What Should I Know About the University Of Nevada @ Reno?

[jon1987]

Bumping this because I have a few questions about UNR. I want to go to grad school for economics and UNR is one of several schools that I am considering. How is the quality of the school? What are jobs opps like in the Reno area, and do firms recruit UNR grads heavily?

[Biggest Little Drunk]

I've never attended UNR, but I did major in Econ. Your major should reflect both your interests and your career plans. If you like math, Econ is for you my friend! I hope you love Calculus bc graphs will be your best friend for the next 4 years! I'm not sure what UNR's econ program is like but mine was pretty intensive and i hated it bc i hate math! I thought Econ would be more about policy, history, people, but it was just numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers. Then I graduated and it was like, oh, you have an Econ degree, well, can you answer phones? Most people get Econ degrees, then ultimately go on to get MBA's and become technically proficient in finance or accounting or something. I was technically proficient in creating really cool graphs in Excel!!! And I'm still doing that as a living now :-( So be careful what you do. The future is all about science and healthcare so a chemistry degree is very useful. But keep an open mind your first year and you may change your major. While you need to be passionate about what you're studying, you also have to be practical. I took a lot of Psyc classes bc I loved them, but there isn't a market for Psyc majors outside of therapy. I give my friends good advice tho and don't charge them. Econ majors wind up as professors, work for the govt as analysts, or simply go on to get MBA's and become evil bankers.

[bigdave01]

Originally Posted by jon1987

Bumping this because I have a few questions about UNR. I want to go to grad school for economics and UNR is one of several schools that I am considering. How is the quality of the school? What are jobs opps like in the Reno area, and do firms recruit UNR grads heavily?

Unfortunately I don't know too much about our grad school in economics but we have an awesome undergrad program, and some great professors.

I wish I was more help.

[jon1987]

Originally Posted by Biggest Little Drunk

I've never attended UNR, but I did major in Econ. Your major should reflect both your interests and your career plans. If you like math, Econ is for you my friend! I hope you love Calculus bc graphs will be your best friend for the next 4 years! I'm not sure what UNR's econ program is like but mine was pretty intensive and i hated it bc i hate math! I thought Econ would be more about policy, history, people, but it was just numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers. Then I graduated and it was like, oh, you have an Econ degree, well, can you answer phones? Most people get Econ degrees, then ultimately go on to get MBA's and become technically proficient in finance or accounting or something. I was technically proficient in creating really cool graphs in Excel!!! And I'm still doing that as a living now :-( So be careful what you do. The future is all about science and healthcare so a chemistry degree is very useful. But keep an open mind your first year and you may change your major. While you need to be passionate about what you're studying, you also have to be practical. I took a lot of Psyc classes bc I loved them, but there isn't a market for Psyc majors outside of therapy. I give my friends good advice tho and don't charge them. Econ majors wind up as professors, work for the govt as analysts, or simply go on to get MBA's and become evil bankers.

Thanks! I have a love/hate thing for math..in econ and finance its ok, but outside of that no thanks! UNR appeals to me because of the location in N. Nevada and being close to Nor Cal as well.