Harvard Economics or Wharton Undergrad

whartonalum
Tue, 24 May 2005 22:27:39 +0000

I think if you were choosing between just Wharton and Harvard the arguments above make sense. However, because you are in the M&T program you would be giving up a lot more to go to Harvard for Econ. First, you’re getting 2 degrees in four years, and the 2 degrees you will get from Penn (both very hands-on and based on the application of theory to practice, but combined with lib arts) are really very different from the 1 degree you will get at Harvard (theoretical and all econ/lib arts).

I would think less about the name recognition and worry more about what it is you want to learn and HOW you like to learn or learn best. Theory and practice are very different, but at Penn you get the marriage of the two. I think if you were choosing between MIT and M&T at Penn it would be a more comparable comparison. But to be in M&T and then want to go to Harvard for econ seems a little weird because they are so different.