<p>I am going to transfer to a college and I want to major in Classical Languages/Civilizations and I was wondering if anyone knows which colleges offer the best programs in that degree? I would like to get a bachelors in it and probably a masters later on. Please help!!!</p>
<p>[Carleton</a> College: Classical Languages: Major Requirements](<a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/clas/major/]Carleton”>http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/clas/major/) Carleton (MN)</p>
<p>[Classical</a> Languages Major | Programs of Study | Courses | Department of Classical Languages | Sewanee: The University of the South](<a href=“Classical Languages | The University of the South”>Classical Languages | The University of the South) Sewanee (University of the South) </p>
<p>Is financial aid a concern? Transfer students do not get much financial aid.
Sometimes private colleges do not give merit aid to transfer students.
Look before you leap!</p>
<p>yes financial aid is an issue especially if i go to a private school</p>
<p>Carleton meets need and gives very limited merit aid. Do you know your EFC? What is your home state? Ohio State has an awesome foreign language center. [The</a> Foreign Language Center](<a href=“http://flc.osu.edu/]The”>http://flc.osu.edu/)</p>
<p>i do not even know what EFC stands for. and my home state is Illinois. So i don’t want to go to far from home.</p>
<p>In Illinois and nearby states, this is roughly how I’d rank universities in terms of overall quality of undergrad ed + quality of classics depts.; others may differ:
Chicago, Notre Dame, Michigan, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota</p>
<p>I’m not quite sure where I’d put Illinois, Northwestern, and Washington U.</p>
<p>For a smaller schools, look at St. Olaf. Valparaiso might be worthwhile, especially if you qualify for its excellent honors college. I know someone who did Classics (+ Hebrew in the Theology dept.) at Valpo—very well-prepared for graduate study at Princeton Theological & Princeton, later did a summer at Dunbarton Oaks, etc.</p>
<p>Male or female? Stats (grades and scores)?</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr (women only) has long had an excellent reputation for Classics. If you’re male, you could go to neighboring Haverford and still take the BMC classes. BMC is small, expensive and selective. Haverford is small, expensive, and more selective. Anyway, Philadelphia may be too far from home for your liking.</p>
<p>In and around Illinois, zapfino probably has it about right. One thing you need not worry about with Classics is big, impersonal classes at a large state university. So if the top private schools (Chicago, ND, NU, WUSTL, Carleton) and top out-of-state publics (Michigan) are out of reach, Illinois may be your best bet.</p>
<p>do most of these places offer pretty good finacial aid. Since I will be going out of state I will need help with the cost of everything with living and school.</p>
<p>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: [University</a> of Illinois - Department of the Classics](<a href=“http://www.classics.illinois.edu/]University”>http://www.classics.illinois.edu/)</p>
<p>EFC = Expected Family Contribution
Run the EFC calculators at <a href=“http://www.finaid.org%5B/url%5D”>www.finaid.org</a> and at <a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools; to get an idea for what your EFC would be as determined by the FAFSA (federal methodology) and CSS Profile (institutional methodology). Most colleges will expect you to pay more than your EFC. For more ideas about financial aid, see the financial aid forum. There is a link at the left-hand side of this screen.</p>
<p>What about schools in California?</p>
<p>There are many strong departments in California.
Roughly, they would rank as follows: Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, USC, UCI, UCSD.
For smaller schools, check out the Claremont Colleges or U Santa Clara.</p>
<p>If you go north from CA, check out U Washington and Reed.
in the SW, U Texas is the best. Trinity U, Arizona, and Arizona St. are worth checking out.</p>
<p>and do most of the bigger schools provide good financial aid. I know that you have to live there a year before they consider you a resident. so I would need financial aid.</p>
<p>It is almost impossible for you to become a state resident while you are in school. At minimum, you would need to move to that state, work for at least a year, and be able to demonstrate that you are self-supporting. Check the website of each public university that you are interested in to find out what their specific policy is.</p>
<p>For more ideas about the transfer process, you should visit the Transfer Forum. Click on “Discussion Home” in the upper-left of this screen and then scroll down to find it. Once you are there, read through the thread titled “Transfer Admissions 101” at the top of that forum. </p>
<p>Good luck with everything!</p>
<p>The College of Charleston (SC) is a state school est.1770 in the historic area of the city, just minutes from the beach, that just happens to have a great Classics department. In fact, this years winner of the American Philological Association’s Lionel Pearson Fellowship, the top award in Classics for a graduating senior in North America went to a CofC student. Relatively inexpensive, even as an out of stater, and merit scholarships often waive the out of state portion.</p>
<p>I am leaning more towards California Schools. Are those schools that zapfino the best or are there other ones that i could look into?</p>
<p>No, zapfino spoke justly. Limit your sights on those universities if you’re intent on studying the Classics, and studying them in California.</p>
<p>ok thank you because that is what i am focusiing on. well that and english literature would be my other major. but i am only looking in california</p>
<p>OP, I should have added that even though I gave a rough ranking for the California depts, and, earlier for the depts at Midwestern schools, you could get a good education in classics at any of the schools I listed. Where one potential advantage of higher ranked schools comes into play is in letters of recommendation should you decide to pursue graduate study in classics.</p>
<p>OP, in your earlier posts, you indicated that financial aid would be an issue for you. If that is the case, I’m not sure why you are only considering California schools. Illinois, and some of the less expensive public universities, like Minnesota, as well as schools like St. Olaf that offer merit aid, should be on your list.</p>
<p>I am now only looking at california because i am moving to california. I am going to make it my home and become a resident so thats why i was asking. I plan to move this summer as soon as school ends here. I will be a transfer student.</p>
<p>You’ll have to live and work in CA for a full year without any support from your family before you qualify as a CA resident.</p>