<p>My son graduated from Carnegie Mellon (SCS) last spring. He minored in physics. I think the atmosphere at Carnegie Mellon is influenced that a large portion of the population (the engineers, computer scientists, business undergrads, artists, drama kids and architects at the very least) all know what they want to be when they grow up. Many have said, that as unlikely as it sounds, especially from professors, there’s actually more cross-culturation than at schools which aren’t divided in separate schools. I’d imagine that as an economics major you’d be able to take advantage of Tepper’s offerings. Networking at CMU seems to be particularly strong - my son definitely got internships because older classmates recommended him. There’s a lot of this sort of thing at Carnegie Mellon: [Capture</a> the Flag with Stuff](<a href=“http://www.cmukgb.org/activities/ctfws.php]Capture”>Capture the Flag with Stuff) Carnival is really amazing everyone takes off and has fun and lots of alumni come back and enjoy it as well. Pittsburgh is quite the college town - with five colleges there are lots of business catering to students.</p>