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I'm currently a student at the University of New Mexico majoring in
economics (going to be a junior in the fall, I spent my freshman year
as a CS major but switched before last year) and was wondering about
poli sci. grad school. Currently I am a statistics minor (but have only
take 1 stats. class in addition to two calc. classes, the second of
which I took this summer. I don't know the grade yet, but it will
either be a low B or a C) and I chose this minor because I was thinking
for a long time about econ grad school and I know those mathematical
things help a lot. But the math is the problem. Frankly, it isn't my
cup of tea and I'm not all that good at it (I'm at the level of
competence, but not much higher than that). I also don't know if I
really have the passion for economics to be successful at the grad
school level. Adding these things together, I figure grad school econ
isn't right for me, although I plan to finish my economics BA. My
question involves poli sci grad school. I really like politics, and I
probably should have gotten into it in the beginning, and I think that
I might really enjoy poli sci grad school. So if I were to minor in
poli sci, do you think that would be adequate preperation for grad
school? I ran this idea over with my mother and she didn't seem
terribly excited by the idea of poli sci grad school, she doesn't think
there is much you can do with it. Is there a lot of oppertunity for
somebody with an MA (or possibly Ph.d) in poli sci? Any advice on poli
sci in general would be helpful.

I have also considered going for an MBA after I graduate and I know for
a fact that it would be more lucrative (my mom prefers this option).
Generally speaking, is any one of these preferable over the other?

I'm really confused at the moment as to what I should do with my life,
any advice would be great.