| If mathematics is not your thing, I would advise you against doing Econ. When you go up to the higher level, econ becomes all about math, math, and math. If you are interested in going into the "business" field (i know the term is really vague), there are many options in the schools you listed.
Duke: I would actually suggest that you take a look at the Public Policy program. Many people, including the well-known college guides, suggest either a Pub Pol or an Econ degree for pre-business students. This obviously does not involve too much mathematics (a lot less than Econ). And in particular, this program is very, very strong at Duke so if you are good, you shouldn't have too much trouble getting jobs that you'd want.
In my opinion it really depends on many other factors. Those schools (if you go to Haas for Berkeley and Ross for Michigan), are of similar caliber. I myself have been accepted to the very schools that you listed (although not Haas for Berkeley since you apply to that program after a year at Cal) and chose Duke after long consideration. Like you, I'm very interested in the business field.
You have said that you don't wish to spend all your time studying. In that case, I think Duke would be the best choice for the following reasons:
1. Their public policy program, which can be considered as a pre-business program, is top of the top.
2. You won't have to spend ALL your time studying here.
3. Duke is probably the best-represented of in I Banking and such which you seem to be interested in. |