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I have a DC who may end up at Chicago but is not keen on the regular Econ grind (scared off by stories from older students). Is Business economics a whole lot easier? Dc might actually find that appealing. [/quote]

Yes, the biz-econ option program is considered a fair bit easier as they go a little lighter on the math. The economics dept is obviously very large at Chicago, and there quite a few subtleties to the major (BS versus BA, honors versus regular, etc.). In the normal track you are doing quite difficult math (calculus & LaGrangians) early in the required courses. The honors track is another layer on top of that.

Biz-Econ still uses a fair bit of math, and it is still economics at UChicago, but it is more geared towards a "commerce" kind of program rather then a pure econ ("we can do math that is just as hard as physics") approach. Even in that track, there will be a lot of kids who are whip-smart, but they are maybe are doing a varsity sport as well, are doing a second major in something very demanding, etc.  [/quote]

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