How are the humanity courses at Chicago?

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<p>I just underwent an epiphany this week and realized that pre-med is not what I want. I really like the social sciences and might head to business school or law school. I've heard how brutal the natural sciences is at Chicago, but how about...</p>

<p>1) How are the humanity courses at Chicago?
2) How about the difficulties of economic courses?</p>

<p>Any comments and perspectives will be sincerely appreciated. It would be better if current Chicago students who are (or were) studying economics add in some opinions!</p>

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<p>This thread addresses 2)
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/681738-econ-how-hard.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/681738-econ-how-hard.html&lt;/a&gt;
though I don’t think there were enough opinions expressed to form a reliable conclusion.
If the difficulty of the courses is the biggest question on your mind, I’m not sure Chicago is a good fit.</p>

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Top-notch, across the board. Chicago is actually stronger in the social sciences (anthro, econ, history, sociology) than it is in the sciences.</p>

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<p>Chicago has an excellent English Department as well, and it is one of the top places for Classics (both language/literature/philosophy and classical civilizations) and Near Eastern Civilization. There’s no better place to learn Akkadian or Sumerian!</p>

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<p>Anybody visiting this weekend check “Dark Lords of the Hattushas” on Sunday, April 5th, at the Oriental Institute.</p>

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<p>What courses are required for me to get in top-notch business schools (MBA)?</p>

<p>I know I’ll probably need advanced Calculus (or do I?), statistics (is this very bad?), English, and preferably a foreign language. Anything else?</p>

<p>greennblue: Thank you for your insights. I am not sure whether difficulties are my main concerns. I’m sure every top-notch university is difficult to a certain extent. I am more concerned about the amount of academic support given by the university and the difficulty of the grading by professors. I think every program/major at Chicago is definitely doable as long as an individual puts his/her mind and effort (and most importantly, passion) into it.</p>

<p>JHS: I enjoy my IB English class a lot, and I am pretty sure Chicago will fulfill my desire for a more intellectually stimulating literary discussion!</p>