<p>hi, i want to major in econ/business for undergrad and minor in philosophy. i am also considering u of c and wharton and ross at michigan. i've heard that MIT's an amazing place with the best professors, but i want to know three things. why should i go to mit instead of these other schools? also, how's the social life for people who don't party (like me)--will i still have a great time--cause i've heard MIT's kind of a party school? lastly, have you taken any econ/business or philosophy courses and could you comment on your experience in them?</p>
<p>bump please</p>
<p>My question is, what are you looking for in a school? Whether you should attend MIT or the other schools completely depends on what you want out of the four years after high school.</p>
<p>As for social life, yes, you can definitely have a social life at MIT without partying. There are plenty of clubs to get active in, amazing people in the dorms to hang out with, etc.</p>
<p>I personally have only taken one philosophy class (I'm just a frosh), which I liked a lot. I'll let other people talk about econ or business.</p>
<p>Sidenote: It's interesting that some people think MIT is a party school, while others think MIT is a place where kids have no lives.</p>
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Sidenote: It's interesting that some people think MIT is a party school, while others think MIT is a place where kids have no lives.
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I think both are true simultaneously, though -- well, not that kids have no lives, but that there are a lot of kids who don't "party" in the traditional sense alongside a lot of kids who do. MIT's a very live-and-let-live place, and there are a lot of different types of people who like to have different types of fun.</p>
<p>As to the first question, I'm a big advocate of not falling in love with a school until you know you can go there, so there's no reason to decide right now that you'd prefer to go to MIT over Wharton, U Chicago, Ross, etc. But MIT's a great school with great people, and a visit might determine for you whether it's the type of place you enjoy.</p>
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<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I'm going to be a junior majoring in math with computer science and management science (finance), as well as a minor in econ. </p>
<p>First, Sloan is an awesome environment, but very different from the rest of MIT. First, I would say 80% of Sloan students get A's or B's which is not the same as most departments at MIT (but is very comparable to other business schools). Also, the thing that makes Sloan great (imho) is the fact that you still have to take all the GIR's at MIT and have the option to take traditional math classes to replace your Sloan math classes (which made it very easy for me to double major). </p>
<p>All those schools listed there are great (although I know nothing about Ross for undergrad), but all have very different environment. So others have mentioned, visiting is the best way to go. Also, just to say a word about econ, some of the most famous economists in the country graduated from MIT, and many professors still teach there (but this is true of U of C as well).</p>
<p>For philosophy I have only taken 1 class which was pretty cool, but Philosophy is not something that I am that interested in so I tend to avoid them. The grad program is ranked very highly, but I don't know all that much about the undergraduate experience. </p>
<p>If you have more specific questions send me a message. Hoped this helped.</p>
<p>thx, i'm gonna visit MIT in 2 weeks!</p>
<p>haha
i'll be there in 2 weeks
which day are you visiting?
i might tag along on some tour for fun...</p>
<p>and btw
you seriously don't need to bump on these forums... if you are really tempted to bump.... wait till a whole day of no replys.</p>
<p>This is easy..</p>
<p>Ross: UMICH is so cold compared to MIT....AA<<<<<Boston. BBA? Basically a worthless degree. What are you going to manage w/o any experience? You're not a very appealing candidate to MBA programs hunting for diversity</p>
<p>Wharton: If you want to be a cookie cutter finance student than this is the place for you. Being one of roughly 600 at wharton is not very appealing. They also are extremely cutthroat compared to MIT's collaborative environment. Oh ya, and I feel you're cheated with their liberal arts curriculum.</p>
<p>MIT: Degree in managerial science makes you very appealing as business becomes more and more based upon efficiency/mathematical models/operations research. If not for the human need to interact, most humans could easily be contributing to the economy solely from their homes rather than having an orthodox job. Oh ya, and MIT's graduate econ program has been consistently ranked as #1 in the country. This reflects to undergrad.
Research opportunities and internships abound.</p>
<p>Disclaimer: I'm highly biased towards MIT, which is why I chose it. But I do have about 15 friends at Ross and a couple at Wharton.</p>
<p>MIT's econ program is one of the top programs in the country! U Chicago is up there as well, although you'll see a lot more people majoring in econ at Chicago than at MIT. Freshman year, I took 14.01 which is introductory microeconomics and I thought the professor gave really concise, interesting and thought-provoking lectures. His office hours were amazing and generally, he was very friendly. I should also say that the undergrad econ program at MIT is very mathematically rigorous. 14.01 was calculus-based and at most schools, first year econ is algebra-based.</p>
<p>Don't know much about Sloan classes, but they are pretty popular especially with engineering students double majoring.</p>