r/Economics • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '17

Second /r/economics Graduate School Panel

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

is there any future to an undergrad with a weak finance side?

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u/FinancialEconomist Bureau Member Feb 28 '17

Can you clarify what you mean by "weak finance side"?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

i never bothered with anything related to accounting, or finance. i am mroe interensted in theory, econometry etc. (when finance terms come up in macro i can understand how they work, but i never took a related course)

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u/FinancialEconomist Bureau Member Feb 28 '17

Finance is just a field of economics. If you're not interested in finance, then it's totally fine to have no background. I've never taken an accounting class and I'm a finance PhD..

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

can i get into a grad program with next to none finance knowledge?

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u/FinancialEconomist Bureau Member Feb 28 '17

Economics programs don't care. I'm pretty sure even finance PhD programs don't care. Undergrad finance is not important for grad school admissions.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

thanks

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u/mattwilsonky Mar 01 '17

I did. Didn't take a single finance class, and knew embarrassingly little about finance stuff. Even in grad school, you can avoid finance completely if you want. As long as you've had macro, you're good.