<p>I'm a senior that will be applying to colleges very soon and need some help on my options.</p>
<p>Here are some quick stats:</p>
<p>Major of Interest: Economics, probably quantitative (micro or macro).
SAT-R: 2050
Math II - 750
Chemistry Subject Test - 780
UC GPA: 4.2
Weighted GPA: 4.4</p>
<p>Extra activities:</p>
<p>Officer in volunteer club.
Part of school newspaper/journalism for two years ( I am news editor this year).
Been working in family business since 2006 to present: Have handled international customs, sending invoices, negotiation, wholesale distribution, product advertisement, product design, and developed a discipline in various types of manual labor.</p>
<p>I prefer a college in California because I may have to still lend a helping hand for my business. I know I can just do a college search on CC but I prefer the opinion/suggestions from actual people. I'd probably be applying to UCLA, UC Berkely, UC San Diego, CalPoly SLO, and CSUN as a safety school but do you guys have any other suggestions?</p>
<p>How strong is my resume and should I work towards more competitive schools or less competitive? Could you guys recommend me some colleges that offer good economic programs? </p>
<p>If there is any information that I left out and must be added to assess my concern, please let me know.</p>
<p>I appreciate the help in advance. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Other UCs: Davis, Irvine, Santa Barbara</p>
<p>Out of state: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (out of state list price is about the same as UC in state list price)</p>
<p>Be sure to run the net price calculators on the web sites if cost and financial aid are a concern.</p>
<p>Note that good math and statistics departments are helpful for a quantitative economics major. Economics graduate schools prefer applicants with strong math backgrounds, including upper division math and statistics courses.</p>
<p>[University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu%5DUniversity”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu) indicates that students in 2008-2009 (latest year available) with your UC GPA and total SAT-R score had a decent chance at Berkeley and Los Angeles, a good chance at San Diego, and over a 90% chance at all other UCs. However, selectivity may have changed since then.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot ucbalumnus,</p>
<p>I’ll look into those UCs as well. Are there any other colleges ( for example private or CSUs) that are recommended for my interest/resume? </p>
<p>Cost is an important factor as well but hopefully financial aid can cover for most of it. I can from a low income family of four family members (Around 40k/year).</p>
<p>Try running the net price calculators at various schools to get financial aid estimates. Your best shots at affordability would be:</p>
<ul>
<li>UCs and CSUs as an in-state student.</li>
<li>Community college, then transfer to a UC or CSU as a junior.</li>
<li>Schools which are generous with need-based financial aid, although many of those are super-selective (you want higher SAT or ACT scores to have a non-trivial chance at the super-selective schools). Most out of state publics will not give sufficient need-based financial aid (Virginia and North Carolina - Chapel Hill may be exceptions), so most of the schools in this category will be private ones.</li>
<li>Schools with large merit scholarships, although the full or near-full ride merit scholarships are not very common and can be very hard to get (again, you want higher SAT or ACT scores to have a better chance at many of them). Some lesser known schools have automatic large merit scholarships for grades and SAT or ACT scores; most of these are in the south (e.g. various University of Alabama campuses).</li>
</ul>
<p>Okay, I’ll be retaking the SATs in October.</p>
<p>I appreciate your help. (:</p>
<p>You may want to try an old ACT (a real one) for practice to see if there is a chance that you may do significantly better on the ACT than the SAT.</p>
<p>If you really want a good economics program
try a LAC that specializes in social science
In california i think theres claremont mckenna
but dont be limited to california there are so many amazing Liberal Arts Colleges!</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip!</p>
<p>I’m trying to stick to California because I have to give a helping hand for my family business!</p>