<p>so ive got a 2380 SAT, 2 800 Subject SATs, straight As (apart from one B) since freshman year , solid ECs (with leadership positions) at a competitive international high school, and am a canadian seeking financial aid</p>
<p>my college list</p>
<p>ED Penn (m&t/wharton)
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins
Middlebury
U of Rochester
(A Canadian School)</p>
<p>is my list too reach heavy and too risky? could someone please help me put those universities into reach, match and safety categories? could i consider cornell a match, maybe a high one?</p>
<p>I think that your list is very solid:
UPenn is very good for business
Yale is good for economics, not for engineering
Columbia is good for economics, biomedical and industrial engineering
Cornell is good for economics
Dartmouth is good for engineering and economics
U of Rochester has a strong economics and engineering program</p>
<p>HOWEVER…</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins is strong in biomedical engineering but not strong in economics so I would reconsider that choice. Middlebury does not have a strong economics program </p>
<p>I would take Johns Hopkins and Middlebury off your list.</p>
<p>What are you basing this statement on (other than your own opinion)?
Middlebury has David Colander, who is one of the country’s top econ profs. Read this article:</p>
<p>Ok, maybe they have a top econ professor, but Middlebury is not known for economics. It is more known for its environmental studies, foreign language, theater, and writing programs. I have read every college guidebook (Fiske, PR, Insiders) and nowhere does it mention Middlebury’s economics program.</p>
<p>pierre0913: for canada i am considering u of t, mcgill, waterloo, british columbia. I have done next to no research on those unis because ive been busy with the us ones and their app deadlines are much earlier…</p>
<p>from the research ive done and unofficial rankings, ive found that JHU does indeed have a strong econ program?
i might be wrong, anyone please feel free to correct me if i am </p>
<p>i actually dont know THAT much about middlebury’s econ program apart from the fact that its “respectable”…i chose it because i liked their 4-1-4 year set up…i might reconsider applying here…</p>
<p>so rochester and a canadian school will be my safeties…
could i consider Cornell a match or would that be wishful thinking?</p>
<p>oh Cornell is definitely a match, it’s easier to get into than half of your schools on the list.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard about JHU’s economics program. All I know is that writing, international relations, premed, engineering and music programs are big there.</p>
<p>Here are the Canadian colleges strong programs:</p>
<p>UT:Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Education, Music
McGill: Medicine, Law, Engineering, Management, Environmental Studies, Music
British Columbia: Economics, Microbiology, Computer Science, Asian Studies, International Relations, Astronomy, Physics, Creative Writing</p>
<p>it appears that British Columbia is the best at Economics out of the 3.</p>
<p>I’d take a look at Carnegie Mellon and Swarthmore College. Carnegie Mellon is top 10 in both economics/business and engineering and is in Pittsburgh. Swarthmore is a small college just outside of Philadelphia that has a very good econ program and it’s engineering program is pretty good.</p>
<p>You might be interested to know that economics is the most popular major at Middlebury. More than 10% of students major in econ. In fact, there are more econ majors at Midd than all language majors combined!</p>
<p>I know it’s the most popular major but that does not translate into a good program, the most popular majors at colleges in the US are almost always either psychology or economics</p>
<p>And to whoever said Yale was bad in engineering but Dartmouth is good in engineering is incorrect. Dartmouth is known to have the worst engineering in the Ivy League. Yale’s isn’t bad, and they’re investing $1 billion into the sciences and engineering. There’s also a 1:1 student:faculty ratio in engineering.</p>
