<p>When I was looking at colleges, Northwestern made it to the top of my list because I had heard such great things about their journalism and film programs (film and writing being my two greatest passions). But, unless I'm mistaken, it's my understanding that double majoring in radio/tv/film and journalism isn't possible - is it true that you can double major with Medill and Weinberg or Communications and Weinberg, but not Medill and Communications? </p>
<p>I will be applying Early Decision this fall, and now I don't really know what to do. I have an equal amount of love for film and writing, but it has also occurred to me that both of these fields are unstable and highly competitive, so, among many other things, I'm concerned about that. I've thought about double majoring in either journalism or film with something more 'practical' (although, I'm not great with math and science, so that basically rules out anything long-considered 'practical')</p>
<p>Any advice for someone who doesn't really know what to do? My main question is, if I'm still unsure when I'm applying, do I apply to the School of Communication or to Medill?</p>
<p>Im also applying to northwestern in the hopes of majoring in TV and radio. Im afraid i cant answer your question, but i can say that, in general, if youre too worried about career options to major solely in film, and it turns out you cant double major, you could always just major in a safe media bet (radio, communications/media, etc.) and take the classes in film on the side.</p>
<p>I’m entering Northwestern as a freshman this fall and I’m in the same boat as you-- I’m a Radio/TV/Film major but uncertain about the film industry as a stable career. You’re correct in that you can only double major between Weinberg and another school, so RTVF and Journalism wouldn’t be possible. You have other options like a Journalism major and RTVF minor, and also some certificates you should check out like Integrated Marketing (advertising, pretty much) and Creative Writing for the Media. If you apply to the School of Communications and later decide to transfer to Medill, I hear switching schools isn’t a big deal as long as you do it early enough to get all your credits. </p>
<p>One thing that’s given me confidence about my imminent job search is EPICS, Northwestern’s school of communication’s job office. RTVF majors I’ve talked to have said it’s really helpful in finding jobs with production companies and related areas. Plus Northwestern’s “purple mafia” is strong in this area (think Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, etc) You can follow NU_EPICS or something like that on twitter to get an idea of the jobs they post.</p>
<p>Hey! I know this is a super old thread, but I posted a question relating to RTVF yesterday in a separate thread and got no response, so…</p>
<p>I applied WCAS ED but I intend on transferrnig to SoC and majoring in RTVF and then double majoring in polisci at WCAS (hope that’s not too confusing). I’m equally interested in both but I know I have to be in SoC to have a major in SoC, which is why I’m interested in transferring. I’m especially interested in the Creative Writing for Media certificate, which you can only receive from SoC. </p>
<p>However, I heard that RTVF has only 90 students per class. Is it nearly impossible to transfer into the RTVF major once at NU in WCAS because of the limited class size?</p>
<p>Is it true that the only residencies in journalism are in Qatar and Africa? If you want to work on the east or west coast or London, I think you have to find the internships yourself. Can anyone address this?</p>
<p>Sam Lee, the problem is the location of the broadcast journalism residencies. My d wants to work in either LA, NY or Europe. A lot of the other universities offer those options. NU’s locations are these: </p>
<p>Broadcast Journalism Residency Sites
Al Jazeera English
Washington</p>
<p>^In that case, Syracuse may be a better choice. I am under the impression that Northwestern is stronger in print and magazine but slightly weaker in broadcast. But don’t quote me on that though.</p>
<p>Sam, yes Syracuse is number one, but again out in the boonies, but it does have the particular major my d wants. USC (soCal) is excellent - Annenberg, and there are some good programs at U Missouri, Scripps in Ohio, Walter Cronkite School (Arizona State), Boston U (although my d is probably overqualified for BU), American, Elon (safety), Emory, U of Miami (safety) and NYU. NYU, Syracuse and Emory have their entertainment and sports management programs as part of their business schools. Many schools have journalism in general, and Georgetown has a new BJ minor. She’s looking at Yale, Duke, USC, and Georgetown and U of Toronto just started the new journalism paradigm of taking top students in each field and then boot camping them into journalism (it’s experimental). Kings College in London is also excellent. In all the seminars my d has done, they’ve told the students not to major in journalism, bec print is going away, and to focus on what they want to report on…so you are more of a specialist. She’s worked two Olympic Games doing multi-platform journalism and loved it - the summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 (Singapore) and winter games in 2012 (Innsbruck)…She likes big cities and if there was no mold issue at NU, I think she’d keep it on the list, but again she doesn’t like where the residencies are…ultimately, she will probably want to work in Europe.</p>
<p>I highly doubt there’s mold issue at NU. Mold is not just a nuisance; it makes people sick and I highly doubt the University wouldn’t do anything about it if an issue does arise; not to mention the liabilities involved for being negligent or reckless. I also just googled “mold + Northwestern” and nothing came up. You have to be very careful in reading those so-called “reviews”. No school is perfect and every school is gonna have a minority of students not pleased with it; often they would go to rant in those review sites.</p>