<p>Can you find a college for me that has the best undergraduate writing courses? </p>
<p>Size: Doesn’t Matter
Location: Reasonable close to the east coast, but I’m willing to go anywhere in the US
People: I love them in all shapes and sizes
Academics: English major focus with perhaps a minor in history
Athletics: Soccer, Ultimate or Long Distance Track would be nice
Bonus points if there is also a theatre program?</p>
<p>I’m also an east asian with some underwhelming grades scores and ec. Like SAT 2230 800CR 780M and 650W (I hate pedantic grammar testing) if you want to be harshly realistic…(sad face)…</p>
<p>Many colleges discount the writing score. Don’t underestimate your 1580. (Almost better than my own 2310/1510, really, which is lopsided with comparatively low math.)</p>
<p>Also, go East Asian English majors! :D</p>
<p>You should be looking into top LAC’s because despite what you think those underwhelming scores have the potential to get you in to just about anywhere. It would be wonderful if you could bump up your writing score but many TOP colleges don’t place heavy empasis on it anyway. Look at it from this perspective you have a 1580/1600. Not so bad now huh? Heck maybe even consider an ivy.</p>
<p>haha this thread title made me giggle. sounds like what an aspiring writer might be posting AFTER graduating college…</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins… world renown undergraduate/graduate Creative writing/Writing seminar program #1 in the nation, top 10 English, top 10 History, Hopkins’ theatre program is relatively brand new (started in 2003) and is the only university in the nation that I know of that has a relatively known quantity of high profile actors teaching undergraduate student body (Director of the Drama & Theatre program is the famous John Astin, the dude who played Gomez in the Adams family)…</p>
<p>jax90291: Yeah, I’m not going to be eating after I graduate. Print media is getting killed by the interwebs. My theatre arts teacher told me that if you want to be an actor or a writer, you’ll probably have to hold down some part time jobs in your life, w00t! dishes</p>
<p>Thanks for all replies. Ivies are going to be a major reach for me. I had really wanted to go to Duke because an awesome mentor/surrogate older brother goes there and loves it. But thanks for mentioning John Hopkins, I’ll look into it. </p>
<p>As for LACs, I have visited Swarthmore and Amherst but the whole pantheon of these elite liberal arts schools have always felt foreign to me. Since I grew up in Highland Park, which is next to a Rutgers campus, all the people I have known and hung out with are either going to NYU, Rutgers, Duke, Princeton, Yale, Northwestern or MIT, these massive universities, not to mention the asian ivy fever of my parents. I’m sorry for being weird but can someone help explain the advantages and disadvantages of a liberal arts school over say like Rutgers?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I think one of the things you do get in a small liberal arts school is very careful mentorship. There are people who really care about what you as an individual do, who know if you’re in a certain class on a certain day. It’s a very intimate and intense experience. That can either be good or bad, depending on your preference. My son is going to go to Swarthmore, and I know he would love it because he’s got that same kind of intensity and even in high school is always buttonholing his teachers for a long discussion about Robert Penn Warren or Botticelli or some damn thing after class. He really, really wants to be very much in a relationship with learning. But some students like a little more space. It sounds as if you might feel that way. In that case, a school like Rutgers COULD be a strong candidate for you. And don’t discount TCNJ–excellent school with small classes (good for the writer–more feedback!), but not quite as in your face as Swat or Amherst. With your scores you may be able to get a scholarship, too.</p>