northwestern humanities

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<p>northwestern has a really great reputation for medical and science-y stuff, but what about for humanities? i hear they have a really prestigious school of journalism--is that for graduate school only? I plan on majoring in english and minor in philosophy (things may change, but Im quite sure i will pursue the humanities route) and want to go to a school which can eventually land me a good career as a journalist, because for English majors, you really have to go to the right college to get a good job.</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>nope. the journalism school is not just for graduates. It's an undergraduate school too! =D (i'll be there in the fall =D)</p>

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<p>If you want to be a journalist, you pretty much HAVE to apply to Medill at Northwestern. It's a very well-regarded school.</p>

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<p>really? so it wouldnt be a good idea to major in english for undergrad and journalism for grad?</p>

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<p>medill is one of the highest regarded school for journalism. </p>

<p>... this is kind of off topic but nu is also great for drama stuff.. if you happen to be into that. =)</p>

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<p>Grateful, you can do whatever you want. But if you are really into journalism, an undergrad career at Medill would be (and look) fantastic.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know if its possible to double major in theatre and medill??</p>

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<p>Cabsoula, according the School of Communication's website, "Theatre majors cannot double-major with Radio/TV/Film, Medill, or the School of Music. There is no minor in Theatre."</p>

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<p>how is northwestern with humanities, though?</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.kaplanfreshman.northwestern.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.kaplanfreshman.northwestern.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'll be in that program in the fall. I'm pretty psyched :)</p>

<p>From my understanding, the history department, particularly American Studies, is one of the best in the country, philosophy is alright though not great (not U Chicago, certainly)- this makes me sad since that's my intended major. Generally, the humanities are also very well regarded, though I can't give you more specific than that other than to say Medill is obviously the best undergrad journalism program. Period.</p>

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<p>I swear ... Northwestern will tack on "scholar" and the like to anything to make it sound better than it is... :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Heh, I dunno. It sounds pretty good to me, and I've encountered more people on facebook who didn't get in (including valedictorians and the like) than who did. I think the concept is to build a high end honors humanities program (similar to MENU and ISP) modeled on Yale and Stanford's Directed Studies programs.</p>

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<p>northwestern is great in the humanities, it's a top 15 (10) school.</p>

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<p>grateful bhikku: You can do whatever you want. I originally planned to double major in Chemistry and Journalism (to focus on medicine and health issues) but an undergraduate degree in Journalism is not a requirement. </p>

<p>There is no doubt that Medill is one of the top 2 j-schools in the country. But the majority of professional journalists I have worked and spoken with say graduate journalism is much more important than undergrad. (In fact, Columbia is so adamant about this that they do not have an undergraduate journalism school despite having a top rated grad school.) Personally, Medill undergrad is was not the best option for my career aspirations; but everyone is different. I don't know if you're a prospective student or what, but I'd say if you have any desire to be a journalist then it is better to apply to Medill as a freshman than to try to transfer in. Hope that helps. Feel free to PM me any questions you have.</p>

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<p>I have to back up what atar said. By chance my Harvard interview was with Nicholas Leman (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lemann)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lemann)&lt;/a>. He came pretty close to saying that the actual education in undergraduate school was not the point, but rather the quality of extracurriculars and the connections/ people. I think that's a pretty solid statement of the matter...</p>

<p>(For those too lazy to follow the link, Nicholas Lemann is the Dean of Columbia's school of Journalism and a pretty cool guy).</p>

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<p>Transferring into Medill, while not impossible, is very difficult, so it's recommended that you apply if you are at all interested in that program. It's a bit rough the first year--they do try to weed out kids--so if you find it isn't for you switching into another school will be fairly easy.</p>

<p>There is a lot of debate on whether you should undergrad in the area you're interested in writing about and then get a grad degree in journalism versus just an undergrad degree in journalism. The thing about NU is you are going to make those contacts, especially through the Teaching Media program, at a younger age compared to making those as a grad student. I guess it comes to down what suits your goals/aspirations more.</p>

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<p>If by "try to weed out kids" you mean having insipid professors and (mostly) conceited lab instructors, then, yes, Medill does "try to weed out kids." It's not like they fail you or anything... they just make you realize how boring journalism can be. (While some may say I'm just a bitter ex-Medildo, it's actually true... a lot of my freshmen Medill friends say they were disillusioned the professors/instructors.)</p>