Two things you can do right now:
- run the NPC on USC, Penn State, Temple, Chapman, Occidental, UPugetSound.
List the results in your next post and comment on them.
- make a plan to study for the sat or the Act. Use Khan academy, Erica Meltzer, pwn the sat math. Study for at least 2h Every day because your ability to leave depends on it and you need a top 5% score. Not easy to get (95% fill to do it, obviously). Today, write down your general 6-weel plan and a detailed 10-day plan ++ registe for the august and September tests.
Note that Penn State’s Bellisario school of communication and the IST major are both very strong.
(Oddly, Pitt’s offerings are surprisingly bad in comparison; in Pittsburgh there’s Point Park for a safety).
Starting right on Main campus is best for these majors, I think some even require it.
Temple has terrific majors in Media Studies and Production with a minor in Digital engagement, they sound tailor made for you.
Both universities have impressive honors colleges.
Also look at Penn (do you live IN Philadelphia? You could be one of the “majors admits” But obviously you’d need the kind of test scores that come from though understating and comprehence prep.)