<p>To go to graduate school in economics, you basically need to major in math or applied math, and have an economics minor only. Economics grad school is strange in that it’s very math-based and VERY different from undergraduate economics.
In order to go to the best possible grad school, you’d need to pick a school that will offer opportunities, resources, and support, with a strong math program commensurate with your actual level (what math class are you in right now, what are your math grades)?
From that list, Haverford, Lehigh, Lafayette, and Temple are very good. Muhlenberg is very supportive and Dickinson (just a little out of your parents’ range) is very strong in the sciences. </p>
<p>I saw that all of the school that i plan on applying to currently (Haverford, Temple, Drexel) offer a math intensive economics major aimed at students interested in graduate study. I was also looking into a major called PPE (Philosophy, Politics, Economics), which is offered at UPenn. Are there colleges that i could get into with a similar interdisciplinary major? As for my parent’s range i think i can ask my sister to help me convince them, she attend a college in MA. She says she’ll talk to them about letting me go a little further for college. </p>
<p>Is there a reason why your parents were willing to let your sister go to MA, but want you close by?
What math class are you currently taking and what grade are you getting?</p>
<p>PPE can also be found at Claremont mcKenna, in CA.
But it’s easy to make the major yourself, with one major and two minor (or one major and your choice of upper-level classes in the two other subjects. Obviously you’d need intro courses for all 3 subjects).</p>
<p>Drexel is very very bad with financial aid.</p>
<p>I’m currently in Calc AB, which i find really easy and my grade is an A. I regret not taking BC, which my friend told me to avoid taking because of series. My act math score was 31 if that helps you better understand me as a math student. Ohh, one more question lol. What math subject test should i take Math I or Math II? I plan on taking them in December and have yet to order a prep book. Also i have taken one SAT Subject test which was US History which i got a 710 in. :(</p>
<p>As for my sister, my parents let her go to MA, because when we first moved here from India some 10 years ago, the only college that would partially accept her international credits was in MA. Other colleges requested that she redo the 2 years of college she completed in India. With that college she was able to transfer one years worth of credits. </p>
<p>BC is half AB… Can you meet the BC teacher and see whether you might be allowed to switch? However, this is not necessary - for colleges, AB or BC both indicate you’ve got a strong background in math and will do fine in a math-intensive majo.
710 in USH is perfectly fine. For subject, take Math2! Even Math2 only goes to precalc 
and most selective colleges won’t even consider Math1.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ll be able to switch class as my school doesn’t allow class changes if you requested the class. </p>
<p>And I signed up for SAT II Math II in December. Which I think will be fine for most colleges I apply to as the application dates are mid January. </p>
<p>And could you guys recommend any more colleges, its fine its like 4 hours away.</p>
<p>What do you mean " its fine its like 4 hours away"</p>
<p>Oh sorry for the ambiguity. I meant that if the school is like 4-5 hours away from the Philadelphia area its okay. I was looking at the University of Rochester, do you see me having a good shot there?</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>URochester would be fine but it’s more than 4-5 hours away from Philadelphia.
The 4-5 hour radius does open many more colleges though.</p>
<p>Hey, so i just took the SATs today phewwww and think it went well. But I was doing more research on colleges and I reallyreally really like Georgetown. So I wanted to ask would someone like me have a good chance of admission there in regular decision?? </p>
<p>What language(s) beside English do you speak? Please return to this thread once you have your test scores though, because G’Town is SUPER competitive. </p>
<p>I can speak Hindi and Gujarati, but can’t read and write in either. Also get my ACT scores tomorrow :-S </p>
<p>Bad news… I did worse on the ACTs. Got a 29 composite and did one point worse on all sections except science which I got the same score. So I guess my highest ACT scores are Math: 31, Reading 33, English 28, Science 26.</p>
<p>That sometimes happens, although more and more since the Reading and Science sections have become more and more difficult both in content and in length. </p>
<p>Would you consider attending a Language Flagship for Hindi?
<a href=“http://hindiurduflagship.org/”>http://hindiurduflagship.org/</a>
You study what you’re interested in as well as Hindi (formally, but obviously you’d have an advantage).</p>