<p>Raven, while I respect your post, I disagree with it…</p>
<p>Stanford, Chicago, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are all places where you can get superior economics education. You are correct in saying that at least in graduate education, the “big 5” are a small bit “better” than Yale.</p>
<p>But that means almost nothing at the undergraduate level. All 6 (actually, also throw in a variety of other schools, such as Dartmouth, Columbia, whatever) will provide you roughly the same opportunities as far as academics and jobs go.</p>
<p>However, Stanford, Chicago, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton offer vastly different undergraduate experiences. Choose based on that, not on major…</p>
<p>One thing I think College Confidential posters need to realize is that for the most part, wrangling about majors, programs, chances a jobs, how good one department is at one school or another, etc. is largely irrelevant at the undergraduate level. 2/3s of your courses at any top undergrad are taken outside of the major, and half or more of your time is focused on activities outside of the classroom anyway.</p>