<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>