Help choosing school

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am an international junior. I am now starting my plan for college by searching for colleges and have a list of them.</p>

<p>I plan to major in Economics so What school should I include in my list ? I include my stats here so could you please figure out for me some safties,reaches and matches ?</p>

<p>I really like Yale and really want to go to Yale. Do they have good Economics program for Undergraduate level ? Are my stats good enough ? If not, what should I do to strengthen my stats ?</p>

<p>I haven't taken any SAT so what score should I aim for ? 2000 ?</p>

<p>My GPA last academic year was 9.2/10 ( My country's score scale is 10, A score starts from 8.0)</p>

<p>My Average score 1st quarter this year: 98/100 ( I am attending a high school in US)</p>

<p>Extra curricular:</p>

<p>Athletic team: Grade 5
Badminton team of City:Grade 4,5
Badminton club: Grade 3,4,5,6,7,8
Table tennis club:Grade 6,7
Football team of class: 6,7,8,9,10
Soccer Varsity:grade 11
AFCVN football club: grade 10
News translator for www.arsenal.com.vn</a> :: Arsenal Fan Club In Vietnam grade 8,9,10
Young leader club:grade 10
Singing club:grade 4,5,10
Choir:grade 11
CATCH program:grade 11
Tennis team of district:4,5,6
Table tennis club:6,7,8
Piano class:8 years
ACCESS conference 2007:grade 11
Member of Advertising team of VESA conference 2007: grade 11</p>

<p>Awards:
Best GPA at school : Grade 10
Best final exams record: Grade 10
First Prize at School's English Olympiad: Grade 10
Victoria scholarhship: grade 10</p>

<p>Leadership: Head of School's Youth Union:From Grade 10</p>

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<p>hai! are you from vietnam?</p>

<p>i think with all your accomplishments and your records
you'll get any college or university! you can check the min of SAT/ACT score by their website
i think 1000 SAT is more than enough because lots of college only need 700-800</p>

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<p>Do you think so ? Only 1000 SAT ? I think it's unbelievable to get into Yale with that score. How did you know i am from Vietnam ?</p>

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<p>Um, I would think Lipinski is joking. A 1000 cumulative SAT score is NOT going to get you into Yale, no matter what scale it's on, be it with or without writing. </p>

<p>I'd say your GPA is fine, ECs are fine, but include what you've done in high school only. Your elementary and middle school achievements aren't very important in the admissions process.</p>

<p>Do well on your SATs and I'm sure you have a shot.</p>

<p>Emory University is also a good economics school.</p>

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<p>All the Ivies (in addition to Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton) will give you a great economics education, as will Stanford, UChicago, and Duke.</p>

<p>Doing well on your SATs is the only missing link on what is otherwise a great application. But no application is a sure thing for Yale unless your last name is Yale (or Bush), so plan on applying elsewhere too.</p>

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<p>Can anyone help me create a list of schools from safety to match and reach ?</p>

<p>What schools have the best ecomics education at undergraduate level ?</p>

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<p>Can anyone help me ?</p>

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<p>Probably a Liberal Arts College, but what's the fun in that?</p>

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<p>What do you mean by that ?</p>

<p>What schools should I include in my list ?</p>

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<p>No one can help me</p>