<p>My junior daughter is in search of large and diverse campus with a strong English dept. She'd prefer to be in a city.
GPA 4.11
PSAT: CR 78, M 66, CW 78
6 APs thus far: Bio, Gov, Lang, Psych, Latin, World History (4 planned during senior year, 10 total).
Financial aid packages could be a determining factor. She has decent but not stellar ECs. We'd like her to find a school where teachers enjoy teaching and are not there for their marquee value. Ideas?</p>
<p>Two of personal favorites --Michigan,great English department (I got a couple English degrees there). Ann Arbor is not a big city, but has so much going on it feels like one.</p>
<p>Columbia--big city--also great English department. (son goes there, though not an English major.)</p>
<p>Both very diverse schools with a lot going on.</p>
<p>Others I don't know as much about but by reputation:</p>
<p>Northwestern
Penn
Berkelely
Rice
Tufts
Wisconsin--Madison much like Ann Arbor
U Chicago</p>
<p>I second UChicago. Also look into Barnard (affiliated with Columbia).</p>
<p>NYU
Boston U
Georgetown
U Maryland College Park
UCLA
George Washington
Syracuse</p>
<p>The following are either urban, or very close to urban areas:</p>
<p>Boston College
Fordham University
Indiana University Bloomington
Ohio State University
Rutgers - New Brunswick
UC Irvine
University of Delaware
University of Miami
University of Washington</p>
<p>I very much appreciate the input. Some of these are schools she has considered. She is primarily interested in NY, Boston, Phil. & Chicago at this point but I'd love it if she liked Madison or Mich.--but no to DC area schools. Suggestions re: SAT prep would also be welcome. The math score is probably a genetic thing :>) but review might help. Thanks.</p>
<p>Oops, another question--what schools would be a reach, safety or a match? Columbia started out as her fave and now she's interested in NYU or BU. She has concluded she could not get in to Columbia except by ED.</p>
<p>Case Western is a good shot for merit $ and it's in Cleveland (the urban environment turned my daughters off).</p>
<p>Yeah, but Case Western is also very weak in the humanities.</p>
<p>I think that Case Western is fairly good in English. In Philadelphia, especially if financial aid is a factor, look at Drexel.</p>
<p>I'm from Philadelphia, and let me tell you a thing or two about Drexel.</p>
<p>Fine engineering school. Decent business. Good in computer science.</p>
<p>The humanities and social sciences? Fugheddaboudit...Temple would be a much better choice compared to Drexel.</p>
<p>Berkeley has one of the best English programs. =)</p>
<p>Has she considered Johns Hopkins? </p>
<p>An excellent and often-overlooked English Dept, and boy is it in a city ;)</p>
<p>The University of Washington has a great English program, and Seattle is a fun place to go to college. I would also consider USC and UT Austin.</p>
<p>Although considerably smaller than the other colleges listed, Swarthmore, Haverford, and/or Bryn Mawr might not be bad choices. Cross-registration with each other and Penn greatly expands course offerings.</p>
<p>jhu writing seminars r extremely well developed; however, if you happen to live in california, ucla has a excellent writing department...but people who graduate from there are so arrogant...personal experiences w/ english teacher O.o</p>
<p>I seem to recall that Carnegie Mellon University has a really great creative writing program.</p>
<p>We live in the DC area so MD/DC schools are not on the list. Because of family considerations, she'd like to stay within a couple hours flying time. Haverford or Swarthmore are great schools, hope she'll consider them. I think she'll visit Northwestern and U of C.</p>