College with Strong Science and Economics Departments?

<p>Hey!</p>

<p>I'm looking for a college that is strong in economics (or Finance) and whose students have a high chance of acceptance to a medical school. </p>

<p>I'll be an international transfer student and will transfer after my freshman year. I'm going to transfer from SUNY Stony Brook because I've decided to major in Economics and the economics department here is rather weak. As a Pakistani, I think I might be listed as "Asian" and I believe that's an ORM. </p>

<p>Test Scores: </p>

<p>SAT I (superscored): 1970</p>

<p>ACT Composite (superscored): 32 (30 w/o superscore)</p>

<p>ACT English: 33
ACT Math: 34
ACT Reading: 31 (but if a college doesn't superscore then 26)
ACT Science: 28 :(
ACT Essay: 9 (but if a college doesn't superscore then 8) :(</p>

<p>Are SAT II scores needed for transfer applications? </p>

<p>Highschool GPA: 4/4; Valedictorian.
College First Semester GPA: 3.84/4 (I took tough classes to show that I can earn a decent GPA even if I take some of the tougher classes).</p>

<p>APs: None, my highschool was in the UAE and offered no AP classes. </p>

<p>ECs:
- Volunteer Work: 200 - 250 hours. I really didn't keep track of this...
- President school Eco club: 1 year.
- Trilingual.
- Cricket: 2 years in a national club.
- School Magazine: 2 years (Interviewed a lot of people including the Vice President).
- 1 year of HTML and web designing and 3 years of various Adobe software.
- Helped design yearbook in senior year. </p>

<p>Awards and Competitions:
- Top ten regional Math Competition (That's the only ranking they provided)
- Forth place regional General Knowledge Competition.
- Honorable mention for building the second-strongest spaghetti bridge at a Geometry competition. Got disqualified because the measurements were of by a cm (!!!).
- Presentation for a recycling solution to modern IT waste - won nothing because I was notified of it one day before the competition.
- First place regional Adobe Animation Competition.
- Forth place regional PowerPoint Competition.
- Lots of school prizes - Best Creative Writing, First place IT Competition, First Place senior Science Fair (Built an IR scanner), etc. </p>

<p>NOTE: This is VERY important. I need the college to cost less than 40k. If not, it should be a college that offers aid to international students (these tend to be top tier colleges). With a small loan, I might be able to manage 45k. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Wisconsin-Madison meets all your needs.</p>

<p>I would recommend UMinn-TC as well. Check out the US News, Times and Shanghai rankings - it does very well and for OOS students, tuition is around $20K… one of the cheapest.</p>

<p>[World</a> University Rankings 2013-2014 - Times Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking]World”>World University Rankings 2013-14 | Times Higher Education (THE))</p>

<p>[Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities - 2013| Top 500 universities | Shanghai Ranking - 2013 | World University Ranking - 2013](<a href=“http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2013.html]Academic”>http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2013.html)</p>

<p>Good luck !</p>