can anyone help me???? UNIVERSITY??

Question

ok, i want to become an advertising copywriter, but I also want to go to university in the US, but i dont have a clue what course i would need to do?!

also recommendations of potential universties would help alot!
cheers!

Answer 1

You don't apply to specific courses or majors at most American universities, so you don't need to worry too much about exactly what course you would need to take. Larger univerisites might ask you to apply to a school (eg. Busines, Science, Arts and Humanities etc.) but not a specific subject. I'd suggest you look for a university with a strong Marketing department and good writing classes as well.

If you're going to be reliant on financial aid to cover the cost of tuition, I'd suggest you focus mostly on private universities because they are more likely to have funding available for international students - public institutions generally don't offer any assistance, but their tuitions fees are also a bit lower. Private institutions are also probably more likely to have smaller classes and more individualised attention, but the size of the university affects that too.

I'm biased, so I'll recommend my alma mater the University of Pennsylvania, which has one of the best business schools in the world and an incredibly vibrant and active writing scene, both in and out of the classroom. Not to mention our awesome school of communication! It's also a good place to be an international student, I can testify from experience. A couple of others to consider would be NYU (although they are very stingy with aid) and MIT, which both have great business schools too.

I'm sourcing some links of undergrad business rankings so you can explore them a bit more. I'd also recommend playing around with the US News and World Report rankings and the Princeton Review site. Rankings aren't everything, but they're a great place to get ideas. You'll also be able to look for potential universities based on non-academic criteria like size and location.

Another good source of information would be collegeconfidential.com - it's a college admissions forum and some of the people there really know their stuff and are very helpful. I'd advise you to go to the parents section to get the best info and advice.

Good luck with applying - all the joys of SATs (Princeton Review is good for SAT prep too) and endless application forms! It's worth it though, I had a great experience.

Answer 2

Well you can go to a school with a great journalism/english dept. The Undergraduate journalism schools are ranked and the top 16 are even called sweet sixteen. Northwestern Univ in Chicago is lsited as being in the top five on that list, UC Berkley in California, and University of NC at Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Are all top programs.

I attended UNC and you don't have to actually live in a huge metropolitian city to have a good advertising background. For example, UNC's program is so well known and ranked that we get several job/internship offers from all over the U.S. and even world in some cases.

Answer 3

New York City is the nation's hub of big bucks advertising copywriters, especially Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Two universities with great programs are Columbia and NYU.

Answer 4

i met a south african student named andrew, who studies at the same university as myself and he studies advertising with new media journalism and his ambition is to be a copywriter. so a course in advertising is your best bet. not sure about american universities though.

Answer 5

Stay where you're at. We already have enough advertising copywriters. Choose another career.

Answer 6

i found lots of info regarding studying in USA in
http://www.edufive.com/studyabroad/usa.h...

There i found some universities providing free info abt the courses and other details ...
check them out!!!