I will be driving around the East Coast with some friends this winter break to look at schools, so I’d love to hear about some colleges I could go see then. I’ve heard Swarthmore, Northwestern, UChicago, and Berkeley have good departments, but I’d love to get your input on those schools and more. I’m in the top 20% of my class, a published freelance journalist (I’ve written about teenagers and technology for some major websites and even international print magazines), and have a 2250 SAT (first sitting).
Just to give you some context as to what kind of schools I’m thinking about: I attend one of the top “feeder” boarding schools in the country (no prizes for guessing which one!). I definitely want to study linguistics in college, perhaps in tandem with English, and my ideal school would have to have strong programs in historical/diachronic and sociolinguistics – and, of course, give me room to do my own research. I am biracial with two immigrant parents and fluent in four languages, so from a young age, I have been very passionate about language – especially how culture, geography and demographics have influenced spread/interpretation of the Indo-European language family, and specifically of the Romance languages. I’m a current junior who has just started the college search, so I’d love your input on which universities have the best programs for my intended major!
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