<p>YaleSocietyMember, I agree with you. There are so many reasons to chose a college that it would be a gross oversimplification for most applicants to eliminate schools based on one criterion. </p>
<p>However, the original asked us to evaluate the economics programs in a vacuum, irrespective of extraneous things like “the weather and quality of the opposite sex.” If economics is truly this poster’s passion, then the relative quality of the departments IS extremely relevant in his college selection. Of course, the “weight” of this criterion is proportional to the depth of his or her passion, but that’s for him to decide, not us.</p>