Best Urban (ish) College with Strong Sense of Community? Creative Writing and Neuroscience???

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<p>^ I strongly agree with sumobats about Penn and creative writing. Penn’s English Department is generally ranked among the top 5 or so in the nation, and the Kelly Writers House is quite a unique and extraordinary resource for students interested in writing:</p>

<p><a href=“Writers Find Haven on an Ivy Campus - The New York Times”>Writers Find Haven on an Ivy Campus - The New York Times;

<p><a href=“Kelly Writers House”>http://www.writing.upenn.edu/wh/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“Kelly Writers House - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Writers_House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Additionally, Penn has The Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, which includes a separate creative writing program:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.writing.upenn.edu/”>http://www.writing.upenn.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And you can’t beat Penn for neuroscience. It’s Biological Basis of Behavior Program is one of the oldest and most comprehensive interdisciplinary undergraduate neuroscience programs in the country, and includes not only faculty and resources of Penn’s highly ranked Psychology Department, but also faculty and resources of some of Penn’s other top-ranked programs, including its Medical and Veterinary Schools:</p>

<p><a href=“Neuroscience Program - Home | Neuroscience”>http://www.sas.upenn.edu/bbb/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Penn definitely meets most, if not all, of your criteria.</p>