<p>**Hello,
I am a high school senior who wishes to first major in econ and then
go to a law school..</p>
<p>Can any of you please tell me
which colleges have good econ undergrad ** programs?</p>
<p>U of Chicago has one of the best econ programs in the US.</p>
<p>UChicago is really famous for its graduate economics program,
but does it also have an exceptionally great undergrad econ program as well?</p>
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UChicago is really famous for its graduate economics program,
but does it also have an exceptionally great undergrad econ program as well?
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Menloparkmom wouldn't have suggested it if it didn't. </p>
<p>There have been dozens of threads on economics. Don't be lazy; do a search. :mad:</p>
<p>What are your stats? What kind of school appeals to you? Large and diverse or small and cozy? Rural, urban or suburban? Intense or laid back?</p>
<p>Economics is a very common major. Nearly all colleges offer it. </p>
<p>If you were interested in being a researcher in economics, gettting a PhD in the field, then you might care a lot about going somewhere that would let you get started working with top professors. If you wanted to go into investment banking or hedge funds, then you would care about where such entities recruit students. </p>
<p>Since your goals are different, the reputation of the faculty for their research contributions and the interest that investment banks show are much less important than many other things. Where do you want to go to school? Rural or urban? LAC vs university? heavy or light on Greek organizations? What are the academic standards and intensity? What are the general education requirements? You can get a good undergrad econ education all over the place.</p>
<p>I agree with afan: Econ is a hugely common and popular major, and therefore will probably be very good at any good school, esp. since your goal is law school and not an actual career in economics/banking. You should be looking at other factors first (the ones afan mentioned are a good place to start). Then, once you get a list of schools that fit your other requirments, you can maybe use the strength/focus of their econ majors to narrow the list down more if it's too long.</p>