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<p>Anyone know anything about the Undergrad English Program?? Strengths, Weaknesses? I’m trying to decide which Ivy is the best for this.</p>

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<p>Don't hesitate to look beyond the ivy league. A lot of liberal arts colleges are great in English.</p>

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<p>okay. any suggestions?</p>

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<p>brown's undergrad english program is pretty popular and also quite strong. they recently got a really nice new building (if you refresh the department homepage a couple times you'll see a nice aerial picture of it)</p>

<p>one of the advantages of brown's program, as with many of brown's programs, is its interdisciplinary nature. there are close ties with Africana Studies, American Civilization, Comparative Literature, Modern Culture & Media, Theatre, Speech & Dance, Ethnic Studies, Literary Arts, etc.</p>

<p>you can find out more here
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/English/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Departments/English/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>okay. i'm confused. this may be a really stupid question, but how would i benefit from their "interdisciplinary nature"</p>

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<p>it depends on your interests...particularly with a field like "english", there are many things you can study and many ways to study them.</p>

<p>if you, say, had a particular interest in east asian culture it may be fascinating to you to take an english class that is cross-registered in that department</p>

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<p>oh ok. i get it. but i just want to write. How is the creative Writing part??</p>

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<p>it's called literary arts at brown. there are quite a few preeminent faculty members who advise senior capstone projects including paula vogel, j edgar wideman, robert coover, cd wright, etc.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Literary_Arts/honors.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Literary_Arts/honors.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>also, go here and click on info for new students
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Literary_Arts/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Literary_Arts/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>ok. thanks</p>

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<p>For liberal arts colleges... Amherst, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, Vassar, Kenyon, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Barnard, Smith (the last four if you're female). Most good liberal arts colleges have good English departments.</p>