<p>I'm applying to one of the two offered joint degree programs with WCAS/Medill and Bienen Early Decision. I had a lesson with a professor of piano at Northwestern and he said I shouldn't have a problem getting into the school of music early decision, so now i'm just worried about WCAS or Medill. Someone at Northwestern told me it's literally impossible to transfer into the Medill school once you've been accepted, and that if I had any interest in journalism at all that I should apply for Medill and then transfer to WCAS if I don't like it. Is it significantly more difficult to be accepted into Medill than it is for WCAS? I'm Editor-in-Chief of my school newspaper and have a well-written essay. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Medill School of Journalism is harder to get admitted into than is WCAS. It is not "literally" impossible to transfer into Medill; it is quite difficult and, maybe, a bit rare--but not "literally" impossible. As a journalist you should know better than to misuse, or so freely use, the term "literally".</p>
<p>Maybe I should have put quotations between "literally impossible", as I was quoting the person giving me that information...I thought that was easily read. </p>
<p>Someone at Northwestern told me it's "literally impossible" to transfer into the Medill school once you've been accepted...</p>
<p>excuse me.</p>
<p>Another word that is often misused is "countless". I am always surprised when highly educated people use this word. Sorry for the tone of my first post, I should have proofread it before posting, but my phone rang & I had to rush out.
P.S. I have been told that if a Medill journalism assignment contains even one factual error that it receives a failing grade for that assignment.</p>
<p>I actually have a friend at Medill right now, and she received her first failing grade because she said the lady was electrocuted instead of "supposedly electrocuted"
which, I guess, "supposedly" is an important qualifier in that context, but still...that was the only mistake. Medill is intense.</p>
<p>epi1th3t, that's an interesting story. I would imagine that one would never forget the word "supposedly" or, similar, "allegedly" again. My jaw drops at the police blotter in our weekly rag, which never uses the word "supposedly" or "allegedly" or "police charged." They point-blank write that Mr. So-and-so slapped his neighbor during an argument over political signs. Sure, it may be true, but our judicial system is based on innocent until proven guilty. I'm guessing no one on that paper went to Medill, or any other top-drawer journalism school.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>My sister transferred into Medill as a sophomore, so it can and DOES happen.</p>
<p>Thanks for that!</p>