<p>Instead of transferring, consider spending your junior year abroad in England at an Oxford college or at LSE. </p>
<p>For funded admission to a top economics Ph.D. program, you’ll need to take as least as much math as economics. Make certain you take intermediate “real” analysis (300 level), ODE, linear algebra, probability theory and mathematical statistics (requiring a probability course).</p>
<p>Gaining admission to another Ivy as a transfer will be difficult. Brown might be the Ivy that is the most different and which will take transfers. At Columbia College you’ll encounter a substantial core, which may or may not be to your liking. However, NYC is a much better city than Philly. MIT is the best both in economics and math but historically has taken prospective engineering majors from other fields as transfers. Lastly, you should consider LAC’s like Swarthmore, Williams, etc. which tend to send a high percentage of grads into Ph.D. programs. You could even try a class at Swat in the Fall.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, universities want what is best for them and not individual students. The fact that someplace other than Penn may be a better fit for you will be meaningless for transfer admission. Penn’s pre-professional culture is definitely not for everyone.</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>