<p>I wanna be a journalist, probably sports journalism
GPA is 3.7
SAT is 1700, but taking it again
i'm involved in a ton of EC stuff
on newspaper staff and Latin Club President</p>
<p>So which school is the best fit? I'm thinking about applying early decision to northwestern, but I kinda wanna go to Mizzou too. But Ohio, Syracuse and Texas are all great for sports journalism. So I'm really confused haha. I don't care about how well known a college is, I just want to be successful.</p>
<p>Ohio University is supposed to be really great for sports journalism, nice party school too if that matters. All the schools you listed are all in different parts of the country, that could be a deciding factor for you</p>
<p>northwestern is probably going to be a huge reach but is most likely the best for journalism.</p>
<p>CC answer: Raise SAT scores then ED to NU obviously. Prestige wise, NU is on a whole different level in general, not saying that the other schools are worse for journalism.</p>
<p>Regular answer: apply to all of them, come back when you get in and ask again.</p>
<p>if i want to get into northwestern, i need like a 3.8 and 2000 SAT right?</p>
<p>Syracuse blows the rest out of the water for sports journalism. Its basically a feeder school for ESPN. Case and point-before Shaq could launch his new program, ESPN sent him to Syracuse to take a course in broadcast journalism. ESPN loves SU grads.</p>
<p>Cant’t forget about northwestern and mizzou since they also send alot into sports journalism.</p>
<p>^^But if one finds that he/she doesn’t want to major in sports journalism anymore, Syracuse is kinda “blah”.</p>
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<p>How so…?</p>
<p>One of NU’s incoming students this year is already working for ESPN covering stories…</p>
<p>Direct admission to the Journalism program at U MO will probably require a higher SAT score, unless your class rank is above 10%. You can be admitted later, after a couple of semesters in A&S, assuming you meet requirements, but there is no appeal for direct admission if you do not meet the requirements as stated here:</p>
<p>[Missouri</a> School of Journalism: Admissions](<a href=“http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/admissions.html]Missouri”>http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/admissions.html)</p>
<p>How much does the feel of the college town matter to you? Columbia, MO is a very nice college town, quite under-rated (I’ve lived in several). The journalism school operates its own print newspaper and runs its own television station, so there are a lot of opportunities for local experience. I don’t really know how easy it is to connect with larger markets for summer work, but the J-school has been around a very long time and is reputed to be well connected.</p>
<p>Work on that SAT score, no matter where you plan to apply. (BTW, Mizzou currently is not considering the essay portion.)</p>
<p>"^^But if one finds that he/she doesn’t want to major in sports journalism anymore, Syracuse is kinda “blah”. "</p>
<p>Sam Lee, learn to do extensive research before you post. A few of the great programs Syracuse harbors are Journalism, Architecture, Business, Public Affairs and Information Studies.</p>
<p>OP raise your SAT scores by a minimum of 200 points and you should be fine.</p>
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<p>For a low chance, yes</p>
<p>“blah” as compared to texas and northwestern. i don’t think that’s unfair to say if cuse0507 claims syracuse “blows the rest out of the water for sports journalism”. i am sure most colleges have some things good to offer. it’s all relative. by the way, i wouldn’t use the word “great” so liberally for its business program.</p>
<p>For sports journalism, Syracuse (Newhouse) is by far the best school. Unfortunately, though, the OP’s stats are not in the range for admission to the Newhouse School. S/he will need to raise her/his SAT scores to the 2000 range.</p>
<p>3.8 and 2000 SAT would be a stretch even if you were shooting for A&S at Northwestern. The Medill School of Journalism is far more selective, taking only ~150 students each year out of an unpublished number of applicants. With those stats, you could probably, but not certainly, get into Ohio U’s Scripps School, which is a great journalism school in itself. OU’s a cool place, too.</p>
<p>ok i though y’all would say that syracuse and northwestern is a stretch. I can live with that. I’m still gonna apply to NW for ED and see if I get lucky. </p>
<p>Beyond those two though, I think I have a chance at Mizzou and Ohio. I don’t have to do journalism right away.</p>
<p>Cmyers, my son is looking at Mizzou for biomedical engineering, but he likes all the extracurriculars that they offer. There are also majors of interest to him if he decides against engineering, as others do. The computer science/information technology double major looks really interesting, especially with courses in various media that can be taken as specializations within the majors. </p>
<p>There is also a wheelchair basketball team, which really interested my son because of his biomedical interest, as well as his strong interest in service. Someone with your interests might really enjoy working with those kids. </p>
<p>Remember, don’t worry so much about prestige. Try to find a place where you’ll feel comfortable. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you!</p>