Best college to go to for a econ/psych dual major?

College Search & Selection
1

<p>Hey there everyone,</p>

<p>so I think I finally decided to major in econ/psych, and maybe a minor in maths.
I would do the whole "what are my chances?" thing, but I took my first SAT in june (yes, too late) and my test center/city is under "administrative review", so no scores yet. I regularly got around 1900 while practicing, but I'd retake the test if I get less than ~2100. As for SAT II, I took Maths 2 and Physics and got 690, and 760. A 690 in Maths 2 ruins my chances almost everywhere, I know, so I'm retaking it. Other info:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.5 (4.00 unweighted)
APs: Physics (5), Macro (5), Micro (4) (all in junior year)</p>

<p>A few things to about me: I used to be in a french school from grade 1 until this year (junior year). I'm also an international student, and in my city, this is practically the only american high school here. So things like community service are almost completely absent around here, along with clubs and ECs (we have some, but not a lot). (So my case can't really be compared to those here that are presidents of 25 clubs, play every sport imaginable, etc.)</p>

<p>The colleges that I am considering are (in no particular order):</p>

<p>Match: (I think?)
University of Wisconsin
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota</p>

<p>Reach:
MIT
UCLA
CalTech
University of Chicago
Carnegie Mellon University
UPenn</p>

<p>LOL (a.k.a "Applying because I can and have nothing to lose"):
Princeton
Stanford
Harvard
Yale</p>

<p>I'm mostly interested in doing something like behavioral economics later on, hence the econ/psych dual major.
I was happy to find Minnesota/Wisconsin high in rankings in econ/psych while being affordable (won't be able to afford the private colleges without a scholarship/aid, except for the need-blind ones, but then again, getting in those is pretty hard...).</p>

<p>So can anyone tell me if those colleges above are good for what I want, and if there's other colleges I should look into that aren't on that list? Also, would you advise me to apply EA/ED anywhere with my 690 in Maths 2 (and most likely < 2000 SAT score)? </p>

<p>PS: I think most of my "Reach" colleges should probably be in the "because I can" category...but I'm an optimistic person.</p>

<p>Cheers.</p>

2

<p>…Anyone?</p>

3

<p>Illinois and Washington might be worth a look also. Best of luck!</p>

4

<p>MIT and Caltech probably belong in your third group (i.e along with Princeton, Harvard, Stanford and Yale) given your poor stats. I believe however that Carnegie Mellon and UCLA are reasonable reaches.</p>

5

<p>Yeah, I agree. Should’ve put HYPSM and CalT together in the first place.</p>

<p>And being a French-Syrian living in Saudi Arabia, would Affirmative Action be helpful for me?</p>

<p>EDIT: Forgot to write some things down in my first post:</p>

<p>I’m taking AP Psych, AP Calc BC and AP Computer Science next year. I’ll also be Treasurer of Prom Committee and most probably President of Tech Club. And maybe a spot in Student Council and Chess Club too, but nothing is sure.</p>

6

<p>I forgot to mention a few other colleges:
Cornell (my brother is working on his econ PhD there at the moment)
Columbia
Northwestern
Berkley
UCSD
Duke</p>

<p>Canadian colleges:
McGill
U of Toronto
UBC</p>

<p>McGill is pretty much my #1 safety college because of how amazingly cheap it is for me (since I’m French) while still being one of the best colleges in Canada. Toronto and UBC don’t apply because they’re not in Quebec.
I’d like to get opinions on any of those schools and which ones are Safety/Match/Reach for me.</p>