outstanding business program.</p>
<p>UCSD is an excellent school as well though, and USNEWS ranked their graduate econ program as 10th best in the nation (only UC ahead of them was Berkeley).
<a href="http://www.econ.ucsd.edu/usnews05.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.econ.ucsd.edu/usnews05.htm</a></p>
<p>Keep in mind that Managerial Econ and regular Econ (that UCSD offers) are different programs to some extent.
Good luck :)</p>
<p>^thats for all that information, very very very useful. I never thought davis' managerial economics was all that good actually, when i think of davis, i think mostly of med or psyc majors..just not economics.
btw, what is the difference between 'managerial econ' and just plain 'econ'?</p>
<p><a href="http://why.ucdavis.edu/academics/majors/mecn.cfm?majors_list=consci_majors.inc%5B/url%5D">http://why.ucdavis.edu/academics/majors/mecn.cfm?majors_list=consci_majors.inc</a>
If you read the description, you'll get a feel for it.
For those that plan onto going into the business field, the managerial branch of it focuses a lot on business (like I said, it paralells a Business degree is some respects). I think most plain econ programs only focus on the econ aspect of the field.</p>
<p>This will be VERY helpful in answering your question:
<a href="http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/undergraduates_handbook.cfm#econvsmanag%5B/url%5D">http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/undergraduates_handbook.cfm#econvsmanag</a></p>
<p>Managerial Econ is much more business related and I see them more as direct career training.. examples of classes under this major are: Personal Finance, Investments and Tax Accounting. For economics it seems a lot more based on economic theory and thus great for grad school prep. For ex: Econ History, Economy of East Asia, International Micro. Stuff like that! Hope that helps.</p>
<p>We don't find out about orientation for a while.</p>
<p>so has anyone checked berkeley or ucsd for updates? i'm still pending for both. </p>
<p>i'm about 90% sure i will be going to ucla even if i get into berkeley, i doubt that'll happen. yay! go bruins!</p>
<p>I'm sitting here refreshing the myberkeleyapplication site every few minutes, heh.</p>
<p>i have a question about ucla ePAL...when i apply for UCLA, I clearly stated that i wanted to stay on campus, but somehow on ePAL, it states that i'm a commuter...what should i do? should i call and ask or just sign up for housing?...HELP...</p>
<p>dace....if you look at the timeline under "Admitted students", I believe that you don't sign up for Orientation until mid-June or so and after they've received some other materials from us......I'd have to look at it again myself. It's definitely going to be a while......</p>
<p>Now, the next hurdle is going to be parking perhaps....lol</p>
<p>CCCT, I'd definitely call about that.....also double checking the SAR to see if they got any misinformation. I checked off-campus because I wanted the money to decide on where I wanted to live and because I can save a lot of money by preparing my own meals. ;-) Their room and board is convenient, but very pricey in my estimation....</p>
<p>how do i check the SAR..i forgot</p>
<p>my ePAL still isn't updated!! i'm worried. i asked my ucla counselor yesterday so hopefully she'll help. i need to change that to off-capus housing as well i think</p>
<p>whew! just called ucla and they said it's fine...all i need to do is to wait for my award letter and then change it then...housing doesn't have anything to do with financial aid...o ****zit..i better go to class...</p>
<p>thanks for the info, ccct</p>
<p>anybody hear from berkeley or sd yet?</p>