Liberal Arts/Communications Lover Needs Guidance

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm currently a junior in high school, and I'm having trouble finding colleges that suit my fancy. I'd love to get more recommendations to add to my search.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 / 3.9
ACT: 31 (first time taken)
Involvement: Junior Editor of Yearbook, Chief Editor of school Lit. Magazine, future Editor in Chief of school newspaper, German and French Honor Societies, National Honor Society, Board Member of Japanese Otaku Club, Student Library Advisory Board Member</p>

<p>My community service involvement is limited, but I'll have at least 10 more hours by the end of senior year.</p>

<p>I prefer schools with less than 10,000 undergraduates and strong communications and international studies programs. I like city living or at least easy access to cities.</p>

<p>So far, I've looked American University and Webster University.</p>

<p>Any suggestions?</p>

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<p>Some to possibly look at that are in or near cities are DePaul, Syracuse, LMU, Goucher (MD), Northwestern and Marquette. Syracuse and DePaul are a little larger than 10,000 but both have strong programs in communications. Some others to look at are Elon, Quinnipiac (CT), Susquehanna (PA) and Ithaca (NY). Good luck!</p>

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<p>Also check into University of Denver.</p>

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<p>Thanks for input poi!</p>

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<p>how about the academy of art? looks good to me</p>

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<p>Definitely wanna re-inforce Northwestern, though I should note the Japanese program is brutal, so if you were planning on learning Japanese and don't want to damage your GPA, might not be the best choice. Otherwise quite possibly the best choice for what you've said, assuming the 3.8/3.9 is unweighted (or minimally weighted), and if you see your ACT rising even one more point (more than one and you'd be solid).</p>

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<p>Yes, my GPA is unweighted. It's more likely that I'll take German than Japanese, though. Is Northwestern's language program difficult overall?</p>

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<p>No, only the Japanese Program is notorious, the rest of the languages are about average. I've heard complaints Spanish is like taking a high school course, and Chinese is hard, but only because it's Chinese. The German department is actually fairly good, I'm friends with a few of the professors and my room-mate is fluent and has taken some German literature classes, of which he spoke very highly. The language teachers re generally all very nice and very very dedicated to their students (I live in a dorm with a TON of contact with the language teachers in informal settings).</p>