Advice on universities with great writing programs for aspiring writer?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Stats: 2170 SAT (670 writing)
215 PSAT (75 in writing)
30 ACT (32 in reading, 32 in English)
Retaking ACT and SAT soon
3.6 GPA, taking the most rigorous courses at her 'top 25 public elite high schools in U.S.' according to USNWR
Limited extracurriculars</p>

<p>Any suggestions for colleges to investigate?<br>
On a side note, my D spent 4 months on Unleash</a> Your Imagination - FanFiction.Net writing new endings to her favorite stories and critiquing other people's endings, and went up 80 points in writing on a subsequent SAT test (but went down 80 points in reading--can't win!). So intense writing practice--if the person wants to do it--can really make a difference in scores.</p>

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<p>If I were in the same position, I’d definitely check out some of the top Liberal Arts colleges.</p>

<p>For a national, I would check out Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>"The Department’s Creative Writing Program is recognized as one of the best in the country. Its programs in technical and professional writing—which were among the first in the country—still rank among the best, and its Ph.D. program in rhetoric is one of the best known and most successful in the country. "</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon Press Release: March 8, 2004</p>

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<p>This thread topic comes up often, which is useful since my daughter is also a prospective writer. </p>

<p>A quick search came up with these four recent threads–hopefully, they’ll help. Good luck to your D. :)</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/511792-most-known-best-creative-writing-program.html?highlight=creative+writing[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/511792-most-known-best-creative-writing-program.html?highlight=creative+writing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/510717-undergraduate-creative-writing.html?highlight=creative+writing[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/510717-undergraduate-creative-writing.html?highlight=creative+writing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/491572-undergraduate-writing-programs.html?highlight=creative+writing[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/491572-undergraduate-writing-programs.html?highlight=creative+writing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/499492-strongest-women-s-college-writing.html?highlight=creative+writing[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/499492-strongest-women-s-college-writing.html?highlight=creative+writing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks to both respondents. I so appreciate your sharing your expertise.</p>

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<p>Relative to the size of the student body, Bard can match up with any school in the country, and has more to offer than any of the Ivies.</p>

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<p>Kenyon is superb.</p>

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<p>How liberal are these suggested colleges, if that can be gauged? If there is a mix of all kinds of people, such as feminists and social conservatives, that is fine, but I’m not interested in a heavily liberal environment for my D.</p>

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<p>Bard is probably the most liberal of those suggested so far.</p>

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<p>Sarah Lawrence in NY is known for producing great writers (plus, you might get a scholarship)</p>

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<p>^I just want to add, fwiw, that Sarah Lawrence only has need-based aid, or at least that’s what we were told by an SL admissions rep. at a local college fair last fall.</p>

<p>A few schools that I can recall, off the top of my head, that offer writing-related merit scholarships are Washington College, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, and possibly, Franklin & Marshall. I think that UNC-Chapel Hill has a (very generous) Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, but I can only imagine that it’s incredibly competitive since only one student per year is awarded this scholarship.</p>

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<p>Isn’t it more important what sort of environment your D is interested in?</p>

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<p>Some state universities that have strong English/writing programs are: University of Wisconsin, SUNY Binghamton, Indiana University, University of Pittsburgh, William and Mary, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley and, of course, University of Iowa.</p>

<p>By the way, if anyone knows of any other state universities and/or colleges with strong English/Creative Writing programs, I’d love to hear about them, myself.</p>

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<p>for jounalism, Northwestern can’t be beat.</p>