This discussion is now closed.

Check out other Related discussions

LSE or University of Chicago for economics?

Scroll to see replies

IMHO the university's reputation is slightly inflated because it carries the city's name (only) in its name.

Can't go wrong with either, really. Academics worldwide would have heard of both. And so with anyone with a clue about economics.

Reply 21

ElWilson

Yeah, actually Chicago.

Reply 22

devil09

Knogle

IMHO the university's reputation is slightly inflated because it carries the city's name (only) in its name.

What do you mean by that? :confused:

Yep, go to Chicago

warblersrule

What do you mean by that? :confused:

Most people know about Chicago.. darn big city in the US. And let's not forget the popular Chicago Bulls. So when you refer to the University of Chicago many people will say that they've heard about it, when reality, they hardly know anything about it. You'd be surprised but this happens. (edit: fixed typo)

Reply 25

devil09

Ah, I see. U Chicago is often mistaken for a public university (as is U Penn), so I wasn't sure if you were alluding to that or not.

Reply 26

President_Ben

Knogle

Increasingly, you will care less about 'most people' and more about 'important people' to you.

Reply 27

pharmakos

President_Ben

Increasingly, you will care less about 'most people' and more about 'important people' to you.

DITTO

Reply 28

Knogle

President_Ben

Increasingly, you will care less about 'most people' and more about 'important people' to you.

Exactly.

Reply 29

ElWilson

Chicago is on par with Harvard, Prince and MIT.

Reply 30

drmoney89

ElWilson

Chicago is on par with Harvard, Prince and MIT.

as is the LSE

Reply 31

drmoney89

so yt660 ..walk away remebering the wise words everyones contributed. Look at both and see what you want in uni and which of the two fulfills that. but in my opinion, nothing beats an economics from the london school of ECONOMICS ( hehe sry to be sounding biased..but LSE does have the clear advantage here). HOWEVER, if you like the look of chicago, and degree from there will most certainly not hinder your employability prospects. best of luck to you mate!

Reply 32

jimmydoerre3

drmoney89

chicago is better due to research and faculty, there is no doubt about it. however reputationwise chicago is going down hill in the US. i mean the school is ranked with rice and notre dame and below washington university at st. louis. LSE's rep in the US might actually be better but i am not sure about the schools rep in Europe. chicago in the US is extremely underrated and a lot of people simply think it is a mediocre school in the top 20s and almost no one will turn down an ivy league for it now days

Reply 33

Knogle

ElWilson

Chicago is on par with Harvard, Prince and MIT.

ElWilson, with all due respect, that statement of yours is severely misfounded. HYPSM is in an entirely different league.

Reply 34

devil09

jimmydoerre3

chicago is going down hill in the US.

I disagree; Chicago is more popular than ever. This year the RD acceptance rate was 33%, a tremendous jump down from it's usual 40%. Most people consider on par with the "lesser" Ivies, and you'd have to be delusional to think it's not much, much better than WUStL. The main reason Chicago's acceptance rate is that high is because it has early action (i.e. safety school). Switch to early decision (which I think it should), and its acceptance rate would go down, and yield would go up. Chicago also has something of a a self-selecting applicant pool, largely a result of its quirky reputation and daunting Uncommon Application.

Reply 35

jimmydoerre3

warblersrule

the school is definitely much better than washu, i mean they do have 7 nobels on faculty and i think mearsheimer teaches there also. but the problem is that most people whom i have talked to thinks chicago is just some average top 20 school. academically i think it deserves to be put in the top 4 but it just doesn't get what it deserves reputation wise.

Reply 36

dismal_laundry

drmoney89

as is the LSE

Don't kid yourself.

Amen.

Chicago is a major multi faculty institution- on this basis alone comparison is difficult. LSE is very good for what it does, but it's a relatively small corner of the field.