Alexandre

UCI has an excellent Econ program, more like a LAC than a research program.

axman319

wow, that's a stacked list. If you were to place Dartmouth into one of those five groups (you have it listed under LAC), which one would it most likely fall into? I'm just asking because till date its been my #1 school, but i want to major in econ (undergrad), so if it does not have a strong program I'll have to find a replacement.

danceluvur26

thanx alexandre that was a HUGE help!!!

the_ALlianz85

hmm..now im wondering, which is better UCI or UCSD

Sam Lee

Can't speak for Dartmouth. But I'd like to say something about Northwestern. I took 3 classes in their econ department and they were all pretty good--good profs and lectures. My friends with econ degrees were all gainfully employed and four of them that applied to MBA programs after few years of work went to Harvard, MIT, Kellogg, and INSEAD. The Northwestern team also just won the national championship of College Fed Challenge two years in a row. http://www.chicagofed.org/education_...he_program.cfm

danceluvur26

woah from what u said (Sam Lee) i should definately think about northwestern then

SebmaFSX_53

What about Case Western, Rochester, UMD college park, McGill, Cornell?

Do any god consulting firms recruit over there?

Alexandre

Axman, all the schools I mentioned above are excellent in Economics, including Dartmouth. If you love Dartmouth, you will not be disapointed with its Economics offerings. Very generally speaking, the main difference between the LACs and the research programs is the size of their faculties and therefore, the variety of courses they can offer.

danceluvur26

In ur guys opinion which school would be the best school to go for an undergrad econ program, to get into an ivy league grad school(the undergrad school could be an ivy league also)

dyip10

US News & World Report
Ranking of America's Best Graduate Schools: Economics

http://econ.ucsd.edu/the_department/usnews05.shtml

TOP TEN SCHOOLS for Economics 2005:
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
3. Harvard University (MA)
Princeton University (NJ)
Stanford University (CA)
University of California–Berkeley
7. Yale University (CT)
8. Northwestern University (IL)
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. University of California – San Diego

Untilted

who gives a ****?

it doesnt matter.

just go to a good school you like.......... good schools tend to have good econ programs..............it's only undergrad, most classes u take stop at the 500 level. UChicago vs William and Mary, not a huge difference.

ajp87

Chicago and UPENN are the best schools for economics within reach. i mean you can go into the MITs and what not but those are so hard to get into that its not even worth talking about.

if you get into eaither of those two schools you are golden

megaman123

^
Upenn is a huge reach for anyone who applies, many awesome applicants are turned down year after year. But its an incredible university, as ajp87 said anyone who gets in is golden. Besides it has wharton. hurray lol

ajp87

well of course it is a huge reach. i'm just saying that schools like Harvard and MIT shouldnt really be put into the equation because those are so far fetched and unrealistic.

danceluvur26

thanx dyip that was a tremendous help!