<p>Okay, so I got into Muir, Management Science. </p>
<p>And I hear both bad and good things about this major.</p>
<p>Well, good thing is that UCSD ranks 3rd in the country for this major. Furthermore, “some” (I haven’t seen any sites saying that this major is useless) online resources (not people that I know) tell me that demand for graduates in this major are soaring. </p>
<p>Bad thing is that some people on CC are saying people they couldn’t get any jobs with this major. Also, some said it’s better off with Business Econ. at SB or Econ. and min. in Management in UCI. </p>
<p>Both information seem to contradict each other. </p>
<p>So anyone have more information about this “mysterious” major???</p>
<p>One thing about getting a job with this major is that if a graduate in this major did a internship or had a pretty good grades, I think that person would not have trouble getting a job. </p>
<p>The reason why the job hunting may be hard for them is because of their GPA? or lack of internship? OR poor selections of electives?</p>
<p>Well, I checked the department of economics for UCSD and number of people taking management science and economics seem to be similar. If Management Science is "that" bad, I would expect much less students under it but that is just not the case. </p>
<p>Furthermore, number people who actually posted about Management Science being good or bad are approximately six (I might be incorrect). 3 goods Vs 3 bads. I'm not sure if I should attend UCI or UCSB over UCSD just depending on the 3 bad comments about the major. </p>
<p>Plus, UCI's Economics major is no where close to UCSD's Econ. because UCSD has the highest ranking for Econ. in the UC system (10th, while UCLA is 11th). </p>
<p>Hmm.. if MS isn't for me at UCSD, smart to change to Econ.? I'm sure it would be easy to change since they are under same dept. </p>
<p>I think one reason MS @ UCSD might be a sketchy major is because it is very theory-based and not hands-on or applied. The whole idea of the science sounds pretty cool... finding solutions to management via mathematical, quantitative means. But what the hell does that really mean? What type of benefit or what can you do for my company? (i don't really have a company, I am just giving an example of questions that still need answering).</p>
<p>And let's say there were answers to the questions above... who is going to hire a young graduate of MS that has only worked in theoretical situations with no real experience at all? (by the way, I am not putting down the major, these are just concerns that I have come up with)</p>
<p>And the fact that there really is so much mystery around this subject/major isn't good... i have been trying to get concrete facts about the major, and can only come up with vague description and applications.</p>
<p>It seems like it's more for research and theory development, rather than application in business or management... but again, I don't know.</p>
<p>What was your plan with this major? Why did you originally go with it? What do you want to do after you graduate? Go in to business? Go in to research? Are you planning on graduate school?</p>
<p>I got the ranking from some newspaper. I forgot which.</p>
<p>I really don't know what I want to do after college but one thing for sure, something to do with money. And I'm planning for MBA after working for a couple of years.</p>
<p>As far as the hands-on/applied learning goes in college, I think that always comes directly from internships and research projects with the professors. Is it really a downfall that the major is primarily theoretical based? Because MBA programs will look for work experience above anything else since it shows that you have applied those theories to the actual working/real world. So my opinion is that no matter what, as long as you take advantage of these hands-on opportunities, businesses will hire you.</p>
<p>MBA programs want you to study theory first. They want to know that you have learned to think on a higher level. MISS COLEE is right in that internships, leadership positions and work experience are also important along with an excellent GPA.</p>
<p>I really do hope that UCSD does have some connection in terms of internships because as MISS COLEE mentioned, I was expecting to try different internships to find out what I'm best at and like doing. </p>
<p>I'm currently in danger of being rescinded from UCSD because of my merciless Jazz Band teacher who gave me D first semester. Trying hard to convince him to give me C .....</p>
<p>Senson, you mentioned that UCSD has the highest ranking for Economics out of all the UCs. Where is your source? Are you referring to grad programs?</p>
<p>i go to ucsd. ive heard from some ppl that econ is better than ms b/c ms is not recognized by some employers or something?</p>
<p>i dont see how ucsd can be ranked 3rd in the country for this major...its not an impacted major at all. anyone could switch into it tomorrow if they wanted to</p>
<p>Senson if this teacher had such a bad rep why did you take his class? Could you go to the school district about this? Will your parents support you?</p>
<p>because i love music lol.. but i guess the ability to play is counts more than the passion for the music when it comes to grading. I think they should do Pass or Fail for music classes...</p>
<p>My counselors are calling in to the admission office to sort things out about my jazz band class. They are telling me that it wouldn't realy affect my admission much because it's just a jazz band class. </p>
<p>My parents are saying it's all my fault and I should be dealing it on my own. :p</p>
<p>As for the rankings, I really do not know where I found the UCSD being 3rd in M. S. major but I'm sure it was like: 1. UPenn, 2. NYU. 3. UCSD.</p>
<p>I'll probably switch to Econ major though since it has less courses. I think I'm gonna minor or double major in something.</p>