<p>I am basically set on studying Creative Writing and English in college. Unlike the recent thread on this topic, however, I am not exactly looking for "top tier" schools, but rather one step down.</p>
<p>I have a 3.8 (weighted) GPA, but I'm still around 150 in my class rank. Therefore, I can get into most schools with 45-50% acceptance rate and higher, but anything lower than that would be a true chance.</p>
<p>What would be the top schools I should look at and or visit? The only thing I ask is that it is east of the Mississippi River and no farther south than North Carolina. </p>
<p>I've heard Pittsburgh has a great program for these studies. Any confirmation of this, as well as other suggestions, would be great.</p>
<p>Edit: I forgot to add, my main focus is an urban campus in a fairly large city, but feel free to add suburban campuses as well.</p>