the school of communication

<p>how competitive is nu's communication school.</p>

<p>that should be a question mark, by the way...</p>

<p>i don't exactly know overall, but the r/tv/f program and definitely the theatre program are more competitive</p>

<p>Exactly. The more specialized programs (rtvf, theatre) have a cap on them (theatre is limited to 100 in each year), so it is more difficult to get accepted to those programs. In general, however, it's pretty much the same as Weinberg...Northwestern is selective no matter how you slice it.</p>

<p>if i apply to RTVF or Theatre and don't get in, is there a way i can be "deferred" to Weinberg or something like that? Or am I taking a risk by applying to school of communications?</p>

<p>No, you won't be "deferred" to Weinberg. I suppose you are taking a bit of a risk, but it's a risk worth taking if you're interested in the programs. It's very difficult to transfer into theatre or RTVF from Weinberg (you literally have to wait for someone to drop out of the program, as there is a strict number limit), so it's better just to apply to that school rather than go for Weinberg to be safe and then try to transfer.</p>

<p>Hmm... well, how much more selective are the theatre and RTVF programs, really? Because even if there are caps, aren't there much fewer students applying to those programs than there are applying to Weinberg? Are there any statistics on this?</p>

<p>I'd like to take either theatre or RTVF, but I'm not against taking some major in Weinberg either (I really want to go to Northwestern for its adjunct major in animate arts, so my actual major doesn't matter that much to me). </p>

<p>I obviously want the best chance of acceptance into the university, but if it doesn't make that much of a difference I want the option of being in the theatre or rtvf programs, too.</p>

<p>decisions, decisions....</p>

<p>In truth, there's not a HUGE difference...it's not worth stressing over. really, the best thing to do is just to apply to whichever major interests you the most, do your best, and hope from there. There's no grand "strategy." Best of luck!</p>

<p>my situation was pretty similar to yours. to be honest, i have to no idea what i want to do, but i just knew i really wanted to go to NU. they have an actual school of communications which isn't common for top universities, they have a great r/tv/f program, and they have medill. and if i end up changing my mind completely, it's good in pretty much everything else.</p>

<p>i don't have much film background, nor do i have much real journalistic background, though those are two things i'm really interested in. i ended up applying early as a communication studies major. my first year, i'm planning on taking the classes i need to be able to transfer my sophomore year, both for the film program and for medill. as impossible as those transfers are, they are do able, and i want to keep my options open.</p>

<p>my friend's sister transferred into the theatre program after her freshman year, so it's definitely do able, just difficult.</p>

<p>Oh definitely. But it's good to know that if you're deciding between, say, RTVF and History or Theatre and Chemistry...that it's easier to start out in communications and then trandfer than it is to start out in Weinberg and then transfer to Communications.</p>

<p>i think theatre is much more difficult to get into then the other programs you guys are discussing, because nu theater is one of the top programs in the nation.</p>

<p>how's the communication sciences and disorders program? how competitive?</p>

<p>NU usually admits 100 students out of 700 applicants to its undergraduate theater program in the school of communication</p>

<p>The communication science and disorder program is supposed to be very good. I used to know two girls doing master in audiology and speech pathology. The audiology student was doing her master at Iowa and she said NU and Iowa's program were among the best. The girl in NU's speech pathology program said it is one of the top. The competition is probably not too bad because it is not one of the more popular fields. It's really for those who have passion and aspiration to work with people with communication disorder and learning disability.</p>