college suggestions?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I've been having a hard time finding schools with exactly what I want, so I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions for me:</p>

<p>I have a 3.75 gpa, havent taken the sats yet, but i got 1800 on the psats and I have a good amount of ecs and volunteer hours.</p>

<p>I want to major in creative writing and psychology.. I'd really like to go somewhere with a creative writing major that requires a portfolio that you have to apply to specifically in order to get in, but regardless I'd appreciate any decent creative writing schools. I'm interested in creative nonfiction - some schools don't offer courses in that, but I definitely want to go to a school that does.</p>

<p>I'd like to go somewhere in the Pennsylvania/Ohio area, or somewhere south of New Jersey. Being a writer, I really want a campus that's beautiful and has the potential to inspire me, with many places for reflection, maybe even near some sort of body of water.</p>

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<p>check into Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan.</p>

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<p>also look into Allegheny and Susquehanna.</p>

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<p>Kenyon, definitely. </p>

<p>Maybe Oberlin?</p>

<p>Both have tons to offer to aspiring writers, solid liberal arts cores, as well as scenic campuses. Just work on getting your SATs up a bit.</p>

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<p>Kenyon definitely for writing. Back-up possibilities Denison or maybe Rhodes in TN w/ a majestically beautiful campus. Bucknell's quite nice too.</p>

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<p>Sewanee The University of the South in Tennessee.</p>

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<p>"Creative nonfiction"? Isn't that kind of an oxymoron? What exactly is it?</p>

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<p>Thanks for all of your suggestions!</p>

<p>Chedva: People often call creative nonfiction the fourth genre. I don't believe it's an oxymoron. It's mostly centered around personal essays, memoirs, vignettes - any type of writing that is exposing personal experiences in a vivid, descriptive, and intimite way. In creative nonfiction, the writer needs to be completely subjective, describing his or her thoughts and emotions, whereas pure nonfiction is mostly articles and travel writing, staying for the most part objective.</p>

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<p>OK, thanks. I'd just never heard that term. Thank you for the clarification, and good luck in your search!</p>

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<p>Take a look at Skidmore. Further north than you're thinking but a beautiful campus and excellent writing program.</p>

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<p>Sewanee is a very well known school for writing, and it was just picked by the Princeton Review as the #1 most beautiful campus in the Country. It is 13,000 acres of beauty. I have never visited somewhere more academically challenging and breathtakingly beautiful.</p>

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<p>As a writer I’ve fallen in love with the idea of kenyon. I can’t go, but I’ll recommend it to anyone to live my dream college years.</p>

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<p>Creative writing?</p>

<p>Hamilton College</p>

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<p>You are all contributing to a four year old thread. I think the OP may be about to graduate.</p>