Where Should I Apply for Econ?

Transfer Students
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<p>I am currently a freshman and I have just switched my major to Economics (applicable to the second quarter). My current school doesn't have a very reputable Business school or Econ program so I am consider a transfer (for either second semester Sophomore or Junior). </p>

<p>With the transfer process being such a crapshoot I do not want to waste my time applying to schools that I have no chance of getting in for.</p>

<p>Stats:
HS GPA 3.08 UW/ 3.5 W (7 AP courses)
SAT: 1340 (680 Verbal and 660 Math)
EC's: Pretty standard- Tutor, 100+ hours as a hospital volunteer, Varsity Track and Cross Country (nothing that significant)</p>

<p>College Stats:
101 Intro to Microeconomics: A (taken over the summer before senior year)
101 Chemistry: A- (taken this past summer)</p>

<p>Enrolled for Calc I, Physics I, Foundations of Engineering.</p>

<p>I am assuming that after transferring out of the College of Engineering I will have better grades than this quarter so I am going to say that I will maintain a cumulative GPA of greater than 3.5.</p>

<p>With a 3.5+ GPA and decent SAT's and High school GPA what types of schools would be a good fit for me to even try to apply to. I am impartial to any location in the USA so that really isn't a factor.</p>

<p>I was thinking of schools like Ohio State, University of Michigan, Cornell, Emory University and University of California-San Diego. Are these schools within reach? I basically just pulled of some list I was giving for Econ rankings. </p>

<p>Any suggestions would be great.</p>

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<p>Here’s some rankings of undergrad econ programs just fyi</p>

<p>GROUP I:
Harvard University
Masachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of Chicago</p>

<p>GROUP II:
Northwestern University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University</p>

<p>GROUP III:
Columbia University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>

<p>GROUP IV:
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Duke University
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
University of Rochester
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>GROUP V:
Boston University
University of California-San Diego
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Minnesota
University of Texas-Austin</p>