<p>I know I'm young to be posting on this website but I'm in need of some valid opinions. I'm deciding between University of Chicago (Economics) and WashU St.Louis (Olin) for an undergraduate degree. I know that both schools are great but which one would give me an easier time in breaking into the financial sector after graduation?</p>
<p>Not sure what you are considering as potential employment in the financial sector. The two programs you mention really have no similarity. Wash/Olin is a business college where you can learn accounting, finance, marketing and things business-like. At the undergrad level, UChicago has no business college or business majors. Economics is a social science. True it is related to business systems but it is on a different plane than training to be a business person. It is a lot of theory and includes a lot of math and statistics. Chicago is considered one of the kings in economic theory (and the gathering of nobel prizes for same) and having a degree in econmics, even at the undergrad level, can lead to many careers that are business related but do not assume you will come out of Chicago knowing accounting, marketing, finance and other business skills.</p>
<p>To be a good fit for Chicago, you need to have wide-ranging academic interests and an intellectual orientation. What you've expressed here is a preprofessional attitude, which is less likely to be a fit, even though you could go anywhere you want with a Chicago degree.</p>
<p>I agree with greennblue on this one. Whenever I hear a question about if the U of C is right for a <em>insert career path here</em>, I immediately think, "No."</p>