<p>If you’re looking at going into journalism, the obvious admissions safety is Mizzou (Ranked #1 on the list in the link above) - assuming you’re competitive to get in Northwestern. Mizzou is a rolling admission school and you can be directly admitted to the J-School if you’re in the Top 10% of your class or have an ACT of 29 or an SAT M+CR of 1290. If you are both Top 10% and have the test score, you can automatically be admitted to the Honors College.</p>
<p>Not sure if applications are open yet, but if you apply as soon as they are open, you’ll know very quickly if you’re in and then have a floor to gauge all other schools against.</p>