<p>I never heard of any good graduate of Chicago somehow being DQ’d from grad school because of grades. Grad schools DO recognize that Chicago is a demanding school.</p>
<p>If you want to study econ at Chicago – as my son did – then just do it. You’ll work hard, and that major itself is rigorous. If you work hard and you’re smart, and you want to go on to grad school you’ll have the grades for it; not coincidentally, you’ll get a pretty damn good undergraduate education. And you’ll have a chance to go to college in a great city (and a great sports town, to boot). You can even take a year abroad, perhaps studying econ at London School of Economics (as my son did).</p>