Just out of curiosity, but what are your swimming times? What are your best events?
@TheNICKNAME my best events are the 200 Fly and 400 IM (unfortunately lol). I used to do some distance free but sort of leaned away from that in the past few seasons. My 200 fly is a 1:59.04 and my 400 IM is a 4:16. They’re not quite as good as I would like them to be, but they are good enough for a decent amount of schools that I am interested in. Unfortunately, not fast enough for the Ivies.
If you really want to be an athlete, then apply at one of those schools you listed above. Being an athlete at Tufts must be pretty cool
@m4tt0201 Distance free is bomb. What’s your mile time?
I was 16:55 when I was 15, then I got an injury and haven’t done it since.
That’s really cool! I’m also being recruited by a couple of the schools you mentioned and some others you didn’t!
Dang, that’s fast. How long have you been swimming?
Call the coaches again from your top 3 choices (recruited) and chat about the ED possibility. Talk about the school/program too, of course, but try to solidify the certainty of ED admission. Then if you go with one of them, be sure to talk to that coach again right before the ED deadline to see if anything has changed. Your whole plan is dependent on their word, so install your bs filter and be direct.
I wouldn’t worry about Pomona for econ. You also have CMC and HMC there to supplement econ, math.
@merc81 has a list of the top Econ schools. You’ll find Middlebury is right there amongst the best.
Based on faculty research and publishing at ~196 liberal arts colleges, these schools had the most productive economics departments:
- Williams
- Wellesley
- Middlebury
- Wesleyan
- Hamilton
The professors evaluated in this analysis would be the primary instructors and mentors for economics majors at these undergraduate focused colleges.
(“Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges” / IDEAS. Read the online article for the full rankings and a discussion of the study’s limitations.)