<p>I have heard a ton of people say not to major in journalism as an undergrad but to go to j-school for grad-school. I have also heard a ton of people say if you want to get into the field of journalism (broadcast), major in it during your undergrad years because you will get internship experience and will be able to get your foot in the door right out of college. What should I do??? Would it be better to major in something else as an undergrad and then go to j-school as a graduate?? Would it be equally good to do a double major in journalism and some social science or bussiness major?? Is it good to major in journalism and something else in college and then go onto grad school for journalism?? I really want to go to Northwestern or Syracuse. Please give me your input.</p>
<p>I speak from very little experience other than I"m in a similar situation except i'm trying to decide between engineering and physics. I would say that if you are sure that journalism is what you want to do, go for it. If you know what field you want to go into experinece while in college is always a puls. I don't know much about the jornalism curiculum, but my main concern with engineering is that it limits the number of electives you can take, is that a concern with journalism? About those schools, all i can say is that Northwestern has a fine school of journalism, and if you can get in you should probably go. I hope this helps a little.</p>
<p>Thanks! I am not completely sure about the journalism curiculum (I know a little about it but not about the elective limits). I do beleive I can get into Northwestern. It has been my dream school for years so I hope to be the graduating class of 2011 from the Medill School of Journalism. Should I double major in another dicipline? Like communications, television/film/radio, english, political science, or economics??????</p>
<p>You have very good taste in schools. Go Northwestern '11 hopefulls! I however, am probably borderline geting in or not. I can't really answer whether or not you should double major. Some would say yes, yet some would say absoulutly no. What would be your reason for wanting to double major?</p>
<p>What kind of Journalism do you want to study?</p>
<p>Northwestern and Syracuse are the top two journalism schools in the country. Either one will suit you fine.</p>
<p>Syracuse is top notch if you want suburban living. Northwestern is top notch if you want uban living. What ever you want.</p>
<p>pretty sure mizzou-columbia, though its a party school otherwise, has the nations top journalism school. highest sats/average gpas, maybe not, but the professional experience/work connections(the Mizzou mafia) offered by the school are unparallelled. where else can you work at a Edward R. Murrow Award Winning Radio Station and local NBC affiliate during your college years?</p>
<p>Dunno. Although come guy at Syracuse's journalism school was working for ESPN interviewing athletes such as Terrell Owens, Muhammed Ali, and actors such as Adam Sandler- in his freshman year! Besides sports journalism, Syracuse's magazine journalism program is one of the best around. Internships/jobs open to students at Conde Nast, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, etc. There is also a great SU alumni netword in the NYC area that helps give Newhouse graduates jobs and housing in NYC.</p>
<p>I am going into broadcast journalism. Is Syracuse and Northwestern good at that concentration? And my original question was....should I even major in broadcast journalism and instead go to grad school or should I double major in broadcast journalism and another discipline???</p>
<p>Ohh and are these schools also good?:
NORTHWESTERN
SYRACUSE
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY</p>
<p>OHHH...and what about a double major in American Studies?? Katie Couric and Connie Chung majored in that???? What is it all about??</p>
<p>im gonna be at smu soon, and have lived near it most of my life. what questions do u have?</p>
<p>The J-school requires you to take at least 33 courses OUTSIDE the J-school (i.e. out of the 45 required, no more than 12 are J-courses unless you take more than 45 courses). Many simply take advantage of that to fulfill the requirement of another major (mostly humanities/social science).</p>
<p>Look under "Double majors and/or minors" on page 24:
<a href="http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/medill/about/finalhandbook0506.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/medill/about/finalhandbook0506.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>I'd heard from most working journalist that going to grad school is just a WASTE of money as getting into the field is more about experience than anything else, esp. when the things you learn at grad. school you could learn from basically first hand experience. IMO either major or minor in journalism and seek out plenty of internships/volunteer writing jobs during college.</p>
<p>btw i'm talking about print, not broadcast :)</p>
<p>I will be majoring in broadcast journalism. I was just at my summer orientation and if you know for sure that you will be destined to stick with this major, you should definitely just go for it. There would be no point in going to grad school for it. Any good journalism school will have their students in some kind of mandatory internship. My college is requiring that we minor in something rather than our school of communications so we can broaden our horizons that much more. I will probably minor in something like middle eastern studies because obviously that is very important to today's society. I strongly suggest another college that is very easy to get in to. Quinnipiac has a plethora of connections. ESPN I know likes to use their HD studios, and I know many students have gone to have internships with NBC and Conan O'brien. However, anyone can tell you that getting an internship at a smaller TV station is what will really get your foot in the door.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your help everyone! If I do get accepted at Northwestern...I will most likely double major in Broadcat Journalism and American Studies......but no matter where I go to school I will prob. double major in broadcat journalism and some social science major!</p>