Good Safety Schools For Math/Econ

College Search & Selection
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<p>This is my situation, just got deferred from MIT early action, got a lot of applications to get done. I was just looking for some opinions as to what would be some good safety schools that have strong departments in math and economics (or a financial mathematics major).</p>

<p>Current applied to/going to apply to list:
MIT
Harvard
Stanford
Yale
University of Chicago
Princeton</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>White Lithuanian permanent resident male, from Illinois (moved here when I was 10).</p>

<p>ACT: 36 composite (36 math, science, reading, 35 english, 10 writing)
SAT II: 730 Math II (waiting for new results), 750 Physics (again, same), and still waiting for Literature results.</p>

<p>APs:
5s: Calc BC (5 AB subscore), Econ, Euro History, English Language
4s: US History, Government
In Progress: English Literature, Statistics, Psychology, Physics</p>

<p>GPA/class rank 3.9 UW, 4.6 W, Top tenth (no smaller ranking available) of 596</p>

<p>Subjective: Treasurer of National Honor Society, Treasurer of Varsity Choir, Treasurer of Phi Alpha Theta Historic Society, Mathlete of four years, School's Security Council member, heavily involved in drama/theater (acted in 5 plays, did tech for others, most recently A Christmas Carol cast as lead role of Scrooge), been asked to host various school events such as our Idol contest, PSAE assembly, dance show, participating in many other activities such as actually dancing in the dance show, prom fashion show, etc.</p>

<p>Majors: Double major in math and economics. Looking to get into the financial analytic field (stock market, hedge funds and such)</p>

<p>College attributes: Not very picky as far as this one goes. Don't really care if it's in or out of state.</p>

<p>Affordability: This one's a toughie, as I probably wont afford any of the aforementioned schools without loans. </p>

<p>So that's me in a nutshell, looking forward to any suggestions.</p>

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<p>Obviously apply to UIUC. Also apply to Wisconsin-Madison. I would tell you to apply to Michigan-Ann Arbor, but since you waited so long, there is a good chance you won't be eligible for a merit scholraship and Michigan is not terribly generous with financial aid for OOS students. Finally, you may want to check out the University of Rochester.</p>

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<p>Thanks, getting the UIUC and Wisconsin apps done now then.</p>

<p>Any other suggestions or tips as far as getting into the main schools goes or other school suggestions to add to my application list?</p>

<p>Again all I'm really looking for is good math and econ departments.</p>

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<p>Same here; It looks like you're taking the Investment Banking route. My list was similar - have you considered UPenn, Duke, BC, and Villanova? The latter two are more on the safety side, but all have great programs to get you en route to an MBA.</p>