starting a finance relevant major junior year?

rising sophomore at a semi-target majoring in political science and economics.

have completed 5/8 classes for the political science major (summer classes and ap credit)

have completed 2/8 classes for the economics major

I was thinking of just finishing the poli sci major in my sophomore year and then focusing on the Econ major.

poli sci would get me a higher gpa for recruiting purposes (at end of sophomore spring) than if I took on the Econ classes rn because the core classes are notoriously hard at my school. and I’m naturally good at poli sci.

then after I’m recruited, I just take two Econ classes per semester for junior fall -> senior fall, which means I can still comfortably finish the major while taking the gpa hit after the recruiting is over

is this a solid idea? just worried if I put Econ major on my resume (with poli sci too) while only having took 2 classes when interviewing that it would look sus

thx

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I personally did not put it on and received offers. Maybe other people have different opinions but for me I just never thought it was necessary, the courses I had taken by the time I started recruiting were not anything special. I personally am an Econ major with Accounting double major. The only Econ classes I had taken by recruiting were macro, micro, stats for econ, and international econ. Clearly nothing to really write home about.

 

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