Leifmk
Deity
Actually, in real life I already am one of the people who would responsible for sending others to retraining camp. Or at least a cog in the machine of the agency that would be doing it.
BA vs. BS in Economics
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Actually, in real life I already am one of the people who would responsible for sending others to retraining camp. Or at least a cog in the machine of the agency that would be doing it.
Mise
isle of lucy
Doing a BS instead of the BA would be something you could use to sell yourself in an interview. "I could have graduated with just a BA but decided to put the extra effort and time in to complete the more rigorous BS," and so on.
If you decide on the BA then of course don't mention it at all. And I'm positive nobody will ask either.
If you decide on the BA then of course don't mention it at all. And I'm positive nobody will ask either.
Hygro
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Mise always posting the smart thing!
You can do a BA and a BS with almost identical classes though...
At my school the difference between a BS and a BA in math was at minimum 6 classes, so even if you do a BS with the exact same amount of effort and time, and score a full 20 percentage points lower on average in the science vs arts classes, it only affects your final average by 3%.
I'd call BS if anyone tried to pull "I did a BS because it's more rigorous" in an interview with me. I would however, respect an answer of "I did a BS because it sounds more rigorous."
Hygro
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Zelig makes smart counter post!
Quackers
The Frog
Indeed, you would probably have to factor in the interviewer's insecurities before making Mise's point 
Mise
isle of lucy
If you assume that the interviewer is actively trying to catch you out then yeah what Zelig says is pertinent. But interviewers *want* to hire you, otherwise you wouldn't have been called for interview, so they will give you the benefit of the doubt.
The point isn't that your degree is, in fact, more rigorous that someone else's. The point is that you put extra effort into it, instead of just taking the easy route. No interviewer would question that, because that's exactly what he *wants* to hear. He *wants* you to be a hardworking guy, because your CV is good and he wants to hire you.
Sent from a phone, apols for any mistakes.
The point isn't that your degree is, in fact, more rigorous that someone else's. The point is that you put extra effort into it, instead of just taking the easy route. No interviewer would question that, because that's exactly what he *wants* to hear. He *wants* you to be a hardworking guy, because your CV is good and he wants to hire you.
Sent from a phone, apols for any mistakes.
JerichoHill
Bedrock of Knowledge
This is correct. It really doesn't matter, especially @ the undergraduate level.
Leifmk
Deity
Isn't Norway a democracy? Or am I missing something? Do I have to board up my house?
No, relax, everything is under complete control and there is nothing to be worried about.
On a slightly more serious note, whenever a country's government DOES go bad and start doing unethical things (above and beyond what every government does) to its own citizens, they normally use existing agencies and bureaucracies, and I guess we'd be involved somehow in that sort of scenario. What we actually do is to supervise the financial sector (from banks to real estate brokers) and the only times we do anything against individuals is if we uncover evidence of actual financial crimes such as embezzlement or insider trading (in which case we simply phone the police and turn the evidence over to them; this sort of thing doesn't even happen as often as once a year, normally). So while we wouldn't BE the jack-booted thugs in a bad scenario we might have some influence over where the jack-booted thugs got sent.
A serious protip: Any time a building full of highly-trained economists (such as my agency) says (in reference to, for example, those structured loan "products" which were being pushed just before the 2008 crisis), "We can't actually figure out how this crap is even supposed to work", then you would be wise to stay the hell away from that sort of thing.
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
Companies value BS degrees more than BAs in my experience.
Hygro
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Isn't your experience one of self-employment?
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
I've interviewed for other jobs and have held jobs(both summer and full-time) at other companies in the past.
My University(when I was going there) had both econ degrees(BA and BS) and the BS one had an higher average starting salary.
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