<p>Hey, I am really having a hard time deciding between these two schools!
Both have amazing undergrad educations (Swat was ranked #5 overall by us news & chicago was ranked #1 by princeton review & us news) </p>
<p>Swat has a small, gorgeous campus, and gives tons of attention to students...
but Chicago, despite having an overwhelming 9000 grad students compared to 4400 undergrad, is in a big city chicago & has bigger campus w/ lots of ppl which is what I originally wanted (I know swat is near philly but sometimes I heard it was hard to get out of the "Swarthmore Bubble")</p>
<p>I want to major in economics, eventually business (maybe joint degree w/ business & law, we will see)</p>
<p>Both don't have very high GPAs; but arguably chicago has been heard of more at the myriad companies, and therefore understand the low GPA...i dunno, I would like to go to a place that would help secure a great full-time job</p>
<p>my ultimate goal is to go ivy grad; on top 50 feeder school list to ivy/top grad schools swat was ranked #10 & Chicago #14 (yet they noted 11 got into penn MBA which is awesome)</p>
<p>From what I understand, UChicago doesn't really teach macroeconomics all that much, while Swarthmore does. And IMO, Macro is the best part of economics.</p>
<p>Also, realize that undergrad name recognition isn't that important in getting a job post-grad school, I believe. So I'd argue name recognition should be the last thing to think about in picking a school.</p>
<p>This was my main choice for a while. I visited both this week, and I don't think you could go wrong with either place. Still I liked Swarthmore better. UChicago had a very cold and detached feeling while Swat seemed more welcoming. Also I shadowed classes at both places, and while no doubt UChicago students are intellectual, they didn't seem to have the willingness to participate in class discussions as Swatties did.</p>
<p>So now for me it's between either Swat or UMich. But you should not go to either college for the sole purpose of getting a job. College should be a time to take risks, study things you're not familiar with, and have a good time!</p>