<p>I was asked by another poster to provide input here.</p>
<p>My D was an economics major at Smith, graduating in '06. She then worked for three years in an economics consulting firm that had both US and international clients. (Her top boss there is often quoted in major media (NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Week, etc.) and interviewed on NPR. They had a “green room” in the building so they could give interviews without traveling to the site. I do not want to name the firm here as D likes to keep a low online profile (or at least not have her profile determined by her mom!) but they were GREAT to her and she loved her time there. Even D got several interview opportunities, but only for radio and not in major markets. My D had one of her “15 minutes of fame” in Cleveland, I think. ;))</p>
<p>Anyhow, she went there directly from Smith and after two promotions there had gone as far as she could without a graduate degree, so bit the bullet and is now in grad school for applied economics. I know that her Smith background was a factor in her getting full funding as one of her grad school interviewers had previously taught at Amherst so knew Smith well and he told her they were eager to have Smith applicants.</p>
<p>I will look for previous posts of mine on this and try to link to them, or feel free to search my posting history on the Smith forum.</p>
<p>I really can’t speak much about the department since economics is not my area of interest, and my major exposure to the profs was at the departmental commencement reception. D is crazy busy now grading undergrad work while doing her own, or I would offer her for input. If you have a quick question feel free to PM me and I will try to get a response from her.</p>
<p>edited to add:
For additional comments from me on this topic you can check out my posts #5 and #12 on this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/smith-college/909349-just-need-convince-parents-now.html#post1064635831[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/smith-college/909349-just-need-convince-parents-now.html#post1064635831</a> and/or go back further. In sum, for my D being an econ major at Smith worked out great.</p>