<p>First of all I am not what you would consider, gifted when it comes to grades or SAT scores. The only thing I have been gifted with is imagination, art skills and a passion for writing. I wanted to ask all those out there for what colleges they might suggest for someone like me.</p>
<p>Here be the stats:
-Class Rank: 80/168
-3.2 GPA
-1600 SAT</p>
<p>Yup, I am nothing special when you look at me as a pile of numbers. Nonetheless, I would love to hear from some of you people about colleges you would suggest.</p>
<p>Most of the schools with great writing programs would be out of your reach. But any state U will have a decent english department and so much of creative writing is your work and how you take criticism that it shouldn’t matter.</p>
<p>UNC-Greensboro (which would not be out of reach for you) has a very strong English and creative writing dept (also offers an MFA in CW). NC State Univ, not really known for its English Dept, also has a strong English Dept and offers a Creative Writing MFA. (NCSU also has an excellent Design School.) Don’t know if you’re male or female, but Hollins College in Va (still all female, I <em>think</em>) has turned out some amazing writers-- very strong creative writing. Also, Warren Wilson College, in Asheville, NC is very strong in creative writing.</p>
<p>UC Santa Barbara has a college of creative studies that includes a writing emphasis. You have to submit a portfolio to get admitted to the CCS program. It may be worth investigating. I remember reading about a student here on CC who got accepted into the program with lower than average UCSB stats.</p>
<p>I have been looking into the colleges all of you have suggested. Many of them seemed to have rather strong departments for what I am looking for. </p>
<p>Just wanted to say thank you to those rather have helped me so far. :)</p>
<p>Creative writing programs from Rugg’s Recommendations:
Agnes Scott
U Alabama
Bard
Middlebury
Beloit
Barnard
Bennington
Brown
Carlow
Carnegie Mellon
Columbia
Creighton
Dana
Denison
Dominican
Eckerd
Emerson
Fla St
Grinnell
Hamilton
Hobart
U Iowa
John’s Hopkins
Kenyon
Lewis-Clark State (ID)
Linfield
Long Island U Southhampton
Lycoming
U Maine Farmington
U of Michigan
SUNY New Paltz
NC State
Northwestern
Oberlin
U Oregon
U Pitt
Redlands
St Andrews (NC)
San Fran St
C of Santa Fe
Sarah Lawrence
Stephens
Susquehanna
Sweet Briar
Temple
UVA
Washington Coll (MD)
Webster
Wheaton (MA)
Wichita State
Wittenberg</p>
<p>So glad that students are becoming more aware of Hopkins outstanding writing program. It really is fabulous, as is its top-ranked history of art department.</p>
<p>bennington has got a good creative writing dept. from what i hear but it’s very small, so i don’t know if that would bug you but it’s a great school that seems to look past numbers</p>
<p>I would second Hollins (I applied and stayed overnight and it’s a great place! It was a tough choice for me to make), and would recommend looking at Sweet Briar, which has a CW program as well. Both are still women’s colleges.</p>