<p>You really should take a serious look at Penn–it embodies much of what you’re seeking: </p>
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<li><p>just under 10,000 undergrads;</p></li>
<li><p>top-10 English department;</p></li>
<li><p>strong in social sciences and interdisciplinary programs, including Penn’s vaunted “One University” policy, which allows and encourages undergrads in the College of Arts and Sciences to take courses in most of Penn’s other undergrad, graduate, and professional schools (e.g., Wharton, the Law School, the School of Design, the Annenberg School for Communication, the School of Social Policy and Practice, the Graduate School of Education, etc.);</p></li>
<li><p>heavy emphasis on civic engagement with its urbran, national, and international communities, including such robust programs as the Netter Center for Community Partnerships and Civic House:</p></li>
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<p>[Barbara</a> and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania](<a href=“Netter Center for Community Partnerships |”>Netter Center for Community Partnerships |)</p>
<p>[Civic</a> House](<a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/civichouse/]Civic”>Civic House – Civic House)</p>
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<li>no journalism major, per se, but a journalism concentration within the English major, and a strong tradition of distinguished alumni journalists who have cut their teeth on The Daily Pennsylvanian and other campus publications:</li>
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[The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Pennsylvanian]The”>The Daily Pennsylvanian - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Major Concentrations Literature, Journalism and Print Culture | University of Pennsylvania | Department of English](<a href=“http://www.english.upenn.edu/Undergrad/major/concentrations/ljp]Undergraduate”>Literature, Journalism and Print Culture | Department of English)</p>
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<li>the presence on campus of the Annenberg School for Communication and the Annenberg Public Policy Center, both of which offer courses and research opportunities to undergrads in the College of Arts and Sciences:</li>
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<p>[Home</a> Page–Annenberg School for Communication](<a href=“http://www.asc.upenn.edu/home.aspx]Home”>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/home.aspx)</p>
<p>[Annenberg</a> Public Policy Center](<a href=“http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/]Annenberg”>http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/)</p>
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<li> and perhaps best of all from a literary perspective, the unique and wonderful Kelly Writers House:</li>
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<p>[Writers</a> Find Haven on an Ivy Campus - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Writers Find Haven on an Ivy Campus - The New York Times”>Writers Find Haven on an Ivy Campus - The New York Times)</p>
<p>[Kelly</a> Writers House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Writers_House]Kelly”>Kelly Writers House - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>[Kelly</a> Writers House](<a href=“http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/]Kelly”>Kelly Writers House)</p>
<p>I’m sure that there’s a lot more you’d like about Penn (fine arts courses in the School of Design; large, diverse, and active performing arts community; etc.), but this should get you started. :)</p>