Actually, if she currently lives outside the US, she would be a domestic US citizen applicant from outside the US, which is different from an international applicant (neither US citizen nor US permanent resident) to US universities.
Online class schedules for each university may give some information for the specific courses of interest (presumably lower and upper level economics and math courses).
OP and daughter ought to check out whatever California colleges for geographic balance. Ancillary things as climate could tip the scales at least to Berkeley. Psst, check out UCLA also.
And I can’t believe that the referenced snapshot study by WSJ is still mentioned. Not only did it lack credibility back then, but it should have been discarded because of its regional bias. I doubt if anyone at the WSJ ever mentions it anymore, and I’m sure they’d like to live it down.
I’d take Dartmouth off the list because it doesn’t sound like a good fit for this student socially or climate-wise.
I’d be stuck between the next 3, even with Chicago’s winters. Is there any way she could visit the campuses again and sit in on some Econ classes?
We are international applicant category eligible for federal aid. We checked with the unis. But what difference does it make?
Thank you everyone again, for your time, to answer our query.
Not possible unfortunately. Final IBDP exams on card.
For pure economics, UChicago would be the choice academically, but given the interest in environmental policy as well, that brings Brown and Dartmouth much closer in. However, I think the real differentiator is in quality of life and stress - you’ll fare best at Brown, then Dartmouth, and lastly Chicago/Berkeley. Also the undergrad focus at Brown and Dartmouth are real nice touches. Overall I think Brown gets the edge unless there is a better feel at Dartmouth or Chicago, with Berkeley being a distant fourth. But Brown is known to be quite happy so I’d be surprised if other schools have a better “feeling,” although an argument can be made for Dartmouth if there is a love of snow and nature. Weather-wise Berkeley wins hands down though, which might be its only compelling case here. Good luck!