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Anonymous wrote:Depauw
Mount Holyoke
Union
Gettysburg

Mount Holyoke is a real outlier so I feel like your DS should either want it or not. The others are much more similar, coed, strong Greek presence. What major?

Anonymous wrote:Depauw
Mount Holyoke
Union
Gettysburg

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND w 25k merit
BC full pay
GW w 25k merit
Northwestern full pay

major: history/politics/IR.
biggest factor: happiest kids (after stressful 4 years at grinder HS). money also a consideration - those full pays are not fun.

Northwestern

DD will be majoring in business. Deciding between: Fordham, CWRU (odd choice but long story), BU. Leaning BU but likes the Fordham proximity to NY internships. Thoughts?

Anonymous wrote:ND w 25k merit
BC full pay
GW w 25k merit
Northwestern full pay

major: history/politics/IR.
biggest factor: happiest kids (after stressful 4 years at grinder HS). money also a consideration - those full pays are not fun.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD with small scholarship - instate
UNC Chapel Hill. OOS

Music school.

Hmm. That’s tough. What’s the price difference? I’m going to say UNC!!! Congrats

Anonymous wrote:ND w 25k merit
BC full pay
GW w 25k merit
Northwestern full pay

major: history/politics/IR.
biggest factor: happiest kids (after stressful 4 years at grinder HS). money also a consideration - those full pays are not fun.

Anonymous wrote:ND w 25k merit
BC full pay
GW w 25k merit
Northwestern full pay

major: history/politics/IR.
biggest factor: happiest kids (after stressful 4 years at grinder HS). money also a consideration - those full pays are not fun.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

UMD or VTech

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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 wrote:

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 wrote:UMD with small scholarship - instate
UNC Chapel Hill. OOS

Music school.

Anonymous wrote:Depauw
Mount Holyoke
Union
Gettysburg