<p>Heya! I was accepted to the business and political economy major at NYU Stern. I was accepted to Boston College’s college of arts and sciences’ honors program for economics. I would probably double major in eco and math or eco and political science. After I leave college, I want to go for a phD in economics (concentration in either political economy, labor economics, or development economics). I know it’s a set goal and it might be a bit unrealistic, but all other things aside, which should I pick?</p>
<p>BPE in my opinion, i think its a remarkable program and if i had gotten in, i would have definitely taken it — especially if you wanna get a doctorate in econ, its a solid backing. having any experience with chinese business / economics will be important in the next few decades. plus it just sounds like an AWESOME experience!!</p>
<p>Both will be excellent and will prepare you equally for getting a PhD. The Honors program at BC will really hone your reading, writing, and research skills and will allow you to do a thesis, which is probably the most important thing for getting into a PhD program (along with your GPA, GRE scores, and Recs). If you have not done so already I would certainly visit both and see which one you like more and where you can see yourself being happier. The academic reputations are about equal, so one won’t help any more or less than the other from that angle. </p>
<p>The two schools are drastically different on so many levels but very similar academically. If you want a traditional college experience, pick BC. If you want to live in NYC while taking classes (which can be awesome in its own right, though I personally would save that for grad school) then pick NYU. </p>
<p>I am not very familiar with the travel opportunities of NYU, but BC has an economics class where the economic history of El Salvador is studied, and then over spring break the class goes on a service trip there. </p>
<p>Again, I urge you to visit both and see which one you like more, as I doubt that either has any particular advantage for getting you into a PhD program. Just as you got into both colleges because of the work you did in high school, you will get into grad school because of the work you did in college.</p>
<p>NYU stern is a much more prestigious business school. If you are looking to go into that field, NYU will be your best bet. Being in Manhattan will also give you the opportunity to make way more connections for internships. Location wise, NYC is a thousand times better of a location compared to Chestnut Hill.</p>
<p>Also, it is EXTREMELY difficult to transfer into the BC carol school of management. Very few people are able to. If you want to study business and econ, Stern would make much more sense.</p>
<p>They are both great schools, but in my opinion, BC can’t even compete with Stern. Stern can give you much more opportunities than BC could.</p>
<p>^ Even if business week didn’t have NYU ranked 15 for business and CSOM 16, the original poster is interested in ultimately getting a PhD in econ, not a wall street job or undergrad biz education. </p>
<p>Another thing that is important to do is to look at the course offerings in the respective departments for each school and see which ones seem more interesting and your style. You may find that one school looks awesome and one looks more boring, or that they are both about the same.</p>