<p>I recently received acceptances from UChicago and GTown's Walsh School of Foreign Service. As an undergrad, I plan on studying Econ at both, UChicago's Econ program is obviously top-notch and the SFS's International Economics program sounds really interesting and people from my school have told me that UChicago is a school for "pretentious" people and that the SFS will offer a better pre-professional education which may make finding a job easier. Anybody have any insight?</p>
<p>People at your school are wrong. UChicago is recognized worldwide for its amazing economics program, in addition to the outstanding quality of its other departments. Any future employer will know very well the caliber of students coming out of UChicago.</p>
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<p>I) It is true that Georgetown (and SFS by extension, I would presume) as a whole has a more pre-professional culture than the University of Chicago, which is more academic/research oriented.
II) It is unclear how that affects you. Is placement in X, Y, or Z field important to you? As a future Econ grad, what kind of profession interests you, or are you aiming at?</p>
<p>Oh, and congratulations on getting into two world-class institutions! :)</p>