Chance me for Swarthmore College ED2 [PA resident, 3.85 GPA, 1530 SAT, economics and statistics]

tsbna44
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:17:22 +0000

You can study finance at small schools. Finance is not Econ and economics will be far more heavy math centric. You might want to re- think that. Finance is offered at many small schools - if you’d rather truly study that.

You dislike big schools but ED1 to UVA? Swat is known to be very demanding so are you sure that’s the right environment ? Did you apply to Pitt which is a fair sub in similar size or Miami of Ohio, Delaware, or Syracuse, three others of similar size ? Big is in the eye of the beholder but most consider UVA big

If you want finance, you might consider Bucknell, Susquehanna, Lehigh, Richmond, Babson, Bentley, Christopher Newport, Gettysburg, etc. - all excellent small schools that offer it, with Babson, Bentley, Bucknell and Richmond on most rankings that show best for job success and Babson (22), Bentley (25) and Richmond (28) on the College Transitions IB feeder list per capita - if that’s a concern.

I wish you luck but I don’t think Econ will be your right choice (I don’t know you but based on your math struggles) and I don’t see UVA as not big.

Best of luck in your apps. Hopefully you have a balanced list.