Hello... What college is good for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>New here...</p>

<p>Anyway, the college search has begun, and I've been looking at some smaller liberal-arts institutions in the midwest for undergrad. I have a 5.0 / 5.0 weighted, a 29 act (32 i think superscored), and participate in a lot of activities.</p>

<p>I plan on double majoring in both creative writing and either political science, religion, international studies, or history. </p>

<p>As far as schools are concerned, I plan on visiting Lake Forest, Beloit, Kalamazoo, Illinois Wesleyan, and Lawrence. </p>

<p>Anyone have recommendations / advice for what college i should visit? i mean, what smaller liberal arts schools in the midwest have a good humanities dept?</p>

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<p>Knox College in Galesburg, IL has one of the best undergraduate creative writing programs in the country. Creative writing is one of the most popular majors there, which isn’t something you’ll see very often.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that I requested information from there. Great location from home too, only a few hours away. Thanks man</p>

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<p>Look as well at Kenyon College in OH</p>

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<p>I doubt I’d get in there, it’s super competitive, right?
I looked at Depauw, and it seemed like a good choice, other than the fact that everyone’s involved in Greek life. Frankly, i have no interest in frats.</p>

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<p>You might want to look at Carthage College and Ripon College both in Wisconsin.</p>

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<p>If you have a 5.0 out of a possible 5.0, Kenyon would not be out of reach.</p>

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<p>Well, i could have higher. </p>

<p>Intermediate A’s and advanced B’s yield the same result: a 5.0.
However, if i were to get more advanced A’s, i would have something around a 5.1+.
The school says the system is out of 5, but it’s kind of misleading.</p>

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<p>Maybe Grinnell (IA), Denison (OH) and Wooster (OH). Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Kalamazoo College, on your list, has no Greek system. Give it a visit - a fine LAC experience and Foreign Study is built into the program.</p>

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<p>Thanks forumites, you guys (and girls) are awesome.</p>

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<p>Definitely Grinnell and Macelster, Oberlin - none of them have frats and all have strong humanities depts. Grinnell has no distribution requirements and merit aid.</p>

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<p>Schools to Consider:</p>

<p>Oberlin
Macalester
Grinnell
Denison
Knox</p>

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<p>any other suggestions…?</p>

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<p>not sure if a small school is my thing, so i’m considering some bigger schools…would i get into uw-madison or UIUC?</p>

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<p>bump. hey guys.</p>

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<p>hey I’m applying to UW Madison as a creative writing/english undergrad! I definitely think you will get into UW and let me just say it’s a great school…It’s one of my top picks - I loved it so much I’m revisiting in the next month…
Also for bigger schools with good creative writing look at UIowa (number one creative writing in nation, I know its for the mfa program but that rolls over into the undergrad)</p>

<p>I’m also applying to WashU and Emory which are about 5,000-7,000 undergrads so it’s right in between, not too big or too small. They both have top-ranked creative writing specifically geared towards undergrad. Good luck!</p>

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<p>What can your family afford?</p>

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<p>Welp, mostly all universities that aren’t in that ridiculous east coast liberal arts range, hah (50k per year? christ)…</p>

<p>my sister is attending university right now so I’d probably get some fafsa money, but other than that, i’m hoping for some merit based or some portfolio related aid.</p>

<p>Oh, and I visited Lake Forest College yesterday and completely fell in love. I talked to English prof Ben Goluboff. He’s an awesome guy who seemed invested in the betterment of students. Oh, and the buildings were architecturally beautiful. Not like that really matters, I just found it charming. Just in case any of you were wondering…</p>

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<p>FAFSA doesn’t give out money. Filing FAFSA allows you to take out a Stafford loan (total of $5.5K for a freshman). If you are very low income you might also qualify for a grant of up to $5.5K. OOS Us cost near what privates cost ($50K). Some in less welcome climates (South Dakota for instance) cost less. Ask your parents what they are willing to spend on college.</p>