<p>My current list of schools goes like this:
* Amherst C
* Cornell U
* Duke U
* Princeton U
* Stanford U
* U Calif Berkeley
* Williams C
* Yale U</p>
<p>I am looking for just 2 more schools, and I am planning no safety, since I'm an international and would rather study at my country than a <em>safety</em> school.</p>
<p>Anyways, is Northwestern and Vanderbilt good for a double major in Econ/Psych?</p>
<p>NU is one of the best for econ, and has a very good psych department. Vandy probably has good departments in both.</p>
<p>Both econ and psych are essential to any major university, so the programs will be at least passable at most schools.</p>
<p>thnx! btw kyledavid, this is like the 10th time you reply to one of my posts, or at least, frequently, since I even remember your username, haha..</p>
<p>So basically you say NU is better for my prospective majors?</p>
<p>I'd say so. =)</p>
<p>(Some Vandy fan will probably criticize me soon.)</p>
<p>Why did you pick your screename? I grew up in Kowloon. :D</p>
<p>I am sure you've seen rankings and things like that sort so I am not gonna say anymore about that. But if you consider Northwestern, I suggest you to check out MMSS. Hehe..I feel this is one of the coolest programs out that for anyone pursuing economics. :) </p>
<p>MMSS</a>, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Northwestern University</p>
<p>You should apply to Claremont McKenna.</p>
<p>hey Sam Lee. Actually, how I picked my screename is a long story. Hint: I like Bourne books. Oh, btw, I dislike math, though I'm in AP Calc as a junior. Just me and math dont fit, so MMSS... not really interested</p>
<p>Hey, MMSS looks pretty sweet. I saw on the site that it only admits 20 freshman, so is it like ridiculously difficult to get in?</p>
<p>If you don't like math, how on earth will you like Econ?</p>
<p>Well, even though my son is at Vanderbilt, I'm not going to criticize kyledavid's assessment. Both are good schools. Chicago is a great city, but if you hate cold weather, NU may present some problems.</p>
<p>My husband is an econ. professor. He speaks highly of the faculty and opportunities at both schools. Our son has yet to take an econ class--of course.</p>
<p>Do not mention your dislike of math to your economics professors. It is a highly quantitative field now. Even if you do not need extraordinary math skills, you really cannot <em>dislike</em> math.</p>
<p>^well, I guess I only dislike calculus. I'm fairly good with Stats and Algebra</p>
<p>NU and Vanderbilt are in completely different leagues. To see this, all you have to do, is look at Vandy's SAT average about 10 years ago. It was below a 1300!!! NU has always been regarded as a very top notch institution.</p>
<p>tnb19,</p>
<p>i think they just expanded it to 30 students.</p>
<p>collegebound,</p>
<p>Vandy has improved a lot. I disagree that they are "in completely different leagues". Vandy's school of education and medicine are among the best out there. Also, a lot can happen in 10 years--just look at WashU.</p>
<p>Kowloon,</p>
<p>i didn't know part of the story was set in hong kong. damn hollywood for having everything in europe and being so racist! lol!</p>
<p>collegebound9696, why would anyone look at data from ten years ago when the data from this year is available?</p>
<p>From VU CDS/ 2007-2008/ 25-75 percentile</p>
<p>SAT Critical Reading 640 740<br>
SAT Math 660 740<br>
SAT Writing 640 730</p>
<p>Slightly lower than NU, but hardly "in a different league". (I'll pass on the triple exclamation marks.)</p>
<p>kowloon, I'm sure this is not a novel idea for you, but I'm going to bring it up, anyway. One cannot <em>intelligently</em> measure the total value of an educational institution by looking at the average SAT score alone. You might want to consider location, research opportunities, size of classes, accessibility to professors, etc.</p>
<p>I'm not dismissing the idea that SAT scores have something to say, by the way. My son sports a no-prep 2380 and all of his SAT II are like that, also. But I do dismiss the notion that there is no more to the decision than one's fellow students' scores.</p>
<p>NU for 2007-2008 is actually "substantially" higher</p>
<p>it is:</p>
<p>Critical Reading: 670-750
Math:..............680-770</p>
<p>1350-1520 as opposed to Vandy's 1300-1480.</p>
<p>A 1435 median as opposed to a 1390 median is pretty substantial. NU also has a much higher ACT range, 30-34 for the 2007-2008 entering class.</p>
<p>Collegebound, there is close to a 100 point difference between SAT ranges and averages at Caltech (1470-1570) and Stanford (1340-1540). I guess Stanford students are far inferior to Caltech students.</p>
<p>I wasn't asking for the SAT score comparison... I can search that myself. What I asked was, opinions from actual students who've applied to both schools, etc</p>