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<p>A good friend of mine just had her pick of Econ grad programs and choose Harvard. I think that when you get to the point where you’re making your decision, it’s much more about who the professors are in the area you want to study and much less about some vague notion of overall program prestige. (Although I question how Harvard can be in the “bottom of the top” with faculty rankings like: [Rankings:</a> All Economics](<a href=“Loading...”>Loading...) and [Rankings</a> at IDEAS: Economics Departments](<a href=“http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.econdept.html]Rankings”>Economics rankings: Economics Departments | IDEAS/RePEc) )</p>