<p>i'll be attending uva soon...and i was curious as to how valuble an undergrad. business degree at uva (mcintire-ranked #2 by businessweek) vs. an economic major will be if i plan to eventually pursue an mba- i heard that it overlaps with the business major-any help would be appreciated:)</p>
<p>McIntire will give you better recruiting opportunity. However, if you do really well in econ, it won't make a difference. I'm doing both.</p>
<p>wow Untilted: i thought about doing both for a while but i dont want to overload too much(i dont mind working hard but i dont want it to be impossible) -i heard comm school was pretty intense: how hard would u say it is for u? (r u at uva?)</p>
<p>yea, i'm at UVa, just finished my first year.</p>
<p>I plan on finishing econ in the first 2 years, since comm school take place in the last two years. it is true that once you get in comm school, you have very very intense work load.</p>
<p>it's not unusual to major in both, a lot of people do it.</p>
<p>it's not easy to get in comm school, so people would work hard in the first 2 years anyway, to prove that they are hardworkers.</p>
<p>woa -is it possible to finish all of the requirements for an economics major in 2 yrs. while completing prerequisites for comm. school? -how many credits did you take in ur semesters or in summer school?- also do the requirements for both majors overlap at all? sry about all the questions but i hardly know anything about scheduling and requirements and everything else...</p>
<p>a lot of the pre-reqs ARE econ courses. :) such as econ201, econ202 and stats.</p>
<p>I was exempted from foreign language, coz i got 800 on sat chinese. and had all those calculus credits before entering college. but if you still have to take a lot of math/foreign language, it'd be much harder to finish econ in 2 years.</p>
<p>I took 15 credits first smester, and 15 credits the second semester. No winter/summer class. You should intern during those breaks........... internships will give you an edge when you apply for comm school or jobs.</p>
<p>hmmm...unfortunately i think im only exempt of Calc. 1 with my ap credit-( is the Calc. 2 a prerequisite?)- i have to take 2 sem. of a lang. - do u think it would still be possible to do the dbl. major?</p>