<p>There seem to be a lot of these types of threads, but I hope people don't mind yet ANOTHER one. ;)</p>
<p>Okay, I was recently accepted to the Northwestern Medill School of Journalism. I didn't expect to get in and had already looked at UM and found a lot of programs that I was interested (I got into the RC there and was pretty excited to go into that). I planned to major in English (English Lit. being my passion), do some undergrad research, explore career possiblitities, apply to work on the Michigan Daily, and then apply to Grad school at Northwestern or Columbia if I settled on journalism. </p>
<p>However. Medill has an astounding reputation for Journalism . . . even though the thing is, I'm only 75% sure that is the career path I want to take. And it is a lot of money. (I'm instate for UMich). When I looked at Northwestern last summer, I fell in love with the campus, although it did seem a little small (But then again, Chicago is right down the street). And Northwestern, if I stick it out with a Medill degree and double major in English to fall back on, well, I've heard Medill will put you on the fast track as far as a career goes. </p>
<p>Basically I wanted to know: How is UM ranked/known as far as its English Department goes? The RC? Correct me if I'm wrong, but UM does not have a journalism program, does it?</p>
<p>HELP! I know that there is really no way to go wrong with either choice (they are both excellent Universities from what I hear and find), but I'd like some other opinions about how each school compares, etc.</p>