<p>How strong is the program?</p>
<p>Is it heavily geared to the pre-law crowd, or does it do a good job preparing for grad school in economics?</p>
<p>Do the profs have connnections to arrange for interesting research opportunities?</p>
<p>Not at all geared to the pre-law crowd, I'd be more worried about a leaning toward the i-banking crowd</p>
<p>History and English are more common pre-law majors.</p>
<p>Why be worried about "leaning toward the i-banking crowd?"</p>
<p>If research is your thing, plenty of opportunities are available. I've known guys who have done research with professors in the department.</p>
<p>My point is that the university as a whole has a tendency to turn out i-bankers over grad school candidates - thus the advising for that is better and that's the kind of students you will be surrounded by.</p>