<p>A friend of mine turned down Chicago so he could study finance at NYU Stern, and this is what I told him: I think the difference between doing Chicago econ and finance (at Chicago or somewhere else) is the difference between wanting to eventually be the president of the Ibanking firm or simply being a very good employee there (lol) or, in another perspective, the difference between truly understanding a concept which can be applied to Law, Poli Sci, Sociology etc…, or simply using such a concept, without fully understanding it, to find out how to make money out of it.</p>
<p>I must agree - theoretical econ at Chicago is the way to go.</p>