I would suggest you look into small liberal arts schools near you with a good journalism program. The additional benefit to these schools is that you have a greater likelihood of being able to participate in their college newspaper program, which seems important to you. Good luck. I’m sure you’ll find a good fit for you.

You should also be getting into SAT or ACT testing, you know every college requires that, you should check in www.collegeboard.com what score and GPA requirements does Emerson have or whatever college you want. I strongly recommend that you take the ACT rather than SAT, because it’s way easier and it’s considered in the same level by colleges. Plus, it’s cheaper, I dont understand people who actually waste time with the SAT.

You have good extracurricular involvement and that’s perfect, keep going with your grades and take the ACT, and you’ll get wherever you want, for Ivy League, well, it’s not that simple, but you could try indeed.

I go to an exam school and I know is really hard to keep up with good grades. If you like journalism and you have a 3.1 GPA and you have a good SAT score I think you’re good to go. With a 2.8 is too average.