I narrowed my list to these three because of their hands on approach and career support and was wondering which school is best for econ major? I want to work in big firms/NYC after I graduate, are they all equally respected institutions/which is most prestigious?
What is the vibe of each campus like? I haven’t had the chance to visit any of the three so any information would help.
Also, I heard that Conn and Trinity is a joke in the NESCAC but is this true…? I’ve looked into Wesleyan and Bates too but I just saw myself at Conn/Trinity more but was worried.
Majoring in econ at any of these three schools could lead to a job in NYC (what type of jobs are of interest?), but Trinity probably places more students in NYC and has the strongest alum network, followed closely by Connecticut College. If you are talking about prestigious jobs such as IB, hedge funds, private equity and the like, you will have to be among the top econ students at any of these schools.
I’m less familiar with Dickinson than the other two. Trinity has a compact Gothic Revival campus; it’s the more fraternity oriented of the two; you’ll find a lot of like-minded econ majors who want to be employed on Wall Street. Conn is more Colonial Revival and a bit more prim looking to my jaundiced eye. I agree with @Mwfan1921 that you can do well at either place.
As you learned from a previous topic, Trinity’s economics department places within the top two dozen of its type when considered by faculty publishing: