<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>Super interested in Middlebury, but I'm worried about the reputation of the economics department (that it's not great?). </p>
<p>Is this definitely true, or is it just rumor inspired by the fact that most "jocks" take Economics and don't treat academics well?</p>
<p>(By the way, any comment about CS at Middlebury would be welcome too.)</p>
<p>The reputation is good, and a lot of the students get high paying jobs in Finance. The presence of non-achievers can work to your advantage, because the professors love the hard-working, so you are more likely to get internships and research opportunities as opposed to in the premed classes where they all are eager for As…Like most things, college classes are what you make of them.</p>
<p>What do you want to do with your degree? </p>
<p>@International95 </p>
<p>Go into banking most likely. IB at first, but more general banking and management later on. </p>
<p>Middlebury’s rather international aspect is very important because I’m deeply interested in the foreign exchange market and global businesses/banks.</p>
<p>I have no idea how Middlebury’s focus and strength in languages would benefit you in terms of breaking into the international banking scene (whatever that is), other than helping you learn languages (you can do that anywhere though), but if you want to do IB, you’d probably have better luck with Williams/Wellesley/Amherst. That said, Middlebury’s economics department should be fine for you in terms of helping you break into IB.</p>
<p>@International95 </p>
<p>Mainly the friends I’d make at Middlebury. If the culture is more international, I feel like the students would be more likely to work in different parts of the world. </p>
<p>So, there’s nothing wrong with Middlebury economics?</p>
<p>David Colander teaches at Middlebury. He wrote the econ textbooks used at many schools.</p>
<p>And have you seen the Linked In ranking of colleges based on outcomes? Middlebury is #18 on the list of best schools for investment banking. Williams doesn’t make the list.</p>
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<p>@arcadia </p>
<p>Thanks! Yeah, a friend told me about David Colander, too. </p>
<p>Can you also comment on the computer science at Midd? I’m not looking for anything super impressive or “at the cutting edge,” but I want to be able to build a strong foundation to manage programmers for business.</p>
<p>Does economics equal investment banking? Just a question of what one might want to pursue when considering this particular field of study and the strength of a particular college. </p>