Best College Choices based on future plans as Writer and/or in Fashion Marketing

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<p>It's a bit late for this question since my D is a senior and has completed her apps and received decisions, but I'd like to get your thoughts anyway.</p>

<p>Career goals/interests/aspirations: fashion marketing, desire to write for a fashion magazine, desire to write her own novels, desire to some day own her own magazine.</p>

<p>Stats: Black female, GPA 3.8, top 15% grad class, not so good SAT/ACTs. Good, but below the standards for Merit $$ (side note: it really bugs me that colleges require **BOTH **a min. GPA **AND **a min SAT/ACT. Personally I'd take a good GPA over good SAT/ACTs any day. Good GPA shows a faithful worker, SAT/ACT just shows you did/do good/bad on standardized tests...sigh...I'll get off my soap box now...:().</p>

<p>Interested majors: English, Journalism, Creative Writing, Fashion Marketing, Marketing
Interested minors: Spanish, leadership studies, any of the above</p>

<p>Acceptances: Emerson College (Writing, Literature, Publishing)
Ithaca College (Journalism)
Christopher Newport University (English, Minor: Leadership)
Longwood University (English)
Hollins University (English/Creative Writing)
University of Mary Washington (English)
Bridgewater College (English)</p>

<p>Educational goals: As far as she can go...to PhD</p>

<p>She's gotten 'decent' financial aid offers. Apart from scholarships/grants they all include $5,500 in student loans and leave a balance of anywhere from $10-15k for the freshman year...ugh...</p>

<p>Based on this information, which school(s) above would be her best choice(s)? Are there other schools she should have considered? She was looking for small/mid-size. She may consider larger size for grad school or if she decides she doesn't like wherever she goes for undergrad and transfers.</p>

<p>Another question, if she decides to transfer (one of her concerns has been 'what if I choose the wrong school?') How hard is it to transfer into these schools? I imagine there's a much smaller pool of available spots for transfers and I imagine aid could be more limited as well?</p>

<p>Thanks for any/all feedback.<br>
Signed...mom that's looking at all angles...:D</p>

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<p>I can’t advise you on the specific schools, but go on the websites of the schools where your D might become an English major. Many of the programs for English majors are heavily weighted toward literature (rather than writing), which doesn’t sound like what your D wants.</p>

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<p>Thanks Missypie!
They all have a Creative Writing/journalism component of classes. I guess my question would be is it enough since that’s not the total focus of the program…hmmm</p>