<p>probably will not respond to a business school name nearly as much as US News will. oh and by the way,</p>
<p>UW has a decent econ program, though the only two courses that i took there (i have transferred to Minnesota for unrelated reasons) were intro to micro and macro, so i have very limited experience. and the courses that i took were not overwhelmingly difficult, to say the least.</p>
<p>its econ program is not in the UW school of business. i'd say that the business school's best major is Operations and Information management.</p>
<p>i suppose that you should pick your school based upon what you want to do. As for econ programs, I'd say that University of minnesota's BS in qualitative economics is going to be a better program than what you'll find at UW. What do you want to get your MBA in? make sure that there is a specific reason that you want to pursue it. I'm going to get one in supply chain management, but that is only because i really like minnesota's program in it, and because i work for a company at which such a degree will probably go far (UPS).</p>
<p>Your MBA adcom will probably look at the things that you are doing after college more than what pretty name you have plastered on your diploma. My mom went to Mankato State, and wound up with a JD from a very good law school. it's better to be a big fish in a small pond.</p>