<p>Wow, everybody! I really appreciate all the great feed-back. For my first time on a CC forum, this has definitely been productive.</p>
<p>You all have given me a great list of colleges, that is for sure. During my college search, to narrow the list from the hundreds (thousands?) of colleges and universities available, I used the CollegeBoard's online college search to locate a list of schools based on three criteria:</p>
<p>-school size
-creative writing major
-theatre major</p>
<p>Not all schools offer "Creative Writing" as a major, and those that do are not always schools that I would feel very comfortable at. I consider myself very lucky to have found Hollins, which has one of the best CW programs in the country for a school its size, and Ithaca, which offers a very specific "Cinema & Photography major with a screenwriting concentration." I had not expected to find a screenwriting-specific major in (1) a school outside of a large metropolitan area (like LA or NYC) where, as I've stated, I'm not wanting to spend my first four years away from home; or (2) a school that is not very large (like USC or NYU) where, coming directly from a town of 16,000 people, I think I would feel very overwhelmed.</p>
<p>I realize that none of my three schools are Ivy League, but they are also not 'less selective' or 'academically weak' schools. I have taken into account how I stack up against these schools' average students, academically, and I do not feel that I will be especially out-of-place. Particularly if I am chosen for a Scholars program at the college I attend, I think that I will easily be able to find students similar to myself, both in terms of interest & creativity and in terms of academic ability & dedication.</p>
<p>Thanks again! :-)
~TheatreChic~</p>