<p>I have a friend at Princeton who is rather disappointed with the Princeton math courses. I can’t defend or oppose his position, as I don’t know much about Princeton, but I’ll tell you that the math at UChicago is hardcore. I’m a freshman math major taking Honors Analysis, and I’m taking an additional 2 math courses this quarter. All three books for these classes are graduate texts, and I work, oh, about 50-60 hours a week doing math.</p>
<p>You will almost undoubtedly be expected to do more [theoretical] math for a degree here in both mathematics and economics than you would have to at Princeton. We also have a special degree called “Mathematics w/ Specialization in Economics”, and people who graduate with such degree usually have their pick of graduate schools at hand.</p>
<p>Regardless, overall, you’d probably get approximately the same education at either institutions.</p>