Econ Minor - Drop or Keep?

[Jordan95]

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Suh dudes,

With three semesters left until graduation I'm not sure what to do with my economics minor. The initial plan freshman year was to get into an MD or DO/MBA program. I have already completed half the minor reqs (9) hours, but I hear the upper level intermediate courses are fierce. I don't want to trash my GPA during my last three semesters, so I'm considering dropping the minor altogether.

Would dropping a minor look sketchy to med schools? & is it even worth it to continue pursuing it?

Thanks for any input,

 

[Lawpy]

Drop. Med schools don't care about minors. They only care you do well academically. Demonstrate your interest in economics in your ECs.

 

[benjamin94559]

I'd keep it because I'm into that kind of stuff but your first priority is your GPA. It wont look sketchy to med schools if you drop it.

The counter arguement is how do you expect to do well in an MBA program if you cant do well in intermediate macro and whathavve you.

 

[Terry Toma]

Keep the minor if you're interested in the material and if you think it will be relevant to your career. Don't keep it because you think it will make any difference in your application.

Decide for yourself whether you think the courses are difficult. I was an econ major myself, and have a couple of thoughts on the idea that intermediate/upper level econ courses are "fierce":
1) Some people "get" econ, and others don't. A course that is "fierce" to one of your friends might seem like complete common sense to you. Econ is just one of those subjects that mystifies some while seeming totally obvious to others.
2) Econ/business people are measuring the difficulty of courses on a different scale than science majors. Once you've taken o chem or an upper level physiology course, "that class is tough" just means something different to you than it means to your average econ major.

So I guess my point is that if you really want to do the econ minor, I wouldn't drop it off hand due to expected difficulty. Might as well at least start into the intermediate/upper level stuff and see how it goes. If you've done well in the first few econ courses, and you've had success in hard sciences, I really don't think you'll run into an econ course that will blow you away.

 

[Theseus]

Suh dudes,

With three semesters left until graduation I'm not sure what to do with my economics minor. The initial plan freshman year was to get into an MD or DO/MBA program. I have already completed half the minor reqs (9) hours, but I hear the upper level intermediate courses are fierce. I don't want to trash my GPA during my last three semesters, so I'm considering dropping the minor altogether.

Would dropping a minor look sketchy to med schools? & is it even worth it to continue pursuing it?

Thanks for any input,

Like Lawper said, drop it. Your main objective is to maintain high GPA.

 

[NeuResurgens]

I'd say drop unless you really like econ/plan to use it in your career in some way.

 

[Jordan95]

I'd keep it because I'm into that kind of stuff but your first priority is your GPA. It wont look sketchy to med schools if you drop it.

The counter arguement is how do you expect to do well in an MBA program if you cant do well in intermediate macro and whathavve you.

It's not that I don't expect to do well in the intermediate courses; it's the fact that it increases the odds of depleting my almost perfect GPA.

I enjoyed macro & micro somewhat, but the thought of taking the upper level version, physics & biochem seems a bit rigorous.

I don't know, I still haven't added any Econ classes for spring yet.

 

[Jordan95]

I'd keep it because I'm into that kind of stuff but your first priority is your GPA. It wont look sketchy to med schools if you drop it.

The counter arguement is how do you expect to do well in an MBA program if you cant do well in intermediate macro and whathavve you.

It's not that I don't expect to do well in the intermediate courses; it's the fact that it increases the odds of depleting my almost perfect GPA.

I enjoyed macro & micro somewhat, but the thought of taking the upper level version, physics & biochem seems a bit rigorous.

I don't know, I still haven't added any Econ classes for spring yet.


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[Jordan95]

I'd keep it because I'm into that kind of stuff but your first priority is your GPA. It wont look sketchy to med schools if you drop it.

The counter arguement is how do you expect to do well in an MBA program if you cant do well in intermediate macro and whathavve you.

It's not that I don't expect to do well in the intermediate courses; it's the fact that it increases the odds of depleting my almost perfect GPA.

I enjoyed macro & micro somewhat, but the thought of taking the upper level version, physics & biochem seems a bit rigorous.

I don't know, I still haven't added any Econ classes for spring yet.


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[Jordan95]

I'd keep it because I'm into that kind of stuff but your first priority is your GPA. It wont look sketchy to med schools if you drop it.

The counter arguement is how do you expect to do well in an MBA program if you cant do well in intermediate macro and whathavve you.

It's not that I don't expect to do well in the intermediate courses; it's the fact that it increases the odds of depleting my almost perfect GPA.

I enjoyed macro & micro somewhat, but the thought of taking the upper level version, physics & biochem seems a bit rigorous.

I don't know, I still haven't added any Econ classes for spring yet.

 

[Jordan95]

I'd keep it because I'm into that kind of stuff but your first priority is your GPA. It wont look sketchy to med schools if you drop it.

The counter arguement is how do you expect to do well in an MBA program if you cant do well in intermediate macro and whathavve you.

It's not that I don't expect to do well in the intermediate courses; it's the fact that it increases the odds of depleting my almost perfect GPA.

I enjoyed macro & micro somewhat, but the thought of taking the upper level version, physics & biochem seems a bit rigorous.

I don't know, I still haven't added any econ classes for spring yet.




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[Jordan95]

I'd keep it because I'm into that kind of stuff but your first priority is your GPA. It wont look sketchy to med schools if you drop it.

The counter arguement is how do you expect to do well in an MBA program if you cant do well in intermediate macro and whathavve you.

It's not that I don't expect to do well in the intermediate courses; it's the fact that it increases the odds of depleting my almost perfect GPA.

I enjoyed macro & micro somewhat, but the thought of taking the upper level version, physics & biochem seems a bit rigorous.

I don't know, I still haven't added any econ classes for spring yet.




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[Jordan95]

wtf


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[Mad Jack]

Suh dudes,

With three semesters left until graduation I'm not sure what to do with my economics minor. The initial plan freshman year was to get into an MD or DO/MBA program. I have already completed half the minor reqs (9) hours, but I hear the upper level intermediate courses are fierce. I don't want to trash my GPA during my last three semesters, so I'm considering dropping the minor altogether.

Would dropping a minor look sketchy to med schools? & is it even worth it to continue pursuing it?

Thanks for any input,

No one cares about minors, omg.

 

[NeuResurgens]

wtf


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I was going to ask this exact question, lol.

 

[kb1900]

The minor is worthless. Unless you have a real passion for it- which it sounds like you don't - it's not worth it.

 

[benjamin94559]

It's not that I don't expect to do well in the intermediate courses; it's the fact that it increases the odds of depleting my almost perfect GPA.

I enjoyed macro & micro somewhat, but the thought of taking the upper level version, physics & biochem seems a bit rigorous.

I don't know, I still haven't added any econ classes for spring yet.




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Obs you gotta do what you gotta do and GPA is king but just about everything has a risk of depleting your GPA. That said, I think you should be able to juggle 2 science classes and one econ class as a reasonable course load.

 

[benjamin94559]

wtf


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[Jordan95]

dem notifications

It's lit...

SO, I'm dropping the econ minor, not worth the added stress my senior year.