Wesleyan vs. Northwestern

<p>JuJu,</p>

<p>Why do you say their econ is about equal? NU’s econ is #8 in the country. Not that graduate ranking necessarily means a lot for undergrad education but I am under the impression econ at NU is matched only by a handful. Wes must be particularly good among LACs in econ to have a chance to be as good as NU. Is that the case? Or is it more like the common saying that they are about the same because the difference being likely insignificant among top schools?</p>