<p>Don’t pick a school based on marginal differences in rankings for economics (and Harvard/Princeton/MIT/Chicago/Stanford are all basically equivalent so I’m not even sure where any of this Chicago superiority is coming from).</p>
<p>Doesn’t bcg2015 have better, beautiful people only, things to do? Maybe some more reviews to write on how hard it is to be beautiful and a gay conservative?</p>
<p>Most girls at Duke are nothing to be afraid of, I’ve been around that campus for 16 years (live in Durham). Not too many lookers come through there.</p>
<p>Duke or Princeton, way more fun, just as good of an education.</p>
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<p>you seem to prefer chicago, but i must admit that your reason for doing so is rather unique. also the prestige of chicago’s undergraduate economics department is undoubtedly being overstated. i dont mean to start a flame war but chicago grads have a rather warped perception of the economics departments of peer schools. they make it seem as though chicago’s economics department is in a different league from harvard, and princeton and that is simply not true. if you want to work on wall street pick princeton. If you want to embrace both your sexual and cerebral sides come to duke, i assure you that you wont regret it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info guys. Lmao @ beautiful gay conservative. I ultimately chose Princeton and will just work on a six-pack (I’m fit as it is, I’m an athlete) :)</p>
<p>Be sure to report back in 4 years.
We’ll be ready to hear you say:
** I have big muscles
- I have cool hair
- I have a sophisticated and diverse group of friends
- I own an environmentally responsible sport sedan
- I am winning all the sports*
and finally,
** I am breaking up with Heather Graham because I need my space<a href="%5Burl=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ad-day-old-spice-139790%5DAd%20of%20the%20Day:%20Old%20Spice%20Champion%20Gives%20You%20the%20Confidence%20to%20Break%20Up%20With%20Heather%20Graham%20%7C%20Adweek%5B/url%5D">/i</a></p>
<p>Great choice. Don’t worry, I’m sure with your wit you’ll easily find some girls :)</p>
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<p>Harvard and Yale because they are Harvard and Yale, but not Princeton because it is Princeton? (BTW, Princeton is tied for #1 in economics, putting it ahead of Yale, not to mention the overall rankings, where it is also tied for #1 and ahead of Yale - and Chicago too).</p>
<p>Princeton hands down. Going to such a higher ranked school will definately benefit you. Also, you can’t choose a school for girls! There will be girls wherever you go. Even ones that you feel are “in your leauge.” Princeton is just a better school.</p>
<p>At this level the ranking doesn’t matter. All three are outstanding schools, but the student cultures are very different. I agree that among the three, Princeton and Duke are most similar to each other, and Chicago is the odd man out. P & D are more preppy, pre-professional, and conscious of social status. </p>
<p>Those who say if you want to use economics as a path to Wall Street you should choose Princeton are absolutely right; that’s a well-worn path. But Chicago is the most deeply intellectual of the schools. Not that Princeton’s econ faculty can’t match Chicago pound-for-pound. But the student culture is different. Princeton econ majors tend to want to use economics in an instrumental way, as a fast track to a lucrative Wall Street career, while Chicago students tend to spend their time searching for intellectual breakthroughs. Duke is somewhere down the pecking order in this particular discipline.</p>
<p>Sounds to me like you’ve already decided Chicago is a better fit. I’d go with fit over any small increment of prestige any day. And let’s be clear: between Duke and Chicago there is no such increment, or if anything, there may be a slight increment in Chicago’s favor. As between Princeton and Chicago, I suppose Princeton wins the prestige battle by a small margin (bigger in the rarefied world of Wall Street), but if you’re a Chicago kind of guy you’ll know it, and you should embrace it. There’s much to love for the right kind of person.</p>
<p>bclintonk about summed it up, good luck at Princeton!</p>
<p>Intellect and attractiveness of the student body were your two largest factors? >_<</p>
<p>loooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllll</p>
<p>Did you ever end up choosing any of them! Let us know!</p>