Anonymous
04/20/2024 22:24
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DD will be majoring in business. Deciding between:
Fordham
CWRU (add choice but long story)
BU
Leaning BU but likes the Fordham proximity to NY internships.
Thoughts?
BU - there are plenty of Boston internships and Boston is a great college town.
And can get NYC internships for summer
Anonymous
04/20/2024 22:07
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
UMD with small scholarship - instate
UNC Chapel Hill. OOS
Music school.
UNC Chapel Hill. OOS
Music school.
Anonymous
04/20/2024 21:30
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Intended major CS
Top 5 acceptances:
Vassar
Grinnell
Haverford
Denison
Union College
Grinnell
Anonymous
04/20/2024 21:17
Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Mount Holyoke
Anonymous
04/20/2024 12:22
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Depauw
Mount Holyoke
Union
Gettysburg
Mount Holyoke
Union
Gettysburg
Anonymous
04/20/2024 11:57
Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:UMD Honors College in state
Northeastern full pay
Undecided but not STEM
UMD ✔️
Anonymous
04/20/2024 11:32
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:UMBC
Coppin
Spelman
Towson
Goucher
Temple
Pace
Majorance
Which one has the best dance program at the cost your family is willing to pay? I feel like Pace is known for their performing arts but not sure if that includes dance.
Anonymous
04/20/2024 09:49
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:If your child has not yet decided, list the options (if u want major, financial concerns, etc) and let the masses weigh in.
Go!
UMBC (Full Scholarship/Honors College)
UMD (Small Scholarship)
William and Mary
Virginia Tech (1/2 Scholarship/Honors College)
Purdue
University of Kentucky (Full Scholarship)
Math and CS Major
Anonymous
04/20/2024 08:49
Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
UMD Honors College in state
Northeastern full pay
Undecided but not STEM
Northeastern full pay
Undecided but not STEM
Anonymous
04/20/2024 07:48
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M
Econ, then Econ PhD
Money is not an issue
This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.
Signed Ph.D economist.
Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.
This could be more about interest than preparation....
UVA has a top Econ grad program ....but W&M is a strong program and any kid who seeks advice there will be prepared. There are strong economists at both of those schools. I know less about Davidson as an economist - but SLAC schools can be a great starting point.
Go where the kid wants to go - just be sure to tell them to speak to Econ department professors about courses to take and to follow their advice on how to best prepare. Math will be very important (multivariate calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, real analysis), as will choice of economics classes. Be sure to choose the ones that are heavy on math. And as someone else pointed out - having strong econometrics and multiple econometrics options would be a good thing too.
Agreed. If PP's DC wants to be competitive for top PhD programs/predocs right out of undergrad, they'll need (in addition to research which all three unis can provide) graduate coursework, which you can only officially find at UVA.
Perhaps if prerequisites for grad classes at UVA are too strict to fit them in, the next best option by be graduate-level independent study courses at the LACs (the rigor of which can be backed up in LoRs), but that strikes me as a very high risk strategy with a lot of options for failure.
Anonymous
04/20/2024 06:46
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
UMBC
Coppin
Spelman
Towson
Goucher
Temple
Pace
Majorance
Coppin
Spelman
Towson
Goucher
Temple
Pace
Major
ance
Anonymous
04/20/2024 06:40
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UMD (scholars) - in state, no merit
College of Charleston (Honors College, Charleston fellows) - full tuition scholarship plus $5k
History/religious studies
Grad school highly likely, law school possible
UMD
Why?
Anonymous
04/20/2024 01:43
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M
Econ, then Econ PhD
Money is not an issue
This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.
Signed Ph.D economist.
Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.
This could be more about interest than preparation....
UVA has a top Econ grad program ....but W&M is a strong program and any kid who seeks advice there will be prepared. There are strong economists at both of those schools. I know less about Davidson as an economist - but SLAC schools can be a great starting point.
Go where the kid wants to go - just be sure to tell them to speak to Econ department professors about courses to take and to follow their advice on how to best prepare. Math will be very important (multivariate calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, real analysis), as will choice of economics classes. Be sure to choose the ones that are heavy on math. And as someone else pointed out - having strong econometrics and multiple econometrics options would be a good thing too.
Anonymous
04/20/2024 01:32
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Intended major CS
Top 5 acceptances:
Vassar
Grinnell
Haverford
Denison
Union College
Haverford
then.. Grinnell
Anonymous
04/20/2024 01:31
Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:My DS is deciding between the following. Virginia in-state and major CS.
UMD
GMU
Pitt
University of Michigan (Data Science)
Michigan for sure.