Get me an uni - International Student

College Search & Selection
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<p>I m nt sure whether i should post here or post at transfer student.</p>

<p>Currently i am a scholarship holder in a Malaysia private college in 5th semester.
Now i have to choose from more than thousand of colleges in US to pursue my study.
Hope my friends here can help me to find a college or university that suit me(and my result).
Here are some information:</p>

<li>Major : Economics</li>
<li>Government sponsored. ( Needless to worry about financing)</li>
<li>Requirement of college: </li>
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<p>a. medium size student body
b. good economics program
c. a lot of events and activities ( i love organizing events)
d. not very competitive ( such as stanford and northwestern)
e. prefer liberal art education</p>

<li>Current CGPA: 3.33 ( expect to achieve 3.5 before transferring)</li>
<li>Going to sit for TOELF(expect to get 100) and SAT 1(expect to get 2000) & 2</li>
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<p>Perhaps my academic result is not pretty, but i think my ECs are helpful.

  1. President of the largest club in my college.
  2. Awarded best club of the year and others.
  3. Others…</p>

<p>I have read more than 300 post here i think for these few days…
Some unis came into my mind…</p>

<p>U Penn
U of Illinois
Rice
U of Rochester
U of Wisconsin-Mad
Cornell
Michigan State
Suny Buffalo (safe i think)
Nebraska-Lincoln(safe choice)</p>

<p>Can you advise me about my choices and other choices?</p>

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<p>The best economics programs are at the following schools (ranked in order of prestige)</p>

<p>Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
University Of Chicago
Harvard University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University Of California – Berkeley
Yale University
Northwestern University
University Of Pennsylvania<br>
University Of California – San Diego
Columbia University
University Of California – Los Angeles
University Of Michigan – Ann Arbor
University Of Wisconsin – Madison
New York University
University Of Minnesota – Twin Cities
California Institute Of Technology
Cornell University
University Of Rochester
Carnegie Mellon University
Brown University
Duke University
University Of Maryland – College Park
Johns Hopkins University</p>

<p>Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>thank you pierre~
What is the "active level" of each school in term of ranking?</p>