<p>Hi there guys, Im just wondering whether anyone knows how hard it is to get into the school of communications (Film/TV/Radio course to be more specific)? well, as compared to the film school at USC, should it be, maybe, easier?</p>
<p>As in Medill? Very, very, very hard. I hear the cinema program is really difficult to get into at USC though too. Only because Northwestern is all-around harder to get into, I'd say a little harder than the cinema program.</p>
<p>No, Medill is not at all the same thing as Comm. Um, I think USC is a little harder because it is SO prestigious, but yeah, NU is a better school overall. Comm isn't as hard to get into as Medill, I am pretty sure of that, but it's probably comparable to WCAS/Eng.</p>
<p>thanks jouraynalism, but i think medil is the school of Journalism. ^_^</p>
<p>and for dfleish, thanks also! I'm just wondering if we don't get accpeted into the course we have applied to, will we be considered to take other courses in the same school? cuz I have the feel that my course (Film/TV/Radio) may be quite competitive, and I doubt that I will get in, which is, sad case...</p>
<p>anyone knows whether the school of communication has any quota for their intake of freshman?</p>
<p>bump...bump...anyone?</p>
<p>oh, sorry for the mix-up. but thanks for your kind corrections, I just went off on someone earlier for being such a ***** on CC. you made my day, maxxam. thanks for reminding me there are nice people still gracing these threads.</p>
<p>chill~~~</p>
<p>haha, u're welcome~~^_^</p>
<p>Hope you feel better now~~lol</p>
<p>yeah, I'm wondering the same thing cause I applied to College of Communication too.. though I'm pretty sure my major was general communication. I did however get into USC Annenberg for Broadcast Journalism in the first week of February.</p>
<p>If Northwestern accepts you, you will be (generally) accepted into the School of Comm. No one is locked into any major until the very end of sophomore year- you could even transfer schools if you wanted to, for the most part. But anyway, NU will simply either accept you into Comm or reject you- they will not ever say "You can be in Comm, but not in the RTVF department" or "You're accepted to Weinberg but not to Comm."</p>
<p>thx dfleish~</p>
<p>The School of Communication's admissions statistics are not necessarily representative of the specific majors. I believe it's more difficult to get into the theatre major than it is to the school generally as, say, a communication studies major. I'm not sure where the RTVF major falls, but I would guess that it's harder to get into USC's program.</p>
<p>Medill and Music are the only two schools that limit the number of incoming students they allow (this includes people who change schools during freshman/sophomore years). If you have a 3.0, you are essentially free to transfer between any of WCAS, Comm, Engineering, and SESP. Engineering students naturally have generally higher numbers than others (this is true at almost all universities with separate engineering divisions), but in terms of the difficulty of admission, there is really no difference between CAS, Comm, and SESP, the exception being the Theater program specifically.</p>
<p>what makes getting in as a theatre major different? is it easier or harder...do they look for different things?</p>
<p>Getting in as a theater major is harder because of the demand for the major and the comparatively small size of the program. They don't really look for different things in terms of academics, though you need to demonstrate a vested interest in theater in order to be competitive (somebody with excellent academic credentials but no theater-related ECs would have a hard time getting into the program).</p>
<p>Does anyone know what a student majoring in "Communication Studies" would be studying? What would the classes be like and what would the career path for this major be like? I saw it on their website and I was just interested. Thanks.</p>
<p>I majored in Communication Studies. I concentrated in political communication and took courses ranging from Satellites to Communication in International Relations, Rhetoric of Nixon, and Rhetoric of Kennedy. All Comm Studies students also take either Theories of Persuasion or Theories of Argumentation.</p>
<p>Comm Studies can also be good for a career in media or business or both (it doesn't have to be political, I mean). Examples of Comm studies classes I've took/will be taking include Bargaining & Negotiation, Marketing Pop Culture, Interpersonal Conflict, Family Communication/Behavior, and Organiztional Theory... so it's very broad and can be tailored to your interests.</p>
<p>Yeah, definitely. Comm is such a versatile field, and the skills you learn can be readily applied to a wide variety of professions (business, nonprofit management, academia, etc.), not to mention almost any humanities academic discipline.</p>
<p>Hey Guys,
I'm a Junior and I was just wondering if any of you guys could give me a list of the top schools for Journalism. Oddly enough, there isn't much information or rankings on the subject. I'd prefer not to go with the simple Comm/Rhetoric that most Universities offer, but really a strict Journalism major.</p>
<p>Oh, and could anyone explain the difference btw Journalism and Mass Media. I don't get the difference. UNC only offerse Comm/Rhetoric and Mass Media, so I was just curious bc I'm in love with UNC.</p>
<p>Northwestern, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Missouri, Syracuse</p>
<p>Mass Media is more of an "academic" discipline that looks at the development of media and how it is applied to various fields, such as history and politics. Some schools with this major (such as UNC) do have a journalism concentration. </p>
<p>Journalism is a preprofessional discipline that teaches the nuts and bolts of the field in preparation for a career. Most journalism programs require students to further concentrate to a subfield--print, broadcast, etc. You learn skills such as editing and news writing.</p>