MIT or Caltech or University of Chicago

justakidoy
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:33:04 +0000

collegealum314 said:
“The locales and campuses are pretty different. U. of Chicago has nice-looking campus but it’s in a dangerous neighborhood.”

I can assure you that Hyde Park is not dangerous.

“Caltech is in a sunny California town, Pasadena.”

Don’t forget the smog, it can get pretty bad at times. Otherwise it’s pure California, you’ll like it there.

Caltech would not be a bad to place to do UG work because of its size. As collegealum314 suggested, you should look into Applied Math if you are into Econ. I had a friend who started out in Econ at Caltech, ended up in Applied Math and then went on to get a DBA from Harvard. Also, if med school is a possibility, don’t forget to check out the Caltech/UCSD med scholar program.