<p>By the way, I’m a CS/linguistics double major myself. Funnily enough, for the longest, I wanted to major in CW (since I’ve been writing since I was 6), but when I found out that it’s not usually a major (a minor, most of the time), I decided I wanted to major in English. Eventually I added psychology, then decided English wasn’t for me and substituted linguistics, then decided psychology wasn’t for me and substituted CS. I’m pretty set on linguistics/CS now. While I didn’t apply to any LACs (I very very nearly applied to Swarthmore, as well as Williams), I did make sure to use linguistics as my general yardstick in evaluating which colleges I wanted to apply to. As such, I would really encourage you to look into universities as well. MIT seems to fit your interests well; according to this</p>
<p>[College</a> Search - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT - Majors](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>it offers Creative Writing and English language/lit (MIT’s site says it offers a major in writing and a major literature). MIT has a top linguistics program and a top CS program.</p>
<p>Stanford also offers top programs in English, linguistics (better than MIT’s department, IMO), and CS (also better at Stanford than MIT, IMO), with a minor in CW, which is also a strong program. These universities, while large, offer small undergraduate experiences. ~75% of Stanford’s courses have fewer than 15 students, which is roughly the same as many LACs. It does have more large classes, but it guarantees small discussions to supplement them, and you’ll take intro seminars and writing/rhetoric classes that are fewer than 15 students. Plus, the linguistics program in particular is small, so your classes will typically be small as well if you major in it.</p>
<p>Also, check out Chicago (very LAC-like for undergrad, rigorous, top programs in linguistics and English, strong in CS as well), Penn (top linguistics, good in CS, very strong course offerings in computational linguistics, if that’s your interest), and Cornell (not as small as the others, but top 10 in English, CS, and linguistics).</p>
<p>Good luck with your search–I’m always glad to see others interested in linguistics. If you have any questions re: the major(s) (or any other questions you might have), feel free to PM me. :)</p>