<p>Brown</p>
<p>UPenn</p>
<p>Duke</p>
<p>Columbia</p>
<p>I’m really interested in these schools and want to go ED on the one that is best for this field. I really love them all so that is why i want to go ed…not cuz of the advantage</p>
<p>Columbia/UPenn
Duke</p>
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<p>Brown</p>
<p>Maybe look into some of the liberal arts schools, like Middlebury, Swarthmore, Haverford</p>
<p>Yeah I agree liberal arts schools are the way to go: Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, Swarthmore, etc.</p>
<p>Maybe UChicago too.</p>
<p>I disagree with schrizto. While many LACs are wonderful institutions, particularly the ones suggested, all four of the universities mentioned provide superb undergraduate educations.</p>
<p>For English:
Columbia/Duke/Penn
Brown</p>
<p>You could get roughly the same English education at any of the four. If you have to choose a deciding factor for ED, it shouldn’t be the quality of the English department. Personally, I’d lean toward Penn or Duke for an all-around great undergraduate experience. YMMV. :)</p>
<p>YOU SHOULD NOT BE APPLYING ED period!</p>
<p>ED should be used when and only when you are absolutely 100 percent sure, and in love with your 1st choice school, and frankly I even think that’s an unrealistic position to be in especially if you’ll depend on financial aid, and or expect because your low income that you’ll have a free education at a top private school.</p>
<p>I know what its like to be in your shoes and your age, but don’t be stubborn to simply apply to a school because you want a school with X name. Frankly theres to many differences between the 4 schools you asked us to consider. If you would have said something like should i apply ed to brown/wesleyan/vassar or amherst, than i would trust you more to know you’ve done your research and know what kind of school is the best fit for you.</p>
<p>I know i am in love with all four schools and i think that going ED will boost my chances. now that i know after visiting/talkin with students that all of them are schools that FIT me. im just curious which has best english program</p>
<p>and i didnt like Lacs. they;re too small/lack graduate programs</p>
<p>Well, alternatively, you can aim for large, very prestigious, state unis such as UC Berkeley, Michigan, UCLA, UC Irvine, UVa or Wisconsin. Their English/Humanities programs are excellent. For example, Berkeley’s English dept is number 1 in the nation (or probably the world), along with Yale and Harvard. That alone will tell you that the best state unis are even more competitive than the elite privates. :)</p>