<p>Even though I don’t run in finance circles, I have a lot of friends who do and I also agree with akx and cue7. I should also mention that a lot of students say they’re pre-med (or going into finance, or law school) when they really mean that they don’t know what they want to do and are using these things as stand-ins only to realize that’s what they don’t want. Hence the lack of preparation and desire for these jobs, poor interview skills, and so on. On other elite campuses, I imagine that students tend to be more professionally goal-oriented and have put a lot of time and effort into attaining certain positions.</p>
<p>If you enjoy the idea of attending Chicago, there are a lot of ways to make the education work for you. I have been able to make this school “work” for me professionally, even though my field of interest is not law/finance/medicine. Incidentally, the field I’m interested in has certain historical roots here at the U of C and continues to be a big thing-- something I didn’t know before I sent in my deposit.</p>