RE: So many great business leaders majored in Econ at BYU

Jan 25, 2020
9:24:40pm

weasal Walk-on

Graduated in 1999. Excellent for critical thinking skills. Went on to MBA and then law school. Of the three, I think the Economics degree was the hardest.

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So many great business leaders majored in Econ at BYU

Run-DMT

1/25/20 7:41pm

I did. But don’t tell this guy...

PJMort

1/25/20 7:56pm

I think Romney got a BA in English from BYU

4th and Niner

1/25/20 7:57pm

Good catch, thx. Looks like it was his son Tagg I was thinking of

Run-DMT

1/25/20 9:08pm

Steve Young graduated in Economics from BYU

PJMort

1/25/20 8:01pm

His LinkedIn says Finance and Poli Sci

4th and Niner

1/25/20 8:10pm

I wonder if it was under the same department back then. Try definitely joked

PJMort

1/25/20 8:16pm

My best friend from high school and roommate at BYU graduated in Econ. Then he got his PhD in Econ from MIT

jdub

1/25/20 8:03pm

The Econ program at BYU is top 5 in the Country IMO.

BostonCougar

1/25/20 8:27pm

That’s amazing. I was really impressed by it back in the day.

Run-DMT

1/25/20 9:13pm

Based on what? That your classes were hard?

run26

1/25/20 11:55pm

Econ programs have two major schools of thought.

BostonCougar

1/26/20 10:50am

IIRC the Econ major leaves you one class short of a minor in Statistics.

PJMort

1/26/20 10:58am

But if that’s your criteria for a top 5 program in the country, seems like there

kos

1/26/20 11:59am

I don’t know about rankings, but the Econ undergraduate program

PJMort

1/26/20 3:06pm

It's only like 40 credits. Seems like you need to have something else planned

JuicyJam

1/25/20 8:32pm

I graduated Econ because I loved it. Currently in Med school.

2018grad

1/25/20 9:04pm

I ended up switching to premed and didn’t think I wanted to tackle Econ with the

Run-DMT

1/25/20 9:11pm

RE: So many great business leaders majored in Econ at BYU

weasal

1/25/20 9:24pm

I did, but I only did it to delay graduation. Lehman crashes right before I was

P-Widdy

1/25/20 9:29pm

Degrees in Computer Science and Applied Math. Found Econ to be boring.

CougarThug

1/25/20 9:32pm

BYU econ alum class of 2009 here

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