Indicated interest in Economics vs. Psychology with 31 Math/36 English ACT

[ucbalumnus]

@blossom

I’d worry more about how much calculus she’s mastered with a 2

… or if her algebra and trigonometry preparation was sufficient to do well in calculus.

rurci3 may help the student determine if there are any precalculus topics she needs to review before taking calculus in college.

[ucbalumnus]

@NiceUnparticularMan

I note last I knew, there were very few colleges that even had a dedicated Behavioral Economics program. You could maybe do some sort of focus within Econ, Business, or Psych, but anything formal was pretty rare.

Usually, economics major programs require a small set of core upper level economics courses (intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, econometrics) and then allow the student to choose economics or related electives for the remaining required upper level courses. This allows the student to focus on behavioral economics with the electives.

[NiceUnparticularMan]

@aquapt

Pitt might be worth a look.

That’s a good suggestion! I believe Pitt Psychology has a decent range of offerings in social and cognitive psychology the OP’s kid might be interested in checking out, and that could probably be the core of a major with interests in this area.

@ucbalumnus

This allows the student to focus on behavioral economics with the electives.

That’s definitely the approach I had in mind. I do wonder if the OP’s kid might prefer to do this based in Psych rather than Econ, but if they were comfortable with Econ they could look for departments which had a robust selection of behavioral-type electives.

[tsbna44]

Not sure OP was seeking suggestions or just

Would her ACT score breakdown disadvantage her if she indicates Econ as her preferred major at schools with less than 30% admission rates?

And noted BC, Gtown, and Wake.

[Strannik]

Thanks, I appreciate ideas for schools as well, although at this point we have somewhat narrowed down the choices.