<p>IBkid- If you’re looking at economics, then UChicago will be a good fit in terms of job placement after graduation. My dad works on Wall Street and he actually does recruiting for kids from UChicago. There’s also Chicago Careers in Business, where you get to take classes at the grad school and it can help get internships. I believe they have something like this for Law and Medicine careers as well…</p>
<p>Also, just because you are interested in making money after school doesn’t mean that you won’t fit in at Chicago. In fact, I think that the number of “pre-professional” students will increase in coming years because Chicago is rising in the rankings. I’m attending UChicago next year (yay!) and I’m planning on majoring in Economics. The fact that Chicago has such a strong econ department and will help me get a good job after graduation was a HUGE part of my decision to attend. At the same time, however, I do love learning for the sake of learning, and I’m looking forward to taking lots of different classes through the Core.</p>
<p>That being said, perhaps naming the thread “useless majors” was a bad idea…other people just have different opinions on what is “useless”.</p>