<p>As the title says, how are they?</p>
<p>I know there are 7 and they're liberal art schools.</p>
<p>I heard some word that Pomona and Claremont McKenna might be of my interest for economics. I'm not too sure though. How well do they perform in that field?</p>
<p>I tried researching into it but am not sure if I'm looking at the right places. Any personal opinions or research based responses to my question would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.</p>
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<p>You may want to go through the course catalogs and schedules to see what they offer.</p>
<p>Note that if you want to go to graduate school in economics, consider the offerings of advanced math and statistics courses as well (or the feasability of taking them at Harvey Mudd).</p>
<p>ucbalumnus, you sure do post a lot (and thanks for that as well). I did go through their schedules to see what they offer but, as a highschool senior, I’m not really able to compare and contrast and understand which colleges offer strong economic courses.</p>
<p>Typical core undergraduate economics courses are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Introductory economics – one course or two courses split into micro and macro.</li>
<li>Intermediate microeconomics – typically has a calculus prerequisite; more math intensive versions have additional math prerequisites like multivariable calculus or differential equations.</li>
<li>Intermediate macroeconomics – typically has a calculus prerequisite.</li>
<li>Econometrics – typically has prerequisites of the intermediate micro and macro courses, plus statistics; more math intensive versions will have more math prerequisites and perhaps higher level statistics prerequisites.</li>
</ul>
<p>Most other undergraduate economics courses will be in-major electives, ranging from economics history, current economics topics (e.g. international trade, economics of regions or countries), behavioral economics, mathematical economics, etc…</p>
<p>Advanced math courses like real analysis and proof-oriented linear algebra are sometimes recommended for PhD programs. So are more in-depth statistics courses.</p>
<p>Also consider how frequently each course is offered. A course offered once every two years is easy to miss.</p>
<p>Er, no, four of them are liberal arts colleges: Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer.</p>
<p>The fifth is Claremont Graduate School.</p>
<p>The sixth and seventh are the Keck Institute of Applied Life Sciences and the Claremont School of Theology, which probably don’t offer any economics courses.</p>
<p>As ucbalumnus mentioned, one of the big selling points of the Claremont Colleges is that you can cross register for classes at one of the schools you’re not attending. I’d definitely think Pomona and Claremont McKenna have good econ programs.</p>
<p>^^^^^^aren’t you forgetting another undergraduate school at the Claremont Colleges?</p>
<p>Yes he forgot Harvey Mudd. Claremont McKenna and Ponoma are amazing for economics and will provide you the one of the best liberal art educations in the country. Simple as that.</p>
<p>Just wondering, what are my chances of even getting into the colleges?</p>
<p>Quick stats:</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.735
Weighted GPA: 4.4</p>
<p>SAT-R: 2050 (Composite)
SAT II (Math II): 750
SAT II (Chem): 780</p>
<p>ACT: 33 (Composite)</p>
<p>I don’t want to apply for schools any not be admitted by any of them.</p>
<p>Please let me know! Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>woops I did forget ol’ Mudd</p>
<p>:P it’s all good!</p>
<p>Economics are amazing at Pomona, but it’s one of their hardest majors. The intro classes are designed to weed people out, with long and difficult problem sets and fair yet quite difficult tests.</p>
<p>Pomona economics tends to be more theoretical and CMC tends to be more practical. Both are very, very good though, but different.</p>
<p>Just be warned though, it’s pretty hard to take a CMC Economics class when you’re not a CMC student. You have to make a strong case for yourself and you’ll only really get into classes that are not in Pomona economics.</p>