Anyway, assuming most of you know who I am, you know that I recently made the decision to take this semester off to transfer somewhere to study journalism. I was one semester away from graduating with a degree in psychology and a minor in biology. I know, I'm an idiot, whatever.
Fact is, I couldn't stand the thought of going through another semester of banalities at Winthrop University. Don't get me wrong, it's a good school, and a few of the professors I've had there are people I hope I never lose contact with. But I really didn't care about psychology or biology, and I knew I was never, ever going to make a career out of either.
So, long story short, start writing for Bleacher Report, realize I want to be involved in sports journalism/production as a career.
I've applied several places, but I really have no idea where I want to go.
Right now the list is: University of Oregon, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, and Clemson University.
You'll notice the only school in-state (South Carolina) is Clemson. That's my super fall back.
Other than that, it's a toss-up. I really have no idea where I want to go. I kind of think that the University of Minnesota and Wisconsin-Milwaukee are the front-runners right now, as they have by far the cheapest out-of-state tuition... they're not much more expensive than Clemson's in-state tuition.
Plus, Minnesota is a great school and is considered a public-ivy school. It's located in Minneapolis/St. Paul, so I would have access to all four major sporting franchises (Twins, Timberwolves, Wild, Vikings) which is pretty important for my profession.
The same goes for UW-Milwaukee, though it's not quite as prestigious as Minnesota.
I'm a terrible decision maker. It has taken me four years of college to figure out what I want to do, and this is going to be my third university (I went to the University of South Carolina my first semester and hated it).
I have to decide soon. I also have decisions to make about marching in an indoor percussion ensemble and living arrangements and everything. This is a headache. Someone help me.
I'm assuming you want it straight, so I'll give it to you straight. If you want to go to a school to get a journalism degree, you need to go a school that has a good journalism program. In the area, Georgia and UNC have the best journalism programs. I'd say look at those, along with Florida, Northwestern, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Syracuse. Those all have excellent to prestigious journalism programs, with Syracuse, Northwestern, and Missouri being the cream of the crop. Obviously cost is an issue, but you also need to factor in what you want to do as well. Having been through a journalism program at Oklahoma, I was able to get to know some of the better programs across the country. These are just some of them, they're some of the more well-known ones as well. Hope this helps!
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