<p>Hi, guess I should include some info about myself before I get into the real meat of the post. I'm a 16 y/o from the midwest. Male, hispanic, bilingual (understand Spanish and can hold a basic conversation), and a bit of a nerd.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.1
ACT: Took it on Saturday (26 on the PLAN)</p>
<p>ECs:
Comic book club
Debate
Taekwondo
Plan to volunteer at the local ecology center once I hear back from them.</p>
<p>As you can see, I'm not exactly one of those superstars that CC normally has. But anyways, I plan to major in journalism or conservation science/forestry (somewhere along those lines).</p>
<p>What schools would I have a good chance of getting into that have programs for this? I'd like to stay in Minnesota, Michigan, or Wisconsin, but I'm open to other states as well.</p>
<p>UW-Stevens Point would be a great choice for conservation. If you would prefer to start at one of the two year campuses to save money and/or improve your GPA then UW-Richland Center might be a good option. Additionally, if you bring your GPA up and have good test scores you could look at Northland College.</p>
<p>A few other private schools would be Carthage, Carroll U and Ripon–all in Wisconsin.</p>
<p>In MN you might want to consider UM-Crookston or for a community college maybe Vermillion.</p>
<p>Univ of Dubuque in IA might interest you as well.</p>
<p>By listing community colleges I am not saying you won’t get into a 4 year school. I only want to list options in case you want to save some money or try to bring up your GPA to get into a more competitive school.</p>
<p>Since you are a bit of a nerd…you should look at University of Minnesota-Morris. It is a somewhat nerdy public liberal arts college that charges the same tuition for OOS and instate students.</p>
<p>They have majors in environmental science and communications/rhetoric.</p>
<p>Look at the University of Missouri. They have a forestry and environmental science majors in
the college of Agriculture. Also, if you have any interest in combining environmental studies and journalism, they have a major in agricultural and science journalism. This is in the college of agriculture, which would be easier for admission than the school of journalism. Still, if I’m not mistaken, you would take journalism courses in the school of journalism, which is widely considered the best journalism school. There’s a track in conservation in that program.
[Science</a> and Agricultural Journalism Undergraduate Program](<a href=“http://dass.missouri.edu/agj/undergrad/]Science”>http://dass.missouri.edu/agj/undergrad/)
[Science</a> and Agricultural Journalism: Mizzou’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Academics](<a href=“http://cafnr.missouri.edu/academics/ag-jour.php]Science”>http://cafnr.missouri.edu/academics/ag-jour.php)</p>
<p>U Wisconsin has a similar major called Life Science Communication in its college of agriculture, but your stats might make it a stretch for admission to UW. Admission to the college of agriculture at Mizzou is easier.</p>