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College Search & Selection
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<p>I've been putting a lot of thought into which colleges I should apply to but I decided to ask you all here at CC. Thanks for the advice that anyone has to offer.</p>

<p>Grades: 4.60 weighted, 3.93-3.95 unweighted. I’ve taken almost all honors/ap classes since freshman year and I’ve gotten 2 B's overall; one in in freshman year in enriched chem, the other last year in AP Lang. </p>

<p>Scores: 35 on ACT, I did badly on the SAT the first time I took it but I’m going to retake in 1 week, hopefully much better. 800/790/770 on SATII for math II, Chem and Us History. I've gotten 5's on all AP tests including Macro/micro, Chemistry, BC Calc, Us History, English Lang, and Us Gov.</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular: President of my schools investment club, math team 3 years (on a few state winning teams), 2 years on debate (a lot of placements in tournaments too), Played violin for 12 years including 4 years in local youth orchestras, 4 years of lacrosse (3 on varsity; there is a good chance I’ll be a captain this year), my team of four placed 2nd at the National Personal Finance Competition and we also won the state competition, national honors society and Spanish honors society, Illinois Youth and Government for 2 years (I was a lobbyist one year and a senator the next). </p>

<p>Senior year schedule: AP art history, AP Lit, AP bio, AP euro, AP psych, and Multivariable calculus.</p>

<p>Recs: I know I am going to get a good rec from my counselor and my AP us history teacher from last year. I also want to get a rec letter from my AP econ teacher but I took that soph year so I’m not sure if that’s ok. However, she did sponsor 2 clubs I did (youth and gov and finance competition).</p>

<p>Thanks to anyone who can give me some advice on where I should apply/ get in. I want to double major in philosophy and either math/econ (haven’t decided yet). If I left anything out, I can edit post or post in thread. THANKS!!!</p>

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<p>You have a shot at any school - Princeton, Columbia, Penn (Wharton or A&S), U. Chicago, Northwestern and Michigan come to mind. The top schools are crapshoots for anyone so make sure to pick safeties you LOVE.</p>

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<p>How much can you afford?
Where in the country do you want to study?
Campus setting?</p>

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<p>money isn’t really a factor
I would prefer to study in the US, but the UK has some good schools but I dont know if i want to make that commitment to study abroad all 4 years
I would prefer a college in a non rural enviroment and not midwest</p>

<p>I hope this helps, seattle</p>

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<p>You probably have a really good shot anywhere! Maybe start looking at the US News rankings and see what schools look like they would fit your needs? Then choose a couple safeties 'cause you never know what might happen…I wish I had your stats :)</p>

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<p>If you are considering graduate school in economics, majoring in math and adding the math-intensive intermediate micro/macro economics courses, econometrics course, and statistics courses will likely be better preparation than majoring in economics, although you could major in economics (with the math-intensive courses) and add math courses like real analysis, differential equations, etc. and statistics courses.</p>

<p>Very important in determining your school selection: what is your cost constraint, and what is your state of residency?</p>

<p>Many of the “usual suspects” among the highly selective schools (that are generally considered admission reaches for everyone, though some are generous enough with financial aid to be cost safeties for those few who do get admitted) and state flagships (often less selective in admissions, but often not very generous with financial aid for OOS students) are well regarded for math, economics, and philosophy.</p>

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<p>ucbalumnus, im probably not going to major in economics but I do have an intrest. Really arent that many cost constraints and I live in Illinois but I want to go out of state.</p>

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<p>Lack of cost constraints means that cost constraints won’t have to factor into reach/match/safety assessments.</p>

<p>However, are you sure that you do not want to consider University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign because they are in-state (although Chicago is private)? Both are highly regarded schools and good in all of your interest subjects; Chicago is particularly well regarded in math and economics.</p>