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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The education is top notch and work ethic instilled translates well to employment. [/quote]

Employment in everything but engineering, correct?[/quote]

Apart from molecular engineering, UChicago doesn’t have engineering at all.  [/quote]

It's an econ school, why does it need engineering?  [/quote]

UChicago is great for humanities, social sciences, math, physics. Fully agree that there is no need for engineering. [/quote]

One third majoring in econ by graduation.[/quote]

It may be because Math/Physics/Stats/Engineering is so hard...it's the default[/quote]
Uchicago economics is very very hard. It’s because economics has the best outcomes coming out of college. A physics degree is almost entirely useless if you aren’t spending most of your time in other courses.[/quote]

I would think Physics at UChicago would set you up nicely for a quant job. I think they even have a large quant trading club and I see Physics/Math/Stats majors. Impressive club![/quote]
You need to take a lot of outside courses for quant. Quant is not as simple as people here make it. You need to 1) actually know how to code for heavens sake 2) be able to compete with mathematical economics majors who have a lot more applicable knowledge base (and frankly easier courses with more time on their hands), and 3) you actually have to get passed the insane interview process. Quant is not some easy job you stumble into; students prep for months and there’s very few jobs.

Physics uses a particular branch of mathematics. Some of which is useful, but it makes much more sense to take a stats major.[/quote]
There is no such thing as a mathematical economics major at UChicago. Quant firms are pretty major-agnostic. Learning about t-tests and what not actually isn't as huge of an advantage as you might think, as that stuff is rarely used by firms.[/quote]
Stats majors don’t spend their time doing t tests? You seem a bit ignorant on what stats programs are up to these days. [/quote]

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