<p>I'm currently a freshman in college but I'm looking to transfer to a school with a strong econ program.</p>
<p>any suggestons on where to start looking or schools to look into?</p>
<p>u of chicago</p>
<p>Chicago, Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, Columbia</p>
<p>Harvard Yale Stanford Chicago</p>
<p>I realize for the purposes of this discussion, Princeton is useless, but I still don't understand how it gets passed over so often in other threads about undergrad econ.</p>
<p>before anyone can give you suggestions, and for that matter before you think about econ programs, you need to figure out a few important details. What part of the country? Do you want a LAC, small U, research U? What is your financial range? A college in a city, suburb, or rural?</p>
<p>yea u of chicago is a good school for econ but mainly if you are looking to do a grad program, im from chicago so when i did my original "college search" i looked into it. </p>
<p>thanks for the suggestions :)</p>
<p>well yea, im looking for a smaller school for sure, im not opposed to an all womens college, i'd really like to be in the city... </p>
<p>right now im really sort of looking to get out of the middle of nowhere. financially, well that might be a big concern. the main reason im at where i am now is because they offered me a full ride, but doesnt matter where in the country</p>
<p>right now im really looking for information. i've applied for a study abroad program and if that doesnt go through then i would really like to transfer.</p>
<p>ok, that's a start on what you're looking for. How competitive are you as an applicant? For example, what are your SAT scores and HS GPA? Do you want a school with a big-time sports program? One where you can play intramurals? One where students live on/near campus or spread thru the city? Do you want a faculty advisor? Especially since you've already spent a semester in school, the better you can describe what you're looking for the better your chances of recognizing the right matches. </p>
<p>As an aside, on this forum when you ask broad questions without specifics here you're going to get the same school suggestions. Depending on who's reading that day you'll get a smattering of Ivy league colleges, Stanford, some top LACs, etc. Engineering? Harvard. Chemistry? Why you want Yale. And so on, regardless of whether those schools are particularly strong in the field, good for undergrads, or match anything the poster was looking for. </p>
<p>So let me suggest to you that this board is not your best option at this stage. You might get a few good suggestions among all the noise, but my advice is to get one of the comprehensive books on colleges and spend a few hours poring thru it after building a list of things you have to have and want to have. With an idea of what you're looking for and the selectivity that's right for you, come up with a preliminary list. Keep in mind you're more likely to get merit aid at schools where you'll be one of the top students, and the favorites on this board (HYPS, etc) don't give merit aid. Identify candidate schools (or types of schools) and THEN come back to this board with questions about specific schools you've found. If you say "I like Wesleyan because of A, B, and C; can anyone suggest similar schools?" I think you'll get much more useful help than just saying "tell me some schools good for econ".</p>
<p>For that matter, why econ? Is it because you've taken a class or two and find you love the material, or because you think it's an ersatz business major that will lead to a job?</p>
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ok, that's a start on what you're looking for. How competitive are you as an applicant? For example, what are your SAT scores and HS GPA? Do you want a school with a big-time sports program? One where you can play intramurals? One where students live on/near campus or spread thru the city? Do you want a faculty advisor? Especially since you've already spent a semester in school, the better you can describe what you're looking for the better your chances of recognizing the right matches.</p>
<p>As an aside, on this forum when you ask broad questions without specifics here you're going to get the same school suggestions. Depending on who's reading that day you'll get a smattering of Ivy league colleges, Stanford, some top LACs, etc. Engineering? Harvard. Chemistry? Why you want Yale. And so on, regardless of whether those schools are particularly strong in the field, good for undergrads, or match anything the poster was looking for.</p>
<p>So let me suggest to you that this board is not your best option at this stage. You might get a few good suggestions among all the noise, but my advice is to get one of the comprehensive books on colleges and spend a few hours poring thru it after building a list of things you have to have and want to have. With an idea of what you're looking for and the selectivity that's right for you, come up with a preliminary list. Keep in mind you're more likely to get merit aid at schools where you'll be one of the top students, and the favorites on this board (HYPS, etc) don't give merit aid. Identify candidate schools (or types of schools) and THEN come back to this board with questions about specific schools you've found. If you say "I like Wesleyan because of A, B, and C; can anyone suggest similar schools?" I think you'll get much more useful help than just saying "tell me some schools good for econ".</p>
<p>For that matter, why econ? Is it because you've taken a class or two and find you love the material, or because you think it's an ersatz business major that will lead to a job?
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<p>Quoted for truth. Very good advice.</p>
<p>in high school i did fairly well. i graduated with a 3.8 and was ranked in the top 6% of my class. i scored i think a 28 on the ACT and something like a 2100 on the SAT. this past semester i only got a 3.5 so it makes me doubt how competative an applicant i really am.</p>
<p>i'm not interested in becoming a business major because i really do like econ. thats what im interested in. When i originally applied for college i only applied 5 places (Wellesley, Macalester, Lawrence, Smith and then SMC at Notre Dame). I am looking for schools along that same line only i think the an all women's college might not have been exactly what i was looking for. From what I remember I was very interested in Amherst but I don't know a lot of their economics dept and I can't get that good of an idea off their website.</p>