<p>I want to major in Econ. or IR. Money is not a problem. What would you choose and why? Is the undergrad IR program at JHU any good? By "any good" I mean better than Chicago's undergrad Econ. program. What is the average salary of a Chicago graduate? Are Hopkins and w&m significantly easier than Chicago's academics?</p>
<p>Chicago without a doubt, especially if you want to study economis. I was also accepted at W&M, which is definitely a superb school, but I think it's no Chicago. Further, JHU is notorious for students who are too grade-conscious that it makes the pressure unbearable. Sure, Chicago is probably as rigorious as JHU, but students at Chicago have a more defined purpose of educating themselves, thus making students less grade-conscious. Congratulations on your acceptances!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I went to W&M for a summer program. It was really lame, but I don't know how well of an indicator that program would be for the actual school. The campus was really nice.... Still because I love cities I of course was an even bigger fan of Chicago's.</p>
<p>As I said before I don't know how relevant this is but the program was a huge disappointment (academically speaking).
But really check them all out for yourself. We can sit here and listen to people (who will obviously favor chicago on the chicago board) talk about how great Chicago is, but we will never know until we experience it for ourselves. If it is as amazing as everyone is making it out to be than I cannot wait.</p>
<p>it's really strange, but if you post the same thing on the jhu or w and m forum, you would probably get different responses.</p>
<p>When you ask to compare econ at different schools, my hunch is that the basic substantive/theory courses are equivalent, except of course for the possibility that you may get a "famous" prof in some advanced course at one school. Econ programs often differ in how demanding they are in the area of stats and math. Chicago's is one of the more demanding ones in math skills; how it compares specifically with JHU and W&M is something you need to explore, since nobody on this board actually attended all three of them or even two of them (in all probability).</p>
<p>What you can get here is testimonials, but that's not the same as comparisons. In the area of testimonials, I will say that the training that my son got in econ at Chicago was first rate; he combined his study there with a junior year at the London School of Economics (LSE). And he's done well in the job world since graduating.</p>
<p>BlacknBlue,
Good suggestion. Michaelburt, I suggest you try it and report back with your findings.</p>
<p>But, it is UChicago all the way, in my opinion. Geez, the U. of C.'s econ dept. is ranked #1 in the country (tied with MIT).</p>
<p>but presitge wise prob. most people would say Chicago, then something like <em>shrug</em> Harvard, Stanford, Pton... most people wouldn't connect MIT with economics</p>
<p>Chicago Definately! If i was majoring in economics there would be no doubt at all which school to choose. UChicago has one of the best economics programs in the nation as well as the most nobel prize winners. Plus many of the Forbes Fortune 500 CEO's graduated from UChicago</p>