<p>Black Male
Junior
Attends a Private School in Philadelphia, PA
1110 SAT
No SATII's or AP's
Wants journalism, set but not stuck on it. Desires to stay on East Coast
-Good EC's (choir/chorus/acappella/instrumental music oriented), will be on newspaper (officially) next year, but have written for it the last 2 years
-Will have AMAZING recs, no doubt
School doesn't rank or give awards
My GPA is along the lines of a B-B+ </p>
<p>Here is my college list:
I was thinkin along the lines of
Georgia State University- Match
UNC- Chapel Hill- Reach
UNC- Pembroke- Easy Safety
UNC- Greensboro-Safety
Alabama State Univeristy-Match/Safety<br>
University of Georgia-Slight Reach<br>
American University-Reach<br>
University of Alabama-Match
Howard University-Match<br>
Bowie State University-Safety<br>
Delaware State University-Easy Safety
Temple University-Match/Safety
Hampton University-Match/Safety
Swarthmore College-Reach</p>
<p>btw, do any of these have class distribution requirements? Just something I'd like to know going in, cus I'm not a big fan of math, and I'd only like to take one or two classes.</p>
<p>Swarthmore is going to be a super long shot even though you are an URM... Try some more reachable reaches.....sorry that i dunno much about other schools on your list.... A lot of LACs are interested in recruiting URMs and you pay less to those schools than the state U because of financial aid. LACs generally have very good english department.</p>
<p>Finally! A "normal" person on CC who doesn't fret about getting a 1550! Heh...I'm not a big fan of math either, I barely broke a 600 on the math section. Some of the schools on your list (mostly the safeties) require only two years of math. The tougher ones require 3, and recommend 4 (esp. Swarthmore). I know Swarthmore will be an enormous reach with your low SAT score, but don't give up on it. </p>
<p>Some liberal arts colleges on the east coast with good english/writing programs include: Haverford College (a reach school that is very close to Swarthmore, Haverford students can take classes there as well as a Bryn Mawr and Penn), Hampshire College, which doesn't require SAT, Bowdoin College which also doesn't require SAT, Bennington College, Bard College, New School University/Eugene Lang College, Sarah Lawrence College (VERY writing-intensive school, and doesn't require SAT), Skidmore College, Vassar College, Marlboro College (not very diverse school) and Williams College. Syracuse and GW (a good matches) are not LAC's but have top-notch journalism programs, </p>
<p>It's a plus that you attend a private school, since the courses there tend to be more challenging and you'll be better prepared for college. </p>
<p>Since you don't like math, try taking AP classes in humanities-type subjects like history, english, etc. It's better to get SLIGHTLY lower grades in AP classes than to get A's in regular classes.</p>
<p>You ec's are impressive! You've shown a lot of dedication to one area instead of having a laundry list of many activities. You should send musical recordings to the schools the schools you apply to. Even though you won't major in music, it will add another dimension to you. Also, have your music teacher write a recommendation.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the positive feedback Bowtoserenity and Elbereth.</p>
<p>A few things I would like to say:</p>
<p>-Actually, I was thinking of double majoring in either journalism and music or english and music, so my ec's might actually help. Are any of these schools better at doublemajoring in music than others?
-Elbereth, thanks for all of the school recs. I'm going to check out all of the schools you told me about on collegeboard.com and on their sites. One of THE most important criteria for college is for my school to be extremely racially diverse and welcoming to black students, to put it blunt.</p>
<p>Emerson College has is a fine communications-oriented school with a strong journalism program. </p>
<p>Add Middlebury College and Colgate to your list for LAC's with great writing/English programs.</p>
<p>Of the schools I mentioned, Wiliams College is pretty diverse. According to CB, their student body is:
11% Asian/Pacific Islander
10% Black/Non-Hispanic
8% Hispanic
65% White/Non-Hispanic
6% Non-Resident Alien </p>
<p>It's a super-reach though (acceptance rate only 21%). Work on raising your SAT--I've heard that it is much easier to increase your math score with prepping, study guides, etc. The writing section on the New SAT is likely to help you out.</p>
<p>Also, according to a Kaplan/Newsweek publication, Wesleyan College is "Hottest for Diversity". More than a third are students of color, 7% come from abroad, and an addtional 15% are the first in their family to go to a four-year college/university. As a result, there is a great range of perspectives in the classroom and a welcoming atmosphere to minority students. In addition, English is one of it's strongest majors.</p>
<p>Well if you are trying to major in Journalism, and with those EC's you should apply to Howard. The Hilltop, the school newspaper, was voted #1 in the nation.</p>
<p>"Well if you are trying to major in Journalism, and with those EC's you should apply to Howard. The Hilltop, the school newspaper, was voted #1 in the nation."</p>
<p>woo...Howard University fall 2006 (hopefully)</p>
<p>(I know I'm off-topic but I just had to get that out lol)</p>