Getting a job out of college was very difficult however

May 2, 2024
12:57:57pm

scrambled egg All-American

after my MBA it was all good. Econ was analytics before analytics - a mix of statistics and solving problems. It aligned to how I naturally thought through problems.

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scrambled egg

Previous username: PaxDog
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Joined: Jan 19, 2006
Last login: Jun 6, 2024
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materialized

May 2, 10:46am

Advanced Physiology

Soren Tversky

May 2, 10:50am

I took a class in Ancient Near Eastern Warfare

2FarGone

May 2, 10:51am

RE: I took a class in Ancient Near Eastern Warfare

gangbusters

May 2, 10:52am

Jealous?

2FarGone

May 2, 10:54am

RE: Jealous?

gangbusters

May 2, 10:54am

Wilderness Survival

creameryon9th

May 2, 10:51am

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materialized

May 2, 10:52am

Yeah. It was seriously an awesome class.

creameryon9th

May 2, 11:11am

Effective Study

Magic8Ball

May 2, 10:52am

MCom 320 Business Writing

CrimWalCoug

May 2, 10:52am

For me it was a Technical Writing course, but, like you, I use the stuff I learned in that class all the time.

dilbert

May 2, 11:02am

Book of Mormon with Todd Parker my freshman year

toukokuu

May 2, 10:52am

BofM with Michael Wilcox (going way back) was amazing. He left BYU ...

KCFan85

May 2, 11:04am

I had Parker, too for both my BoM classes. 94-95.

JupiterJones

May 2, 12:41pm

He was such a great teacher, really enjoyed my BOM classes with him

therock

May 2, 1:05pm

That one Spanish test-out that gave me a surge of As. Padded the GPA.

gangbusters

May 2, 10:53am

Family finance 100%

hulmeman

May 2, 10:53am

Bio 420

Charles Darwin

May 2, 10:53am

USERNAME CHECKS OUT

Flyingdolphin

May 2, 2:46pm

Family Economics and Home Management.

Sooner Cougar

May 2, 10:54am

Dance - Disco 1979. Fueled me to becoming a legend at the Star Palace….

Phreddy

May 2, 10:54am

Econ 388 Econometrics. Data analysis.

BostonCougar

May 2, 10:54am

This was one of my favorite classes as well

coisado

May 2, 11:06am

None of the above - part time job at NuSkin making min wage

OC Coug

May 2, 10:54am

Do you have a career in sales?

Charles Darwin

May 2, 10:55am

Nope - Own a software company, started with SAP implementation at Nuskin

OC Coug

May 2, 10:56am

Econ 110 - Jim Kearl

COUGND

May 2, 10:54am

Definitely my favorite class - but got a D+ so not sure how much I learned

OC Coug

May 2, 10:58am

D+ was above average for his classes

2FarGone

May 2, 11:01am

Well I got a C so....

creameryon9th

May 2, 11:35am

Same....got a D+ in that class

Dangerous

May 2, 11:04am

Got an A and became an Econ major

scrambled egg

May 2, 11:06am

How did that work out for you? I got an A and got the letter from Kearl

StrongBad

May 2, 11:22am

Getting a job out of college was very difficult however

scrambled egg

May 2, 12:57pm

Also got an A from him in Honors Econ 110. Learned a lot in that class.

maizecoug

May 2, 12:03pm

I did Econ because it was the shortest degree at BYU. Had 4 additional years of

Finneas

May 2, 1:22pm

Hard class - but lifelong lessons - he saved my GPA by giving me an athlete pass

compcoug

May 2, 11:38am

mcom 320 - Written Business Communications

Super Chicken

May 2, 10:55am

+1. Taught by an incredible adjunct professor who worked in publishing. Fantastic class.

cougfanblue

May 3, 9:32am

Econ 110 from Dr. Blood.

KCFan85

May 2, 10:56am

Bowling. I’m king of my bowling league which has really boosted my stock with the ladies in my trailer park.

WDaddy

May 2, 10:58am

ECEn 444 Communications Theory. That where I found my calling in life (and my Masters and PhD advisor). Definitely

dilbert

May 2, 11:01am

Favorite: National Defense Policy with Valerie Hudson

B Blue

May 2, 11:10am

Accounting 200 w/ Norm Nemrow or Political Science 200 w/ Ray Christensen

Odysseus

May 2, 11:16am

My current profession has nothing to do with my major, but two classes shaped me

jamalccc

May 2, 11:23am

Organizational Behavior - Can't remember the professor's name but he was really

NC CougarBear

May 2, 11:29am

I liked fencing

OU Cougar

May 2, 11:37am

Did you have that little guy with curly hair and the mustache?

BYU Grounds

May 2, 12:36pm

Yeah

OU Cougar

May 2, 3:47pm

I SYS 110 and I SYS 201.

Captain Rex

May 2, 11:51am

Econ 430 economic development. The professor actually taught economic growth

Genghis Spreads

May 2, 12:02pm

Taking 431 from Stoddard was one of the best decisions I made

NashEquilibrium

May 2, 12:14pm

If you don't mind my asking, what did you do for grad school and what do you do

Genghis Spreads

May 2, 12:20pm

Currently finishing up an Econ PhD.

NashEquilibrium

May 2, 5:22pm

Boardname most definitely checks out

COUGND

May 2, 5:27pm

Randomized trials are all the rave in development right now.

Genghis Spreads

May 3, 12:28am

RCTs were a big reason why I initially wanted to work in development

NashEquilibrium

May 3, 6:28pm

Wow I didn’t know there was a difference.

Genghis Spreads

May 4, 8:36am

Early Childhood Development - Lynn Scoresby

JupiterJones

May 2, 12:44pm

Humanities 101

joelvandyne

May 2, 12:59pm

Zoo373. Cell Biology with Bradshaw and Evans

unctoothman

May 2, 1:47pm

Logic. Just so I can school all you CBrs when you're wrong.

Jay Rick

May 2, 3:23pm

I've heard Norm Macdonald talking about the professor of logic 😉

JupiterJones

May 2, 9:15pm

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