how is the undergraduate math/business programs?

unalove
Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:05:23 +0000

cough cough

Chicago does not offer a business major. We do, however, have a strong math/econ program, which will eventually bring you around to business. (Econ, from my understanding, is a juncture of math and business).

If you do a search for other threads, you’ll see others speaking very highly of Chicago’s math and Chicago’s econ programs. Both are two of our flagship programs and are among the best in the country (I want to say definitively the best in the country, because I know somebody who chose Chicago over MIT for math, but I can’t make qualifications like that).

If you’re looking at the school as a whole, though, keep in mind that we have a Core Curriculum where you will be required to read, write, and think about a lot of subjects that are outside your intended major. Chicago students really love their Core and it would be a shame for somebody to suffer through it, so keep that in mind.

We also have an unofficial motto, “Where fun comes to die,” which tends to send half of the prospective students into shock and horror and the other half laugh and ask, “Hey, where can I get that shirt?” Chicago students are, of course, part of that second half. This is NOT where fun comes to die (how can it be? it’s college!) but you should be comfortable with the idea that you’re going to a place that not only a) pokes fun of itself, but b) has a slower, quieter social life than other schools in its category.

Some words I often hear associated with the school are “quirky” and “intellectual.”

(Note: I belive wherefuncomestodie at gmail dor com is an e-mail address)