<p>How good is UCSD's Econ program compared to UCLA or UCI's Business Econ or Econ programs? Will I have a harder time landing a job with a UCSD Econ degree? I know that UCSD is known for sciences, but I know that it is still a great school in other aspects as well.</p>
<p>I have a 3.7 GPA, and applied to all three of those schools listed above (UCSD, UCI, UCLA) </p>
<p>I'm beginning to think that UCLA is too far of a reach for me, and that my next best bet would be San Diego, since I want to move away from home (i'm currently 10 min from Irvine = I'd have to commute.)</p>
<p>Does anyone think I could get into UCSD for fall of 08'? And is the undergrad Econ program there any good?</p>
<p>you have no problem for UCSD/UCI... my friend got in to UCSD econ w/ 3.2GPA and pre-req not done.... UCLA you are competitive 50/50 g luck!
my friend said UCSD is great and i guess it's overall good..</p>
<p>actually, UCSD econ is often times rated slightly higher than UCLA.</p>
<p>I wouldnt go to UCI.</p>
<p>The thing about UCLA though is that recruitment tends to be much better, but this is primarily due to the fact that a good chunk of econ majors or bus econ majors will minor in accounting, and accounting is in the anderson bschool and that attracts a lot of attention. Also, UCLA has more business industry than san diego.</p>
<p>UCSD is great for econ but consider carefully what you want to do upon graduation, also, keep in mind, either econ program at UC will be focused in theory not practice. Dont expect any sort of business type courses.... except for a few if you are bus econ major, even then they will be theory based not practical.</p>
<p>I really am hoping to go to UCSD, because I love the area, and I have old high school friends that go there. Arghhh, why do admissions decisions take until March!? Haha. </p>
<p>@Torrance - Really? Which Pre-reqs did he/she not complete? Was it the Calculus or the Micro and Macro Econ Courses. Your reply is giving me some major hope here!</p>
<p>Hey I hope this message isnt late and you will read it, I am currently an econ student at UCSD, I transferred here in the fall so this is my second quarter here. I have a similar case to you b/c I got into UCI, UCLA and UCSD, and I live right next to UCI. basically know this</p>
<p>a. ucla- what the other person said about ucla is true, its mostly cuz of the bus. econ and anderson and accounting. </p>
<p>b. uci- their econ is EH so ya</p>
<p>c. UCSD- the program here is pretty good, it is very good, here is some insider stuff I learned taking a seminar class my first quarter which was last quarter with the vice-dean of the undergraduate dept. of econ. She is also an econ professor here and pretty smart. the econ program here is really good and very comparable to UCLA. In terms of courses you will be studying, you will have to take 3 econometrics courses, 2 micro and 2 macro, and electives, also what is called econ 2, your last lower division econ that you have to take here. She was telling us that we are one of the few schools that makes you do 3 quarters of econometrics, other UCs usually do 2 and Stanford does 3. so thats pretty good. overall they have good classes, and good electives.</p>
<p>PS you have to realize what you want to do after graduation. if you want to do bus/ financses this program is good but the opportunities in San diego in terms of internships available or such is not as much as LA or maybe even Irvine with the much large growth it has had recently. hard to explain. if you need any help or actually decide to come to UCSD or not or whatever, you can email me at <a href="mailto:aataee@ucsd.edu">aataee@ucsd.edu</a>. hope this helps at least a bit</p>
<p>I should say by the way I am a bit prejudice against UCI, mainly b/c I lived right next to it, but thats a different topic, I should also ask aside from academics are you looking into anything else regarding your choice school?</p>
<p>hey do you know anything about the management science concentration? what's it all about. I looked throug the curriculum and I am pretty interested in it. Are youd oing that concentrration?</p>
<p>I am interested in UCSD mainly for the academics, I know it's not the funnest school to be at (from what my friends tell me who go there.) I feel like if I go to UCI then i'll have to live at home and commute, and I really want to get out on my own since I'll be 20 when I transfer.</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong, UCI is a great school, and I would gladly go there just to get the heck out of community college.. I just want to make the right decision in terms of job opportunities available to me after graduation. Right now I am interested in any sort of business related career, whether it be finance or management, so I thought economics would be a good choice of major. What do UCSD econ grads usually do after graduation? What are your plans, if you don't mind me asking?</p>
<p>hey, late post but you might read it
this is my first year in UCSD, I transferred fall 7 so I cant really tell you what econ grads do , if you come here, though they have seminars and stuff for kids to see grads and what they did, you see econ kids do anything from simple management to anything</p>
<p>your stat. and the ucs you applied to are very similar to me (i applied ucla as a econ/ international area studies major.)</p>
<p>actually i do not expect too much that ucla will give me an admission either, but study the management science in ucsd can be a good alternative to me because this major seems more concentrate on certain area & it's also under econ department.</p>
<p>I’m a management science major at UCSD and am about to graduate</p>
<p>The most useful class for me was operations research, but you dont get to that till senior year. Also useful was econometrics (2nd year) because you have to learn stata, and job searchers really like that. Also try to get experience on quickbooks and minitab cuz jobs like that too. If you are into marketing or research, take a demographics class and learn GIS. Accounting sucked so hard. I think that you can definitely finish in 4 with a minor and suggest taking some business classes at Rady School on campus because they’re planning to implement a minor there and the business classes are so good. The major wont be ready for a while. Other popular minors are urban studies and planning and political science. If you are interested in the environment, i HIGHLY suggest a minor in Environmental systems policy, because so many classes overlap. </p>
<p>The econ dept is pretty good in general, and there are many jobs that recruit in finance and marketing positions. With any job, you probably can’t go straight to management, so dont expect it just because you have a degree in management science. The federal reserve recruits here, and so does Northwestern Mutual Financial (top 10 internship program in US). I don’t have a job yet, but I’m applying to be a researcher under an econ prof researching school and neighborhood segregation.</p>
<p>oh by the way operations research is a class that basically teaches you how to maximize profit and minimize cost over different circumstances . its very hard but quite useful if you want to be a good manager.</p>
<p>The title is different. As a managerial science major you don’t need to take macro econ, but you have other mandatory classes, but those classes are electives for economics majors.</p>