<p>Me:
Puerto Rican student
3.8 weighted GPA
1740 SAT (didn't study for it, will take again)
Want to major in Economics</p>
<p>List:
1) UPenn
2) Northwestern
3) NYU
4) Minnesota
5) Wisconsin
6) Maryland
7) Ohio State
8) Penn State
9) Indiana
10) Michigan State
11) Arizona State</p>
<p>So, any feedback? I'm tentative on whether or not I should apply to Indiana and Michigan, as well as UPenn and Northwestern.</p>
<p>Cost constraints and state of residency? Have you run the net price calculators on the various schools’ web sites?</p>
<p>I live in Puerto Rico. On the net price calculators, I have not done that yet, but have an idea on each college’s cost, without any aid and scholarships.</p>
<p>That SAT score is going to kill you with the selective schools on your list. Strike out Penn and Northwestern. I’m not sure how thse particular state schools treat SAT for OOS but usually they want higher than the instate students have. You may need a whole other list, and you certainly need more safety/match schools.</p>
<p>Put some real effort into your prep in a systematic way. Read xiggi’s method and silverturtle, pinned at the top of this forum, if you are serious.
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<p>Thanks for the feedback! From what I’ve read from other websites like cappex and parchment, it seems that Penn State, Michigan State, Arizona State and Indiana are all safe. However, I will take your note into consideration.</p>
<p>Have you visited those colleges? Because in my opinio UPenn was one of the worst college campuses I’ve been to. The new and old buildings didn’t mix plus a person has to cross like3 streets to get to certain places. I find WashU, JHU campuses wayyy better than UPenn, so check out the other two!</p>
<p>Don’t even bother with Penn/NWrn unless you get at least a 2100 SAT.</p>
<p>You might want to lowr the list even more - lots of state schools. Just pick the ones you really like so you aren’t applying to 10. You still can, but it would be a lot of app fees. If you need aid, the state schools don’t give much, neither does NYU.</p>
<p>What are your parents saying about how much they’ll pay each year for college costs?</p>
<p>You’d get VERY little aid or scholarships from any of those state schools since you’re OOS for those publics. </p>
<p>It sounds like you’re expecting or needing aid. If so, none of those publics will work. they may give you a small bit of federal aid, and your stats aren’t high enough for merit, so they will expect your parents to pay for nearly all costs…even if you have a low EFC.</p>
<p>Unless your parents say that they’ll pay $40k+ per year for those OOS publics, you’re probably are going to need a totally different list.</p>
<p>Talk to your parents about how much they’ll spend each year, and then come back here with an annual figure as to what they’ll spend. Then we can help you.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback everyone! I expect them to be able to spend the money, though it would obviously be preferential if they would need to pay as little as possible. The thing is that these are the schools which I found to be best at the area of economics while still having somewhat of a chance in. For financially economic schools, I will likely apply to the University of Puerto Rico, which is extremely cheap, as well as FSU and UF, maybe UCF and USF, since my father lives in Florida. </p>
<p>In this topic however, I would prefer to focus on the areas of academics and actually getting into the school.</p>
<p>You should look at Wake Forest - its a top university and its SAT optional.</p>
<p>How good is it in economics?</p>
<p>What is you post-graduation goal? PhD study in economics? Some type of job (what type of job?)?</p>
<p>For PhD study in economics, look for a school where there is a mathematical emphasis. Consider those which have intermediate microeconomics and econometrics courses with math prerequisites higher than frosh calculus, and/or advanced mathematical economics courses.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the feedback everyone! Another question: what do people think of my chances at Penn State, Arizona State, Michigan State and Indiana?</p>
<p>I think the easiest way to answer your question is to go to each school’s website and search for their Common Data Set. Look at the most recent one - at the composition of the freshman admits. The CDS will give you the scores, GPA, class rank as well as how important the admissions office considers these and other items in admitting students. You can see how you compare to the incoming class.</p>
<p>Forgot to add Rochester University too!</p>
<p>*I expect them to be able to spend the money, though it would obviously be preferential if they would need to pay as little as possible. *</p>
<p>The app process is time consuming and expensive. Since it sounds like your parents are divorced, please talk to both and find out how much each will pay…to make sure that you have enough money. </p>
<p>You don’t want to waste precious time on unaffordable schools.</p>