<p>I was just looking over the statistics for Fall 2009 admits and noticed that ONLY 8% of Economics applicants received admission into UCLA. Here's the link:</p>
<p>You need to look at a few other things when comparing the 2008 and 2009 data.</p>
<p>In 2008, 689 students applied for Econ and 233 applied for Econ/Int’l Studies. However, this year, 261 students applied for Econ and 821 applied for Econ/Int’l Studies. Although the overall admit rate for Econ fell from 08-09, the overall admit rate for Econ/Int’l Studies went up. </p>
<p>There was far greater demand for Econ/Int’l Studies this year than Econ, as a result, the Econ department probably allocated more spaces for that major. Indeed, if you look at the total number of people accepted in 2008 for Econ and Econ/Int’l Studies, the total is 147. This year the total accepted from both departments is 158. Last year more people applied for Econ, therefore more spots were allocated for that major. This year, an overwhelming majority applied for Econ/Int’l Studies, and therefore more spots were allocated for that major.</p>
<p>One last thing to note. This year, about twice as many people applied for Mathematics/Economics. Despite this increase in applicants, the overall admit rate actually went up as well. If you’re really interested in pursuing Econ and your math skills are not too shabby, you should consider this major. You will get to take almost all of the same classes as the Econ majors and acquire the necessary math skills for graduate Econ programs.</p>
<p>math/econ is also a new major for the econ dept. with 111/152 being admitted. </p>
<p>I would recommend going with the math/econ route with a minor in accounting. That opens up many, many more doors for students. In the future, I can see that the UCLA econ dept will be a target for many trading shops.</p>
<p>Well not exactly, it’s really a math major with mathematical economics classes on the side. In fact out of all the required elective classes for the major, you only get to pick one that’s not mathematically based. </p>
<p>Math/Econ is really for those who want to go to graduate school for Economics or for those who want to do heavy quant finance jobs. If you’re interested in managerial stuff, simply pick Econ or Biz Econ.</p>
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<p>It’s actually under the Math department which explains the high admit rate.</p>
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<p>That wouldn’t really go quite well. Biz Econ with a minor in accounting would be much better as it’s pretty much an Economics major with a focus in accounting, whereas as Math/Econ with a minor in accounting would put you all over the place making you a jack of all trades, master of none. If you wanted to do things more on the managerial or accounting side, you’d be wasting time, energy, and other resources if you pursued this path and those resources could go well to other things.</p>
<p>Which Economics major would you guys apply as to UCLA? To me it really doesn’t matter weather it is Bus.Econ., Econ, Econ/intl Studies. Preferably not Math/Econ as I want the base of my major to revolve around ECON, not math. Which major do you guys think gives me the best chances of getting in?</p>
<p>You are required to take Econ 1, Econ 2, Econ 11, Econ 101 and Econ 102. These classes are not math based. Also, you can actually choose two econ elective courses (by taking Econ 103) that are non-math based.</p>
<p>If you go back and read my post, you can see that I was talking about the elective courses. And even then, you’re still heavily restricted on what you can take, therefore, in terms of electives, Math/Econ is very different from Econ and Biz Econ.</p>
<p>Math econ is super easy to get accepted to and you can’t tell me someone with a joint degree in math and econ isn’t more attractive then just plain econ. Doesn’t seem like a hard decision to me if you can hack the extra math classes…</p>