<p>You need to have a strong math background to get into any of the top econ grad programs. Susan Athey at Harvard has a very nice article on math/econ based on her own HS/college experience.</p>
<p>[Imagine</a> Article: Economics and Math](<a href=“http://kuznets.harvard.edu/~athey/imagineart.html]Imagine”>http://kuznets.harvard.edu/~athey/imagineart.html)</p>