<p>Honestly, econ degree is pretty useless. I was an econ major from an Ivy, and I know plenty of kids from my school enjoying their wonderful careers at Starbucks, GAP, Peace Corps, substitute teacher at some lousy local school, and Geico working as salesmen.</p>
<p>Only time Econ degree is useful is when you go to a ‘target’ school + have at least 3.5 GPA + interview well –> and land a consulting or finance job. Outside that, it is garbage.</p>
<p>Degrees that will serve you much better for a wider range of career possibilities with a higher chance of getting a good job: Computer Science, Engineering, and Accounting to name a few.</p>
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<p>University of Chicago is good school, no doubt, but it is a terrible place to be for undergrad years. You should go somewhere more fun. Remember, you only get to go to college once. </p>
<p>Besides, getting I-banking out of U chicago is really hard. It is mainly because banks in Chicago have very small analyst classes especially when compared to banks in NYC, and they hire like 3-4 people in each of office in Chicago. Since U Chicago gets OCR mainly from Chicago banks, not too many kids from that school end up with BB offers. Same logic applies to Northwestern. Actually, U Michigan Ross places better than either Northwestern or U Chicago.</p>