junior looking for interdisciplinary colleges

[tiny crow]

I would normally not look at big publics for interdsciplinary interests. I feel like they pigeonhole you a lot more. I'd be looking at liberal arts colleges

[undone trench]

hmmm interesting---thank you!! ive heard decent things about berkeley for my niche but ill keep that in mind for other big publics

[tiny crow]

I mean, your interests aren't like... crazy wide across disciplines

like they are on the same branch of the tree

rather than like music and chemistry or something

[undone trench]

yeah i agree but people are surpised when i tell them thats what i want to major in 💀

[tiny crow]

but it can also be harder to get research and close relationships with professors at huge universities where your lower level econ classes will have like 300 people

[queen ember]

Tufts for sure

They’re super big on interdisciplinary

Harvard of course, Pomona/5Cs in general (you might like all of them to be honest definitely look into it)

Barnard is a great womens college in NYC

[tiny crow]

Dartmouth would be up that allet for sure. Amazing ECON department, has a quantitative social science program, public policy minor

[undone trench]

lol i've never heard of the 5cs. i'll look into that though---my cousin is doing her phd and recomended pomona for me

[tiny crow]

oh, missed that you really want a math/social science overlap, so yeah, QSS would be amazing. Plus Dartmouth has an amazing debate team

[undone trench]

haha yes many of my debate friends go to dartmouth. ty for the rec

[cold cradle]

i visited the 5cs last week and theyve all got great campuses and vibes! if u go to one of them u can take classes at any of the other ones too iirc so thats cool

[queen ember]

yup! scripps is a womens college, claremont mckenna is great for econ, harvey mudd is super stem focused, pomona is great for everything, pitzer is known for social issues, but its all a consortium so you can freely take classes at one of the other 4 colleges and it's very interdisciplinary

i second dartmouth

although, Hanover is about a 3 hour bus ride from Boston

[tiny crow]

Which doesn't really matter all that much

[cosmic mural]

Maybe look at Bryn Mawr and Smith

also University of Rochester

and then this major/program at Northeestern https://mmss.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/program-overview/

[tiny crow]

Fact of the matter is, this is a popular and usually strong area for a lot of LACs

[undone trench]

oh thats really nice id love the flexibility of that!!

[cosmic mural]

oh also maybe Barnard if you want women's college in a big city

[civic canyon]

Emory has the QSS major (but if you have a strong math background I would recommend taking the grad level version instead, they're not super math intensive)

You could also major in this and take econ/policy electives: https://acms.washington.edu/program-requirements-and-information

[undone trench]

yesss!! this is what I plan to apply for as my major at uw

[civic canyon]

Do you want to do a PhD? Or a master's

[undone trench]

phd eventually but im not dead set on academia yet

[civic canyon]

If you want to do a PhD in econ I would try go for the following option:

https://acms.washington.edu/mathematical-economics-and-quantitative-finance-0

Also skip econ 200/201 if you have AP credit and know how to take a derivative and go for the intermediate versions

[undone trench]

Ah okay thank you for the advice. This looks perfect for me

[cosmic mural]

Hmm ok maybe consider this too then

https://www.oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/finance

and/or maybe public policy with econ https://sanford.duke.edu/academics/undergraduate-program/programs/ba-public-policy/

[cursive compass]

Not too sure as I'm international, but from what I know, brown's got their open curriculum program which may suit what you're looking for

In terms of flexibility and constructing your course and whatnot