Political Science and Economy Schools?

<p>I’m currently a junior and still undecided but was leading towards these schools. Possibly even a double major. This in not really a chance me thread but here some of the top schools in these majors. </p>

<p>I used usnews rankings to put this list together. I also used each schools website for tution and naviance for the average ACT and GPA (UC schools calculate GPA differently-reason for *). Lacrosse is in there my purposes (no need for you guys to worry about it).</p>

<p>School PS Econ SS Cost ACT/UWGPA Lax
Average<br>
Harvard 1 1 2 $62,950 33/ D1
Princeton 1 1 2 $57,260 32/3.86 D1
Stanford 1 5 6 $58,846 32/ MCLA
MIT 9 1 10 $57,010 33/ D3
Yale 5 6 11 $57,280 32/ D1
UC Berkeley 6 6 12 $55,764 29/3.88 MCLA
UChicago 11 1 12 $61,390 32/ Club
Michigan 4 12 16 $51,976 29/3.8 D1
Columbia 7 10 17 $61,642 32/ D1
UCSD 7 14 21 $51,767 28/4.00* MCLA
UCLA 11 14 25 $54,433 28/4.00* MCLA
Minnesota 17 10 27 $30,315 27/ MCLA
Duke 9 19 28 $59,343 32/ D1
Wisconsin 15 14 29 $41,054 28/3.6 MCLA
NYU 17 12 29 $59,337 30/3.7 D3
Northwestern 21 8 29 $61,240 32/ Club
Rochester 15 22 37 $60,433 30/3.8 Club
UPenn 28 9 37 $59,428 32/3.91 D1
Cornell 20 18 38 $60,066 31/ D1
WashU 13 28 41 $61,639 33/ MCLA2
Ohio St 17 28 45 $41,294 28/ D1
Texas 21 25 46 $48,662 28/ MCLA
North Carolina 13 34 47 $43,092 29/ D1
Maryland 28 22 50 $40,003 26/3.61 D1
Illinois 21 31 52 $33,028 28 MCLA
UC Davis 25 34 59 $55,046 26/4.00* MCLA
John Hopkins 39 25 64 $59,342 31/3.72 D1
Brown 46 19 65 $58,140 31/ D1
Texas A&M 24 42 66 $37,442 27/ MCLA
Boston 62 24 86 $59,100 28/3.7 MCLA</p>

<p>So I was trying to narrow this list down. Besides apply to Cornell and not Illinios I have no other plans. If you guys have any other schools to add to the list that would also be great. I just took my first ACT and got a disappointing 27. My GPA is between 3.6 and 3.7 (depending where you count the +s and -s). Because of money reasons I fit perfectly in between getting FinAid from most colleges and not having to worry about how I’m going to pay for college. With the exception of some Ivies (Cornell/Harvard) I won’t be receiving any aid except merit, so please keep that in mind. Because of this I’ve also considered Alabama and West Point. Any help appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>wow that didn’t come out how I formated, sorry about that guys :(</p>

<p>Unless you come from an extremely wealthy family who would be full pay at all of these places, run the net price calculator on each college’s web site to get an estimate of what the cost would be for you at each school after need-based financial aid.</p>

<p>If you are full pay, Minnesota appears to be the bargain based just on the price and rankings that you seem to be basing your decision on.</p>

<p>yes ill do that</p>

<p>Georgetown university
American U
Johns Hopkins??</p>

<p>thanks for the extra schools…btw John Hopkins is in there</p>