<p>I’ve told you before, but Stanford’s econ department is very mathy. Just looking at the description of Yale’s econ major, I can guarantee you that it will be easier to avoid math at Yale, since apparently they have different tracks that you can take (a more qualitative track for the math-averse and a more quantitative one for the math-inclined), and you don’t even need to take math higher than single variable calculus if you don’t want to. At Stanford, you don’t have that option. Everyone who majors in econ HAS to take linear algebra/multivariable calculus, and has to take the extremely math-centric econ core, which can be quite painful if you’re not good at math.</p>
<p>However, you definitely should not base your decision on this alone. I hate/am very bad at math, and definitely am not pleased with how mathy the econ department is here, but I still love Stanford and wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. (Yale was one of my top choices too when applying to college, but Stanford was my number one.) You might even decide to not major in econ later, so basing your decision just on the econ departments is not a good idea. (Are you interested in any other majors? Maybe you should find out information about other departments too.) Definitely visit both schools though, and talk to a lot of people to make an informed decision.</p>