<p>Yeah, I have some pretty obscure interests and would like to know if any colleges offer a good classics program, also Gaelic, Sanskrit, and architecture. Perhaps other obscure languages and a good study abroad opportunity as well. Thanks!</p>
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<p>I'm not very knowledgeable at all about this but you might want to check out NYU because it has a lot of obscure languages (I looked at their list of majors and I was like WOW!) and it probably has architecture. Again, verify this before applying.</p>
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<p>UC Berkeley has a Sanskrit major (I think) and also a Celtic Studies major with Breton, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Old Irish Gaelic, etc..</p>
<p>oh they have architecture as well</p>
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<p>Radcliffe has Sanskrit, I think.</p>
<p>NYU is so big and has no campus. I know some colleges have Sanskrit, but I'd prefer a good architecture program as well.</p>
<p>I probably will apply to Berkeley (maybe?) but it is so huge and so far away!</p>
<p>Princeton, I think, had the best Classics program. I think Harvard has a strong Sanskrit/Indo-Asian studies department. Gaelic, I have absofrickinlutely no clue.</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
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<p>Crap, I just did some research and Harvard totally offers Gaelic, Sanskrit, architecture...as well as Dutch, Scandinavian, Swedish...</p>
<p>Now I feel bad about how untouchable Harvard is.</p>
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<p>If you find a strong language department, get in touch with someone there and ask about comparable departments at other schools. You may as well get your info from the best.</p>
<p>Before you spend a lot more time looking at schools with a combo of architecture, classics and specific languages, think about whether this is a reasonable goal. Architecture is almost always a separate school within a large university, and a very demanding course of study. It isn't compatible with concentrations in other colleges. Take a look at the architecture school at Cornell, for example, and the major requirements. <a href="http://www.architecture.cornell.edu/html/programs_study_undergrad.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.architecture.cornell.edu/html/programs_study_undergrad.htm</a></p>
<p>If you are just interested in taking some architecture-related courses, such as History of Architecture, you won't have such stringent requirements, but you may find that you are limiting yourself to larger universities which have colleges of architecture. Don't overlook exchange programs at LACs where a student can cross-register at a larger school to get a wide variety of courses.</p>
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<p>Yale offers Gaelic, Sanskrit, and great architecture, from what I've heard.</p>
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<p>penn claims to offer more languages than any other school</p>
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<p>I think Brown would be a perfect choice. Its lack of requirements leads to a great deal of flexibility. It offers many obscure languages (and architecture) and has an awesome study abroad selection. Berkeley would be another good choice.</p>
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<p>Gaelic is rare enough that I wouldn't rule out a college because of it. I would look for someplace with good architecture programs, sanskrit, and good fit. You can always take Gaelic in summer programs or in grad school. IT's a good plus if the college already has it, but don't worry about it if it's not there.</p>
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<p>Michigan is tops in Architecture (top 10 nationally), Classics (top 5 nationally) and Sanskrit. I am not sure about Gaelic though.</p>
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<p>I feel like good language programs would be more necessary for me than good architecture, just because architecture is something that I could study more later in life and make a career out of.</p>
<p>I loooooove Michigan, but I know the creepiest boy ever who is going there, and he stalks me. Creep.</p>
<p>(I swear I don't hate everyone or have a bad history with everyone, really!!)</p>
<p>You got creeps everywhere fids. But at least at Michigan, you have 38,000 students to shield you! LOL</p>
<p>Hahaha it's sadly true, I do get creeped out a lot. But, in defense of myself, if a kid makes comments about feeling tempted to rape me...and calls my cell phone over 15 times a day...I think it's sort of justified!</p>
<p>Brown and Michigan are really the only two colleges I can think of offhand where people I strongly dislike are going. It's funny, because I usually like and get along with basically everyone, so you just have a distorted image of me from what I've said about future students at these two colleges. ;)</p>
<p>That's too bad fids. But there are many other great colleges out there. Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Penn etc...</p>
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<p>Haha I have more legacy at Penn than the rest of the world combined (save my siblings), but absolutely no desire to go there. :(</p>
<p>I'd loooooove to go to Brown if just one girl transferred out! I had my heart really set on Brown for a very long time. And I know that it's dumb to let one girl affect my desire to go there so much, but.</p>
<p>I'd be psyched to go to Harvard or Yale, as well, but hey, I have to be realistic, here. Eeeeeeeh.</p>
<p>I think I'm just going to be perpetually hard to please. Hahahaha. "I WANT A REALLY LIBERAL EAST COAST SCHOOL WITH ONLY GOOD PEOPLE ACCEPTED AND GAELIC, SANSKRIT, A GOOD CLASSICS PROGRAM, STELLAR ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM, NICE LOCATION SURROUNDED BY NATURE BUT CLOSE TO A CITY OR LARGE TOWN, GOOD STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM, APPROXIMATELY 3-7,000 STUDENTS, OPEN CURRICULUM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXCHANGE WITH OTHER COLLEGES, BALANCED MALE:FEMALE RATIO, VEGETARIAN PLACES OR HEALTH FOOD STORES NEARBY...!!!!" etc etc etc, hahahha I must seem like such an insatiable wackjob. :(</p>
<p>Yeah...you are pretty whacky! hehe Seriously, do not count Brown, Michigan or Penn out. They are amazing schools. Also check out Chicago, Columbia and Cornell.</p>
<p>I'm not too keen on Columbia's core, or their location. Plus, they ask for 5 SAT IIs for homeschoolers, and I'm through with standardized testing! Cornell and Penn are both too big and the atmospheres don't appeal to me. Chicago also has wacky guidelines for homeschoolers and I think it's not a great location, either.</p>
<p>I may apply to Duke, Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, Brown, Yale...but I really, really want to study Gaelic/Celtic studies, Sanskrit, classics, aaaand architecture. Yeah, I am the most indecisive person on earth, if you couldn't tell. Haha, thanks for all this help.</p>
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