<p>What are your stats? Duke has a fantastic English program, but there's not much point in suggesting it or similar colleges if you can't get in. </p>
<p>Looking over the NRC English list might help.
<a href="http://www.stat.tamu.edu/%7Ejnewton/nrc_rankings/area4.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area4.html</a></p>