<p>I'm considering majoring in English in college, which is obviously one of the top 2 majors in college (at least according to Princetonreview.com and many other people)...</p>
<p>Anyhow, my question is: what the top 20 or so English programs? Also, is NYU's department good?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance guys!</p>
<p>English is very hard to rate. Many LACs are amazing in English but do not get ranked because they do not have graduate programs. I would say the following programs are excellent in English:</p>
<p>Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Carleton College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Darthmouth College
Davidson College
Duke University
Grinnell College
Harvard University
Haverford College
Johns Hopkins University
Middlebury College
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Pomona College
Princeton University
Swarthmore College
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Vassar College
Weselyan University
Williams College
Yale University</p>
<p>I am sure I am missing several good programs, but that's a good start. You really need to give us more information if you want a more personalized list. What are your stats like (unweighed GPA, class rank, SATs, SAT IIs, ECs etc...)? What type of setting do you want (urban, rural, suburban)? What ype of college atmosphere do you want (large school, tiny school)? Any geographic preferences or limitations? Or are you totally open?</p>
<p>Add Kenyon, Skidmore, Bard, Smith, Barnard, UCLA and UW Madison. Many other very good programs.</p>
<p>And Hamilton.</p>
<p>Thanks Alexandre for the list of colleges - that's quite a lot of colleges. Firstly, I'm not too sure I'd like to attend an LAC. So anyway, here are my stats:</p>
<p>SAT I: 1500, SAT2's: 750's, GPA: 3.9 (UW)...might end up with 3.85 by end of this year.
EC's are definitely great, but I don't feel like saying what they are.</p>
<p>Well then, we can narrow the list to 15 or so schools.</p>
<p>Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Yale University</p>
<p>Once again, thanks for the help Alexandre. It seems though that most of the schools on that list are schools I don't really have a chance at, except for UCB and maybe UMichigan? Or am I wrong in thinking this?</p>
<p>Your SAT's and GPA are good, I don't see why you wouldn't have a chance at those schools.</p>
<p>You have a chance at all the schools on the list. Of course, H, P, S and Y are reaches. But you have a 1500 on your SATs, you have a great GPA and excellent ECs. I do not see why any school is beyond your reach. Michigan and Cal are safeties for you. The rest are matches or reaches.</p>
<p>Thanks Alexandre for the help once again and others as well.</p>
<p>Sorry for the late post, but I'm curious as to which of those 15 or so universities would be "matches" for me?</p>
<p>any school with a less than 30% acceptance rate is a reach for everyone. If you have state residence on any of those publics, they turn into a match.</p>