<p>I’ve been told that the acceptance process for Newhouse is comparable to Ivy League. Is it really that difficult? Also curious about the combined Newhouse/Whitman program in terms of acceptance and rigor. My son has 3.7 UGPA and 32 ACT plus outstanding ECs and LORs. Newhouse is shaping up to be his first choice but Penn is a close second. Any thoughts would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Yes, it is competitive…no, I don’t think it is comparable to Ivy League…your son has the exact stats my daughter had entering Newhouse as a freshman (she’s a soph now)…she was accepted RD with scholarship;
no way she would have been admitted to Penn (and she is double legacy, top 7% of her HS graduating class, all aps and honors, Ec’s etc…)</p>
<p>Whitman/Newhouse combined program is just as competitive for admission as straight Newhouse…</p>
<p>If it’s really his first choice, ED would be the way to go, but it looks like his stats would put him in pretty good shape for RD as well…assuming his EC’s are geared towards communications field…</p>
<p>Do you know that Penn’s communication major is very research based? We had looked at it when we were in the process and eliminated it because it seemed geared to something very different from what my daughter was looking for; but it is Ivy league if that is what is important…</p>
<p>Just wondering, is he looking at Northwestern as well? or USC? both excellent programs…</p>
<p>Thanks Rodney - that was what I was hoping to hear. Up until recently he considered himself ‘undecided’, although leaning towards business & comm. He loved Penn when we visited but did not know much about Annenberg at the time. He’s been thinking more seriously lately about what he wants and has realized that he is more of a ‘hands-on’ kind of guy and Newhouse really is the perfect program for him. Unfortunately, he’s not far enough along with his essay to apply ED and at this point I think it’s best not to rush things. Is your daughter happy at Syracuse/Newhouse?</p>
<p>My daughter is a freshman in Whitman/Newhouse double degree. Her stats were lower than your son’s and she was accepted RD with no money. The double degree could not be duplicated anywhere although there are many schools where you can major in one and minor in the other.<br>
She was encouraged by the admissions interviewer to apply to the dual degree program. She did not apply to any Ivies but did turn down UMiami business school (where she could have majored also in communication if she was willing to go for 5 years). She loves it and I have been very impressed by the personal attention and quality that she is getting from her courses.</p>
<p>Great to hear that your daughter loves the dual degree program. Is the workload manageable? I’m also curious about how much support the school provides in finding internships, and how the students learn about them, how competitive it is, etc.</p>
<p>MM: either way, ED or RD, make sure he interviews either on campus or, alternatively, at Lubin House in NYC…</p>
<p>My daughter is extremely happy with Newhouse; less so with Syracuse: I’ll PM you if you’d like but basically the student body overall is not her cup of tea; she has found her “own” as they say, but as she says, she is “there for Newhouse” or she would have transferred…</p>
<p>Internships: my daughter found one on her own the summer after freshman year; she is now in the process of preparing her resume for next summer so I’ll let you know…</p>
<p>My son, a freshman at Newhouse, tells me he receives e-mails about available internships every week. Don’t know how competitive they are since he hasn’t applied to anything yet. My son had similar stats to your son’s. He loves Syracuse and has made many friends. His roommate situation is terrific. Truly he couldn’t be happier. It is a perfect fit for his personality. He is considering the dual program with Whitman.</p>
<p>My daughter is a senior at Newhouse. She loves Newhouse, not so much Syracuse. Probably very similar to Rodney’s daughter. One of the best things about Newhouse is the access to internships. She was an intern at Martha Stewart Living over the summer, in New York. She got the internship on her own, but Newhouse is very well respected and well known. She is now stressing about a job after graduation, as many of the 2009 graduates are still in unpaid internships instead of paying jobs. She’s a magazine major.</p>
<p>I just graduated in May with a dual degree from Newhouse/Whitman. My incoming stats were: 3.8 high school GPA, 1340 SAT (620 Math, 720 Verbal). Keep in mind this is pre-writing section on the SAT. I was not offered an academic scholarship initially, but received one after my Freshman year for good performance (reevaluation after Freshman year is common, and accounts for most of the academic scholarships that SU provides). I also applied to Penn’s and Cornell’s communication schools, and was denied by Penn and accepted by Cornell. I had no family affiliations with either. </p>
<p>Many of my classmates who applied to just Newhouse - as apposed to the dual degree program with Whitman - received scholarships with very similar incoming scores, so I assume that the admittance committee has more stringent standards for those applying for the dual programs. This is understandable, considering that dual students have a much more demanding class schedule. To graduate with a degree jointly conferred by both schools, you need to take a minimum of 143 credits, as opposed to the 120 or so that single majors need. This means that most dual Newhouse/Whitman majors need to take six classes a semester - as opposed to the normal five - if they want to graduate in four years. </p>
<p>The academic rigor at Newhouse definitely exceeded my expectations, Whitman not so much. This aside, their connections to the Wall St. finance, accounting, and venture capital community are incredible, and rarely talked about for some reason. Whitman students who have solid GPAs (3.3+) are almost guaranteed an elite internship on Wall St, assuming they want one and don’t botch their on-campus interview. </p>
<p>Internships made available through Newhouse were much harder to get because there is much more competition from the more-ambitious student body. A weekly email is sent out to the entire school with available summer internships open exclusively to Newhouse students, and thus applicants find themselves in competition with half of their class for any given opening. This, understandably, necessitates that Newhouse students differentiate themselves from the rest of the pack, and leads to a lot of cutthroat competition in the classroom, which definitely adds to the academic rigor of the school in general. This aside, Newhouse students usually always end up with a solid, if not elite, summer internship of their choosing.</p>
<p>I’m starting to feel like I’m not going to get in.</p>
<p>I’m a high school senior applying RD. I have a 3.5 GPA, mostly high B’s but a good number of A’s on my transcript. 2070 SATs, no ACT but I’m taking an SAT subject test for literature this december. I can write well, and it shows in my essay and supplement. I also have a decent amount of EC’s, but sadly no honors to mention.</p>
<p>Am I doomed?</p>
<p>Oh shoot, I applied to the dual between newhouse and the ischool, does that mean that I’ve made it harder for myself to get into newhouse?</p>