@Dunboyne I’ll add Penn State to my list. Thanks. Also, what do you mean by a likely?
@bouders I’m looking at UWaterloo. Their performance at Putnam was truly amazing. I also have a few friends that will be attending UWaterloo this year so I will be keeping a close tab on them. I don’t really know a lot about Canadian universities, I’ll research more on them.
However, a friend going to UWaterloo said that residency isn’t something that is guaranteed. Is that true? If so, it will pose a major problem for me.
A likely would be in that middle ground between a low match and a safety, not quite safe enough to be completely relied upon, but still very good odds. There’s guesswork involved, of course. It’s simpler to use only the ‘safety/ match/reach’ categories, but students like to have their odds pinned down narrower than that. It helps to delineate “low or high” matches/reaches because quite often students don’t realize their list is getting too risky or too conservative.
But for an international, it’s really tough to determine a low match versus a high match, for example. (Similarly, UCSB and BU might be “low matches” for you. We’re splitting hairs.) It’s best to have a nice spread in selectivity, though, making sure you have the safe end covered. You’re full pay, which means you can afford to get aggressive, but you still have to be conservative on the bottom end because it’s so unpredictable.
@bordertexan - re: post #17. The OP indicated his ability to pay, and he would not be able to afford Drexel without financial aid. As a public college, Temple is somewhat less expensive and falls within his price range. Full disclosure: my son attends Temple in that “horrible neighborhood.”
Grad courses in math as a college sophomore probably excludes all LACs besides Mudd and those with convenient cross registration with research universities that allow it for grad courses.
The math intensity of economics varies from high at Chicago, MIT, Stanford, and UCSC to low at Penn State and Georgia Tech. Some schools like Harvard, UCB, UCI, and UCSD offer multiple economics tracks of varying math intensity (UCSC also, but both tracks use multivariable calculus).
@woogzmama I think that I have mentioned that I can afford to bear the cost of education in the US. I’ll still do a little more research over Drexel and Temple. Thanks for your time
@ucbalumnus Grad level courses as sophomore isn’t really a necessity. I think that I would like to focus on a more quantitative part of economics. Could you elaborate on the multiple tracks? Since I have gone through Harvard’s economics department’s website and I could not find these multiple tracks
@mumbai98 - I apologize for misunderstanding. I either confused you with another Indian student, or I misinterpreted a post. I thought you said somewhere that you could afford $55k per annum.You might have said that in response to a specific question regarding the UCs or UMich. That would not cover the full cost of attending many elite private colleges (>$60k, exclusive of travel and additional expenses) where it would cover the out-of-state costs at almost all public universities. If money is no object, then you are in a much better situation, but I still recommend casting a wide net. Drexel, Northeastern, U of Rochester, RPI, et al, are all good options.
Look at the intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, and econometrics courses. For example, at Harvard, the intermediate economics courses are 1010a-1010b or 1011a-1011b. 1010a-1010b lists as a prerequisite Math 1a, which is first semester single variable calculus. 1011a-1011b lists as a prerequisite Math 21a, which is multivariable calculus.
This means that 1010a-1010b is a fairly typical moderately math-intensive economics sequence, while 1011a-1011b is one with high intensity. You would presumably be interested in 1011a-1011b if you attend Harvard. In economics departments with low math intensity, like Penn State and Georgia Tech, calculus is not listed as a prerequisite for intermediate economics courses (although Penn State offers an “honors” sequence that lists single variable calculus).
You can also check electives in each economics department for mathematical economics courses.
@mumbai98 Waterloo guarantees residence for first year students. They don’t guarantee residence for upper years, but they do reserve space for upper years.