northwestern...sorry its so long

Transfer Students
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<p>I am currently a student at Boston University and I am considering transferring to Northwestern. Both have great journalism schools, but I want to know what makes Northwestern better, because it obviously is. I want to become a magazine journalist/editor and I love to write. I am also interested in studying languages (I speak Russian, Hebrew, French, a bit of Italian and I studied Latin in high school even though it is not a spoken language). I am also very interested in visual arts (drawing, painting, designing, etc). Is it possible to have a major in Medill and in the arts and sciences at the same time?
I am in the University Professors Program at BU (sort of an honors program), I have around a 3.4 and I want to transfer for the Spring semester...do I have a chance? Will my program help my chances in any way?
OK, i promise only a couple more questions...
for the application, they always ask "why is our school better than the one you're in" and that is always a difficult question to answer if I haven't experienced the school I am transferring to. Anyone that knows more than me, feel free to answer. What does Northwestern have that no one else has?</p>

<p>ps: how is the social life? (one thing i love about boston is the city and the plethora of college students?...how does NU compare?)</p>

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<p>you can't transfer to Northwestern as a journalism major in the spring, that program only accepts fall transfers. I don't know about anyone else but when i transferred, to weinberg, I had about a 3.8 college GPA in an honors program, 31 ACT and 1480 SAT. Recs I think are pretty important at NU, but I can't tell you how hard the journalism school is to switch into, I'm assuming it would be harder than weinberg.</p>

<p>also, to be honest, on my application i wrote really generic, although not untruthful essays. For why i wanted to attend northwestern i just said location, academics, and social scene, and then explained why for each of those. I also avoided complaining about my current school for the most part, unless to say pointed, specific facts, not criticisms.</p>

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<p>I really like the creative writing program. is there a way to major in creative writing, but still take some courses at medill?
i know that at boston university there is a way to double in two different colleges within the school at the same time. is this possible here? </p>

<p>thank you for your replies</p>