<p>What makes you think that a degree entitles you to success?</p>
<p>A degree doesn’t mean ****. A degree is just a tool that can be used in any way you want to use it. It’s the swagger a man has when he’s walking, not the ride he came in that gets him fine girls.</p>
<p>An Econ degree is a mother*<strong><em>ing AK-47. If I can’t shoot for *</em></strong> it won’t do me any good, but if I can it sure does help…</p>
<p>If you don’t succeed, that’s not because the degree failed you. I have a good internship. My friends have good internships. Some now are off working for the Big Four. We all have Econ or Bus Econ degrees. When you’re in Econ, you’re in an environment where people are generally very very ambitious. It would be hard for me to sit around when literally my entire class is at a career fair. When you are surrounded by driven people they influence you in a good way. Of course it’s still up to me, but the degree put me in that ambitious environment, and it sure does look good to employers.</p>
<p>And this is proven by facts and statistics. I’m sorry, but your anecdotal evidence doesn’t mean ****. The plural of a case study is not a statistic.</p>
<p>“The only thing that you market yourself as an econ major is
A. You have a college degree
B. You want to work in business
C. You did well in college D. You are a hard worker”
iTransfer</p>
<p>Yupppp lets agree we’re done. Because your arguments have consisted of uncited claims, lack of hard evidence, vague anecdotal evidence, contradictions, circular logic, and lack of basic reasoning. =]</p>
<p>I hope the next nay-sayer comes in with a well presented argument supported by several respected sources. And it better correlate damn well too, because I’m a good ****ing writer. Not bad for a number cruncher at least. Who would have thought using calculus, statistics, logic, reasoning, and research on a daily basis produces good argumentative skills.</p>
<p>^ you wouldn’t find yourself at that predicament.</p>
<p>Filthy rich/power individuals work hard. Entrepreneurial ability doesn’t come naturally, just like the ability to grasp economics doesn’t come naturally.</p>
<p>Honestly this thread makes me feel good about being rejected by Haas School of Business because of that I’m going to UCLA as a Biz Econ major! Go Econ Go Bruins!</p>
<p>Econ is indeed a fascinating major. Good writeup, but you’re not doing the future econ transfers any favors by trying to further crowd the applicant pool. ;)</p>
<p>Economics is fascinating and important, but is also extremely frustrating in its complexity for me. I envy those who have a strong aptitude for it as I surely don’t. I liken the econ classes I’ve taken to one big incomplete puzzle. Each model is like a piece of the puzzle. In isolation I could understand the models as they were relatively simplistic. But applying the theory learned in lower division econ to the real world proves bothersome. It became especially muddled when I read alternative views from the Austrians and others who oftentimes rejected the Keynesian models entirely. I left confused as to what I really learned and how valid the theories were. Hell, economists still disagree on numerous issues and seeing two economists with their own models and graphs arguing two opposing theories does little to resolve my confusion. In the end I felt I glimpsed a brief snapshot of what the discipline was about, but was nowhere near to ever understanding it in its entirety.</p>