<p>Hey so I want to double major in Journalism and English (possibly minor in Education). Which of the schools is best for both of these majors and will help me with my career (either as a journalist or secondary English teacher)? If I go the journalism route, I want to do magazines rather than newspaper.</p>
<p>I'm also looking for a school that has good academics but there's time for fun, you know? I don't want my entire college experience to be me stuck in a library studying.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
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<p>P.S. I know Gettysburg or Bryn Mawr doesn't have a Journalism major but will it help me in the long run?</p>
<p>A degree in English from Bryn Mawr would work for a career in journalism. And you could take classes at Penn, which has a good Communications program.</p>
<p>They are all very good schools but Bryn Mawr has the best academic rep of the list… Not sure how you feel about a 99-1 girl to boy ratio, however.
My son chose G’Burg over Loyola(md) but did not care for Ursinus. The constant plume of smoke from the Limmerick Nuclear Power Plant was not a selling point. I can’t help with your specific major interests but suspect, due to the smaller liberal arts focus, double majors are typical at these schools. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr does not offer journalism as an academic subject. If that’s important to you, you should cross it off your list. (I don’t know about the others.)</p>
<p>The combo of Bryn Mawr/Haverford (20% of classes are taken at the other school) is pretty clearly the standout option from both an academic standpoint and a financial resources standpoint (which is very important considering the cuts that will impact all of you over the next four years).</p>
<p>Of course, if you are just going to college to party and “have fun”, then none of that really matters. In that case, I’d see if there isn’t a lot cheaper option than any of the schools you mention. It’s kind of obscene to pay private school money unless the student is fully engaged in the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.</p>
<p>Sorry if that sounds snippy, but the whole notion of college students not “having fun” shows just how little high school kids really understand about college life and how screwed up the values are in decisions about an education that might cost over $200,000.</p>
<p>Go to Bryn Mawr, so you have the Quaker alliance system for academics. And then if you want to party with boys go to Swat, Haverford, or wherever on the weekends!</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr is the strongest academically, but also the most intense academically. The students joke that they work just as hard as Swat students, but they don’t complain as much about it.</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr english major here! Wonderful place, beautiful campus, fantastic faculty. You only need to travel to Haverford for social life, and if you really want a taste of bigger college social life, go study at Villanova and make a few friends and get invited to parties. (Or take a class at Penn, and make friends and get invited to parties.)</p>
<p>Loyola is a much larger urban type school quite different
than the others and of course bMC is all women. You’re
comparing apples and oranges here.</p>
<p>Every single one of these places has a student newspaper. You don’t need to major in journalism to work for the paper. And, working on the student paper for four years is credible experience when you go looking for a job - especially if you work your way up to editor.</p>