Journalism student

<p>Missouri does grant automatic scholarships to anyone who is in the top 25 percent of their class and either receives a 27-29 or a 30 or above on the ACT. (Just an FYI to interested students.) Also, if you're in the top 10 percent of the class and receive a 30 or above on the ACT, you're automatically enrolled in the Honors College (which I visited, and it seems great). If you're not, you can still petition your way in.</p>

<p>the issue of what publication? I don't know where you're from, we don't have the same newspapers...</p>

<p>Oh! It's Jane magazine. They sell it nationwide. And probably in Canada.</p>

<p>I noticed on the Missouri website that they automatically admit high school students with a certain (attainable) SAT score and a top 10% ranking in their class. Additionally, they are eligible for the "Walter Williams" scholarship if they have a 1470 on their SATs. Now...if a person has a 1470 or 1280 on their SATs, and attends an elite New England boarding school (like Andover) where cracking the top 10% is a ridiculously hard feat, are they still eligible for this award (which would mean a $1,000 scholarship, admission to Honors College, automatic admit to Journalism program freshman year and a host of other cool things) under some "special circumstance" clause?</p>

<p>Yes, you just have to petition your way in, which is basically writing an essay. I'm sure they would recognize the circumstances, being at such a competitive high school.</p>

<p>Mizzou has a strong program but if you change your mind you may not be so comfortable there. That's also true about some of the smaller more specialized comm and j-schools - Emerson, Ithaca etc. Northwestern, American, Syracuse, NYU or Boston U may better serve your needs.</p>

<p>That's what I've been thinking about--every time I think about going to Mizzou I get nervous. Because it's true, so many kids change their major. And although it's a decent school, if I weren't majoring in journalism, I'm not sure if it's the best fit for me. I'm definitely applying to Northwestern and Boston U. And my friend's going to American, so I can stay with her. But as much as I'd love to go to NYU, there's no way my parents would let me.</p>

<p>Back to journalism, according to my journalism teacher/advisor, it's looked apon quite well. It means you took a hard elective instead of an easy A, and they like that. If you held a leadership position in it, that's even better. I don't know where copy editor falls into the lineup, we just have everyone do our copy editing... </p>

<p>Wow, 11 at night? That's late. We usually finish at about dinnertime, and even then it's just the editors there.</p>

<p>At my newspaper, copy editor is third from the top. There's editor in chief, managing editor, then me. Last year, there was no managing editor, so the copy editor was second. Buh.</p>

<p>Copy editor is regarded as a pretty high position. It's up there with editor in chief, whoever's in charge of design, and news editor.</p>

<p>Huh. We have 2-3 co-editors in chief , an assistant editor (often just for the second semester of each year, and is someone who will be editor the next year), and then editors for each page: news, opinions, sports, features, etc. We also have business managers, an ads person, and of course staff writers. I've been staff writer, sports, opinions, asst. editor, and will be editor in chief next year. I guess we split up the job of copy editor between all of us.</p>

<p>We have similar page editors too. I think it's good to split the job of editor in chief up--I wish we did that. We have managing edtior of production (and no one really knows what that position means) and editor in chief. The former doesn't really have to do much, though.</p>

<p>i'm a journalism major at Indiana University, and it may sound bias, but it has a great J-school. i think Northwestern would be ideal for you. and you should definately apply to UNC. i'm from a suburb of Los Angeles, so going to Bloomington, IN was a bit of a culture shock too. however, it's not a huge deal. you will find very liberal/artsy people at all the universities with popular J-schools. i've found that people coming from small towns that go to schools in large cities (i.e. NYC, LA, Chicago) have way more of a culture shock.</p>

<p>I'm just not sure if I can get into UNC--I had pretty much crossed it off my list--but I guess I'll look into it again. After all, it's an awesome school, all-in-all. It's just really hard to get in if you're out of state.</p>

<p>Luckily, I'm from the Chicago area, so whatever city I do go to school in, I think I'll be OK. (I'm not going to school in NYC or LA, although I'd love to.)</p>

<p>I'm actually looking at suburban schools partly because of where I'm from. My city is small enough that going into Kansas City kind of freaks me out and big enough that I never really have reason to venture out. At least in the tiny towns, they have to face traffic and stuff to get to the American Eagle.</p>

<p>Wow, I'm just so used to the city, nothing really fazes me. One thing I didn't like about Mizzou was that the campus seemed so suburban, although many deem it ''urban.'' Oh well, I guess anywhere I go (excepy NYC and LA) will seem small compared to Chicago.</p>

<p>And my mom went to a suburban school that was close to a city (Northwestern) and loved it. My dad went to Marquette, which is in Milwaukee, and loved everything the city had to offer. So I think either way, it's all good.</p>

<p>kansas city freaks you out?! even more reason to go to school in NYC, LA, or Chicago!</p>

<p>I just don't like big cities. I hate brushing against people on the sidewalk. I really hate traffic.</p>

<p>But even Lawrence has suburbs. And suburbs are god-awful. I like the urban feel, just with fewer people.</p>

<p>Basically, I want to go to school in Lawrence without having to see my family.</p>

<p>Sorry if this is off topic, but I felt like it was a good place to ask since the conversation is kind of getting there...</p>

<p>What is up with all the automatic scholarship at Missouri? Do you have to be a Missouri resident? Why do they have ACT and not SAT minimum scores?</p>

<p>Is UT Austin any good for Journalism?</p>

<p>I am in love with Journalism, but it seems like such a risky career that I would never get into unless it was a good school and I knew I had a secure future!!</p>

<p>UT-Austin is solid. And man do I love Austin. I also love Dallas, btw.</p>

<p>They just raised the requirements for admission and scholarships to the j-school. Here's the link: <a href="http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergrad/admissions-2006.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergrad/admissions-2006.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And about the risky career, I hear you. I'm double majoring so that I have the option to go to law school if I don't get any good job offers.</p>