<p>I need some advice on some less selective colleges that have a (reletively) good economics programs. What I mean by "less selective" is that their acceptance rate are around 40%~70%.</p>
<p>I don't really care about other stuff (i.e. location, social, etc.) Just throw me some names and I will do research on my own. Thanks.</p>
<p>UVa at 40%, UMich at 58%.</p>
<p>Both are much lower when your applying from OOS though.</p>
<p>futurenyustudent, can you post a link to the source of those stats?? I am surprised by that...</p>
<p>George Mason has two economics nobel laureates, so its economics program shouldn't be bad either. It has 66% acceptance rate and not very hard to get into.</p>
<p>acceptance rates don't equal selectivity. you need to look at the quality of students attending. UVa's and Michigan's admissions stats are quite good vs. their admissions %. </p>
<p>for the entering classes of 2010 at UVa and Michigan, the stats were (from their admissions websites),</p>
<p>UVA: admit %: 36%
top 10%: 87%
SATs 25-75: 1280-1490</p>
<p>Michigan: admit % - 47%
unweighted GPA 25-75: 3.7-4.0 (no top 10% given - most likely 80%+)
SATs 25-75 1260-1480</p>
<p>both of the schools are much more selective than their % admitted would make you believe. Generally only top students apply to schools like UVa and Michigan.</p>
<p>look at a school like berkeley - which has a much lower % admitted:</p>
<p>Berkeley: % admitted: 23%
SATs: 1200-1450
average unweighted GPA: 3.83 (most likely 90%ish top 10%)</p>
<p>all 3 schools have similar class profiles yet the admissions % ranges from 23% to 47%</p>
<p>University of Chicago admits about 40%, doesn't it? And they have good economics.</p>
<p>arguably #1 in econ :P</p>
<p>U of Chicago has a high admit rate, but it's a very self-selective pool. It is NOT easy to get in there.</p>
<p>Try Denison U in Granville, Ohio.</p>
<p>Which is why I said "AND it's not very hard to get into."</p>
<p>union college</p>
<p>"What I mean by "less selective" is that their acceptance rate are around 40%~70%."</p>
<p>uchicago is good in economics and, as said above, has a 40% acceptance rate</p>
<p>I'll second Denison. Some info:</p>
<p>Also, what can you afford?</p>