<p>Alexandre, you have to take into account the fact that Coolbrezze isn’t the most intelligent one on this board, to say the least.</p>
<p>Also, jkaplan - I can tell you right now that the top (as in #1 top) schools for econ are UChicago, Harvard, and Princeton.</p>
<p>Ya I knew that, I was wondering about other schools, I don’t have the marks for the top 3</p>
<p>1 Harvard University 5.0<br>
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0<br>
1 Princeton University 5.0<br>
1 University of Chicago 5.0<br>
5 Stanford University 4.9<br>
6 University of California–Berkeley 4.8<br>
6 Yale University 4.8<br>
8 Northwestern University 4.7<br>
9 University of Pennsylvania 4.4<br>
10 Columbia University New York, NY Enter your zip 4.3<br>
10 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN Enter your zip 4.3<br>
12 New York University New York, NY Enter your zip 4.2<br>
12 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Enter your zip 4.2<br>
14 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA Enter your zip 4.1<br>
14 University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Enter your zip 4.1<br>
14 University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA Enter your zip 4.1<br>
14 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI Enter your zip 4.1<br>
18 Cornell University Ithaca, NY Enter your zip 3.9<br>
19 Brown University Providence, RI Enter your zip 3.8<br>
19 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) Pittsburgh, PA Enter your zip 3.8<br>
19 Duke University Durham, NC Enter your zip 3.8<br>
22 University of Maryland–College Park 3.7<br>
22 University of Rochester 3.7<br>
24 Boston University Boston 3.6<br>
25 Johns Hopkins University 3.5 </p>
<p>The National research Council is also very reliable:</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Economics](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area36.html]NRC”>NRC Rankings in Economics)</p>
<p>Take the ratings with a grain of salt. Not to mention the fact that USNWR and NCR rank Graduate programs, not undergrad… :/</p>
<p>And kmccrindle, thanks for the awesome advice, including the non-academic stuff. That’s really what I’ve been thinking all along, I just needed another rational mind to orate it to me as well. :)</p>
<p>Speaking from a parent’s perspective, I say go to UMich and don’t look back! I agree with kmcrindle about the money issue. If you are instate, you are a lucky person and can take advantage of UMich’s amazing program at a great price. Do not go into debt for undergrad and use the 100K wisely. Keep in mind that it also costs more money just to exist in DC or New York City as well–for food, entertainment, housing, transportation, etc. You can always do a semester or summer program in Washington, DC, almost all universities offer something like that, especially for their poli-sci students. I’m sure there are summer/semester programs in NYC as well for UMich students—you would just need to be proactive and seek them out. I only wish we had a great affordable instate option in New York State. Our SUNY system leaves much to be desired. Consider yourself fortunate and enjoy UMich! My daughter was accepted but unless she gets merit money we will not be able to afford it.</p>
<p>^^^Totally agree saf. So many people from this state take the attitude it’s better somewhere else. Many don’t realize how lucky they are to have a state school the quality of the U-M.</p>
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<p>totally agree, I’m stuck with UofA…which is why I’m pushing OOS so much</p>
<p>“Take the ratings with a grain of salt. Not to mention the fact that USNWR and NCR rank Graduate programs, not undergrad… :/”</p>
<p>Crono, can you please tell me how graduate school rankings differ from undergraduate rankings? Is there a significant difference between BBA and MBA programs or between graduate Engineering and undergraduate Engineering rankings? Do different faculties teach undergraduate students and graduate students. Do undergraudate students have access to completely different curriculae or facilities than graduate students?</p>
<p>Only two types of people would ever make such a comment as yours:</p>
<p>1) People who don’t know better or are simply regurgitating what others say</p>
<p>2) People with an agenda</p>
<p>The fact is, at most universities, there is virtually no difference between undergraduate quality and graduate quality. Most of my higher level classes in Econ were practically identical to their graduate school counterparts (401 and 601 or 402 and 602 etc…), except they were less quantitative. Those classes were often taught by the same professors and in the same classrooms as their graduate school equivalent course.</p>
<p>There are exceptions of course:</p>
<p>1) At some schools, excellent undergraduate programs do not have graduate school equivalents. That is especially true at major LACs and schools like Dartmouth. But in most cases, in a university has a top graduate program in a particular field, its undergraduate program in that field will also be excellent.</p>
<p>2) At some schools, excellent graduate programs do not have the necessay resources to make for the best undergraduate experience. That is especially true at large universities with relatively small endowments and revenues, such as UCSD and Maryland. But Michigan’s endowment of $6 billion (6th largest university endowment in the World) and revenues (from tuition, alumni donations etc…) allow it to manage a large student body with relative ease, although I do believe that Michigan would benefit from having a slightly smaller undergraduate student population.</p>
<p>saf - do you know for a fact that if you start UMich as an instate but your parents move, you would still be an instate?</p>
<p>And to weigh in (with no expertise) - it seems like everyone I know who goes to school in Washington DC - American University, GW, gets really good internships although I’ve always thought the school was a bit of a rip-off.</p>
<p>NYU seems like it could be very depressing and lonely. I’m a New Yorker and I love the city but it seems like it could be pretty scary and lonely for a freshman because the school itself doesn’t seem very nurturing. Dorms can be really far from school and a lot of kids go home to the suburbs on weekends.</p>
<p>From the UMich website regarding residency status:</p>
<p>iii. Dependent Resident Student Who Remains in Michigan When Parents Leave the State. If you are a student living in Michigan with your parents and permanently domiciled in the state as defined by University Residency Classification Guidelines, you are presumed to retain resident status eligibility if your parents leave the state provided: (1) you have completed at least your junior year of high school prior to your parents’ departure, (2) you remain in Michigan, enrolled full-time in high school or an institution of higher education, and (3) you have not taken steps to establish a domicile outside Michigan or any other action inconsistent with maintaining a domicile in Michigan.</p>
<p>So, yes, the OP would still be considered instate.</p>