【巨大的疑惑】对比econ和accounting录取

neo1001

curious about this question for quite some time....

why econ programs admit so many ppl? (compared to biz programs)

in the job market, the demand is larger than the supply for quite some time...why not admit less but raise the financial aid per person...

it is a demand vs supply story, and they should know it better than anyone else, coz they are econ programs...

minzu

以下是引用wztt在2008-2-26 22:04:00的发言：

经济没有那么差了。。。我的一个经济系的师兄今年毕业，可能回中财了。

在美国也能找到工作，当然，如果只盯着top20的话那就没戏了

Economics和Accounting的就业我觉得没必要讨论了。一点没可比性。

去商学院随便问一个人都知道答案。

你也知道你师兄回国？他就是在美国没人要才回国的，说白了他留在美国就是失业。不回国他能干吗？

financePHD

top10经济系出来的不至于失业吧，除非论文太差了，而且有很多经济系做的好的去top finance系做faculty

Dante

以下是引用financePHD在2008-2-26 22:24:00的发言：
top10经济系出来的不至于失业吧，除非论文太差了，而且有很多经济系做的好的去top finance系做faculty

和top10没多少关系

关键是需求太少

lfdb

反正我很沮丧……严重失衡ing...
不是同学好我就不高兴，就是觉得自己特别没用……

angeljin

patpat,嗯，我高中同学and现校友，拿了havard、yale等牛校offer,我早已经很震撼了，不过后来想想大家走的路线不同，也就没那么不平衡啦。

ps:人家学数学滴

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stevewu

The drop-out rates of the two programs are quite different as well. For example, in my year we have 4 people in accounting, which is a lot compared to other accounting phd programs. Econ. department hired 20 people in that year. They already kicked out some in the first two years, and will kick out some more in the future. So, it is very difficult to get into an accounting phd program but once you get in you can reasonably expect that you can get out in 5 or 6 years. But for econ. phd, you need to work harder to survive. This observation, however, may not be generalized to other schools.

It is well-known that there is a lack of accounting professors. A research shows a huge portion of current accounting faculties in the nation are in their late 50's or 60's, so the deficiency will become bigger in the future 5 to 10 years. The unbalanced supply-demand can also be observed in the escalating starting salary every year. Now even teaching schools offer quite decent salary (more than 6 digits) for new phd graduates, needless to say those research universities.

Easy never comes to an adult's life. When you are depressed, think of the bright future waiting for you and the passion for research and knowledge. You may feel better.

Keep the faith and effort up! Good luck.

lfdb

ls说得真有道理！
可以问问你在哪所学校么？招4个人，算挺大的program拉！

stevewu

以下是引用lfdb在2008-2-27 0:20:00的发言：
ls说得真有道理！
可以问问你在哪所学校么？招4个人，算挺大的program拉！

I'm at UIUC.

green2008

以下是引用stevewu在2008-2-27 0:14:00的发言：

The drop-out rates of the two programs are quite different as well. For example, in my year we have 4 people in accounting, which is a lot compared to other accounting phd programs. Econ. department hired 20 people in that year. They already kicked out some in the first two years, and will kick out some more in the future. So, it is very difficult to get into an accounting phd program but once you get in you can reasonably expect that you can get out in 5 or 6 years. But for econ. phd, you need to work harder to survive. This observation, however, may not be generalized to other schools.

It is well-known that there is a lack of accounting professors. A research shows a huge portion of current accounting faculties in the nation are in their late 50's or 60's, so the deficiency will become bigger in the future 5 to 10 years. The unbalanced supply-demand can also be observed in the escalating starting salary every year. Now even teaching schools offer quite decent salary (more than 6 digits) for new phd graduates, needless to say those research universities.

Easy never comes to an adult's life. When you are depressed, think of the bright future waiting for you and the passion for research and knowledge. You may feel better.

Keep the faith and effort up! Good luck.

很有道理啊。

LZ只要想想Econ PhD将来是去教小本的，accounting PhD将来是去给MBA讲课的，和different life walks 的MBA交流会多么有趣啊。现在的一点压力是值得的。You will get what you want~~~~~~~~~~~