For whatever reason the edit feature is no longer appearing. I would like to clarify to everybody, me saying the journalism program is too rigorous is NOT ME SAYING IT IS TOO DIFFICULT.
The classes at this school are abysmally simple.
The issue is that there are over 14 required classes just for journalism within the journalism degree, excluding any other journalism-specific classes such as our two econ classes, poli-sci class, and our 12 credits of a foreign language. This leaves literally no room in your class schedule to take other things that interest you.
No other top journalism school has such insane class requirements.
The journalism program is not difficult. I am a top student here. I currently will have a 4.0 GPA by the end of this semester. It is that I want to have the freedom to explore literally anything besides just journalism all the time.
I would also like to clarify that I DO NOT HAVE STRONG FINANCIAL NEED. A staff member at my school filled out the option for a “community member fee waiver” on the Common App for extenuating circumstances that I discussed with her that are private and personal. This, however, should not affect acceptance since my family’s EFC is 40k.