journalism majors

College Search & Selection
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<p>right now I'm thinking about nyu bc I can get an internship with all the places around there, but I need some other choices. </p>

<p>I got to a really competitive highschool we're always in the top 20 in the nation </p>

<p>Right now I'm a junior: most likely sat stats (based on practices taken)
verbal: 660
writing: 660
math: 700</p>

<p>havent taken sat II's yet..taking math IC, us history, and literature</p>

<p>GPA: 3.65 (my gpa is low because 8th math counted, sinc ei was in 9H (c+) </p>

<p>9th grade:
English 9: A
Intermediate II orchestra: A
Earth science: B+
Computer science I: A
Computer science II: A-
World History: A
Math 10R: B+
Spanish III: B+</p>

<p>10th grade
English 10: A-
Symphonic orchestra: A
Biology: B+
Health: A
Business/advertising: A
World History: A
Math 11R: B-
Spanish IV: A-</p>

<p>11th grade (as of 1st semester)
Symphonic orchestra: A
Chemistry: A-
AP US: A-
English H: A-
Humanities: A-
Ap Spanish: A-
Latin X: A
Pre-calc: A</p>

<p>classes that I'll probably take as a senior: Symphonic orchestra, ap bio, ap economics, ap govt, ap english, creative writing, shakespeare, business law 1, business law 2, ap spanish, AB calc</p>

<p>EC's:
- Cummunity Action Committee(8,9,10,11) (treasuer- 11th, secretary- 9th)
- Interculural Unity Club(9,10,11) (committee head 9th-11th)
- Writing club(10,11)
- Tri-M (music honor society) (11)
- honor society (11)
- Vasity Club (11)
- Peer tutor (9,10,11)
- Spanish Club (9,10,11)
- Newspaper (10,11)
- JV field hockey (9,10,11) (captain 10th & 11th)
- Varsity winter track (10, 11)
- Varsity Lacrosse (9,10,11)
- horseback riding (5 years)
- viola (8 years)</p>

<p>Awards:
- spanish honor society
- Field hockey spirit award
- 2nd place Gold Haven Equestrian competition
- latin honor society</p>

<p>thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Are you saying your school counts your 8th grade math into your gpa? If that's the case, I wouldn't worry too much, because colleges will see your transcript and probably recalculate, not taking that 8th grade class into account.</p>

<p>And you took Latin X? As in Latin 10?</p>

<p>Look into Syracuse, U Maryland, U Georgia, U Minnesota, and Indiana U for very doable reaches.</p>

<p>Kansas, Arizona, and (ew) Missouri are all probably good safeties.</p>

<p>All these schools have good journalism programs, but they can be VERY different, so you will probably find that some are better fits than others.</p>

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<p>yea it calculates 8th grade math into my gpa
it shows up on my transcript as latin X but it's not latin 10...it's 2 years of latin in one</p>

<p>thanks for your help :)</p>

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<p>Boston University has an excellent communications school</p>

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<p>Here's some other pointers, since the suggested schools will only be based on the knowledge of whoever suggested it:</p>

<p>Every time my newspaper staff goes to journalism conventions at KU, they talk about college programs. It's probably a little biased, but the advice seems sound. They say you should look for a college that has a journalism school separate from the liberal arts and sciences school. Then the kind of journalism you want to do will probably weed out some schools as well. The most important part of getting a journalism job is your practical skills, so get involved with the school newspaper/radio/tv station/yearbook/etc as soon as possible.</p>

<p>Oh hey, and another question about your Latin: Do you use the Cambridge books? If so, what books do you get through in your Latin X class? I've heard rumors that my school goes faster than other schools with the Cambridge set.</p>

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<p>If you are into politics look into GWU.</p>

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<p>actually we don't use any textbooks...we make our own. It's a very strange class, my teacher is 10000 years old and he does things differenly than any other class I have ever taken, or proabably will ever take in my life.</p>

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<p>i don't understand. How do you make your own? It certainly sounds strange.</p>

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<p>University of King's College (run by Dalhousie, in Halifax, Canada) has an amazing journalism program. It's pretty small, but everyone I know says it's amazing (besides... be a name not a number!). :) I'd look into it.</p>

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<p>we have notebooks and he dictates what we should write...we pretyt much just prepare for the national latin exam so we read stories, know all the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverb forms for everything. We don't concentrate on vocabulary, except the extremely important words.</p>

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<p>i think you have a shot at northwestern (medill school of journalism) if you apply early.</p>

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<p>Journalists say it is not necessarily an advantage to do BA major in journalism. A solid BA from an excellent college in English, history, economics, poli sci, or the sciences ( or almost anything) could provide a very good foundation for a journalistic career. Journalism grad school could follow. Internships and school publications are definitely the way to go .</p>

<p>For undergrad also look into Emerson College in Boston. And, as as a safety, Quinnipiac U. in Pennsylvania. Also look at various school newspapers available online . Some are clearly better than others.</p>

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<p>Quinnipiac is in CT, not Pa, unless they have a campus in PA that I haven't heard about.</p>

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<p>Pyewacket's right, a journalism major isn't the only way to get to a journalism career.</p>

<p>I know that KU's journalism school is a junior-senior school, meaning you spend the first two years in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences taking core classes. There's really not THAT much to know about journalism; a solid background is really important, and that's the purpose of the junior-senior level schools. They also encourage double majors and minors. I'm not sure what other universities have that policy.</p>

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<p>One of my Journalism profs at BU was a Boston Globe columnist named Jeremiah Murphy, who once told me that all journalists should be history majors. Quoting very loosely: "They know how to do research, how to source properly, and how to put it all together on paper. And most important, they understand little things like context and historical perspective."</p>

<p>Peggy Noonan touched on this subject in her online Wall Street Journal column this morning (the subject was bloggers v. journalists, but her point is germane here as well).</p>

<p>"Someone is going to address the 'bloggers are untrained journalists' question by looking at exactly what 'training,' what education in the art/science/craft/profession of journalism, the reporters and editors of the MSM [MainStream Media] have had in the past 60 years or so. It has seemed to me the best of them never went to J-school but bumped into journalism along the way--walked into a radio station or newspaper one day and found their calling. Bloggers signify a welcome return to that old style. In journalism you learn by doing, which is what a lot of bloggers are doing."</p>

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<p>Sorry about that, yes, Quinnipiac in CT has a good program in Communications.</p>