<p>For Andover affiliated/informed people what university should I contact for research in the field of econometrics (eco + math) and who is the local Congressman? </p>
<p>Because I'm a boarder who really loves economics, politics and math and I want to find a way to express that rather then watching CNN and reading the Economist...</p>
<p>the local congressman (woman) is Niki Tsongas</p>
<p>I don’t know about the research, but if you love economics, you should DEFINITELY take the course senior year. You’ll be prepared for the macro/micro APs by the end of Winter Term, and then Spring is a colloquium. This year, we had two weeks of night classes with the Chief Financial Officer for the academy and got regular class periods off. Every term you have a major research paper, and if you pick good topics, they will wind up being some of the best projects you’ll do at Andover. I especially liked Winter Term’s final paper – we paired up in groups and one person wrote an theory section (mine was about health care in developing countries and what affects/determines the quality of hc in these regions), and the others applied the theory to particular nations. Then we put the papers together and handed in about 40 pages. Also, try to get Mr. Perry. He is the most interesting, entertaining man at Andover.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ll try and do economics as soon as possible, thanks unchien.</p>
<p>hey shore</p>
<p>hate to tell you but you’re probably not gonna have the time nor the flexibility for any off-campus research.</p>
<p>Really!? Oh okay then, I might have to do some of it during vacation time which is a pity as where I come from universities don’t allow students to do research volunteering at all. </p>
<p>But I’d really like to intern for Tsongas (Related to the Tsongas who ran unsuccessfully against Clinton for the Democrats? It’d make sense as Kennedy endorsed Tsongas if Tsongas was from Massachuesetts?) so I’ll just talk to my advisor there and see what he/she says about how I can express my political and economic passions at Andover apart from just doing the courses.</p>
<p>Prepstar is right, you’ll be too busy to do anything significant outside of school. Definitely get involved in some clubs. Andover has a bunch of political clubs, debate, model UN as well as some math, economics, and investing clubs. Some are more active than others, some are more casual, so attend a bunch before you commit to one or two. You could also write articles for the school paper.</p>
<p>Generally how many clubs can people be actively involved in/be ranked highly enough to include on college applications? Not that I am doing it for colleges but I really like a lot of the clubs on offer at Andover and I’m wondering how many I can possible take on board?</p>
<p>as in the wife of the guy who ran against clinton</p>
<p>as in the wife of the guy who ran against BILL Clinton.</p>
<p>Oh right, of course. Didn’t remember her but now its flooding back.</p>
<p>hehe the ‘I’m not Santa Claus’ line by her late husband were hilarious. I’ve seen the debates and articles of the time and that was a good one. Poor Tsongas. The Clinton machine was/is pretty potent.</p>
<p>Clubs usually meet for about an hour to an hour and a half per week. Some need more outside preparation than others. There is a club rally during the first couple weeks of school. Almost all the clubs have a table set up on the lawn and you can sign up for email lists and talk to the kids who run them. The biggest thing is making time for them, so three or four is probably a good number to attend on a regular basis. You can write down any club on your college application as long as you attend it regularly, even if you don’t have a leadership position.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks sugerkim.</p>
<p>If you want to study Economics to any depth, you’d be better off focusing on math. I just graduated from high school, and will be heading to Harvard in the fall, most likely to studying Econ to some degree. I really wish I was better at math. Economic in academia is mostly math.</p>
<p>Okay thanks white_rabbit. I think I have that covered hopefully (enrolled for Calculus BC) this year as a sophomore but its just I’d like to seriously think about Cambridge for math + economics or law and thus I need to know a lot of background economic information etc for their academic grilling (they call it a interview, but seriously who are they kidding?)</p>
<p>You might try going to Cambridge’s website and looking for the book list for Econ students. Most of their courses ( i.e Majors) have a book list. Someone will also probably have it on <a href="http://www..co.uk%5B/url%5D">www..co.uk</a> </p>
<p>I might point out that Cambridge/Oxford almost never offer financial aid to undergraduates from the US. I hope you know that going in :)</p>
<p>I’ll PM it too you.</p>
<p>Yes, I’m aware of the lack of financial aid but I’ve been working (as a tutor (we get ludicrously high amounts in Australia)) for 4 years (Its funny but I could get clients at the age of 12 because they wanted to get into selective high schools) and also everyone in my family (We’re Indian) chips into my college fund as opposed to giving me gifts for Christmas or birthdays. It was hard to take as a youngster but it seems a great option right now. </p>
<p>Therefore does that mean Oxbridge is easier to get into then HYPSM because it only takes in ‘rich’ students who can pay? Because I’m an international as far as both are concerned and Oxbridge + LSE (London School Economics) is as good as any Ivy in the fields I am thinking of (Political Science, Law, Math + Economics etc etc)</p>