<p>Heh, I've always wanted to be a university professor, though I wouldn't mind teaching high school either. I also thought about being a librarian. People think both are dull, but I just want to be somewhere I can read. If all else fails, I'll go to medical school.</p>
<p>Museums and archives, then teaching, then law if all else fails. I think papyrology would be interesting, but I really know nothing about it; as a little kid I really wanted to write copy for museum exhibits, which I still think I would be good at.</p>
<p>yay for another classics lover... five years of latin (3 of ap) and a semester of greek (all my school offers :/)... i'm planning on majoring in classics next year</p>
<p>I wish they had Greek at my school. I'm more into the Greek than Latin.</p>
<p>High school teacher for me!</p>
<p>enigma, how did you take three years of AP Latin? Did you read Catullus/Horace in one year of Lit and Catullus/Ovid in the other? I'm curious since you're the first person I've seen here with more than 4 years of Latin. I'm a junior in my fifth year doing Lit and Vergil at the same time. When did you start?</p>
<p>umm well i started taking latin in 8th grade and then i skipped from latin II to take AP Ovid/Catullus in my sophomore year. last year i took AP Vergil. this year i'm doing AP Cicero/Catullus since there wasn't any other latin i could take at my school so my teacher created the third year for me since in the past she just rotated between the other two. </p>
<p>doing both Lit and Vergil in the same year... that's pretty impressive!</p>
<p>it might be impressive, but it's also pretty stressy. D: I had to do 400 lines of Virgil a week over winter break (my school has no AP classes so everything is self-study) in order to finish in time to review both and read the whole Aeneid in English. I'm still not even done with the Latin selections.</p>
<p>also, is it just me, or is the reading for Lit way shorter than the Virgil? I mean, obviously Catullus is easier than he is, but it seems as though there are fewer lines as well.</p>
<p>Its not just you. The Vergil syllabus covers 1,856 total lines and the Lit syllabus covers about 1,300 total lines. </p>
<p>BTW - 50-60 lines a day isn't too bad; that's about what upper level undergrad reading classes run - though typically you'll only meet 3 times a week so the load isn't constant. And there will be days when you do only 30 lines but also have a book chapter or paper to read as well.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of a major in Latin, but I have never taken any classes in it and I can only take Introductory Latin in my second year of college. Is it still possible for me to major in it? I have strong knowledge in Italian though.</p>
<p>Gil - it depends on the rules for a major at your school. Latin is usually divided in to 3 or 4 segments:</p>
<p>1) 2 semesters of Elementary Latin
2) 2 semesters of Intermediate Latin (1 prose, 1 poetry)
3) 2 or 3 semesters of "Upper Level" Latin (usually a single author each semester)
4) Composition and other advanced topics.</p>
<p>For example, at the University of Minnesota a Latin Major consists of at least:</p>
<p>1) 2 semesters of elementary Latin
2) 2 semesters of Intermediate Latin
3) 2 semesters of Upper Level Latin
4) Senior Project</p>
<p>As usual, the real answer is to check with the department that offers Latin at your school. If you really get interested, there are a bunch of schools that offer summer intensive programs that will cram 2 full years of latin into your skull over a single summer semester. </p>
<p>It can be done! Good Luck!</p>
<p>Hey everyone. One of my best friends is a fellow future Classics major. She is a junior in high school, and she wants a summer Greek program that will take high schoolers. Can anyone recommend something? Graduation us isn't until June 28th. If anyone knows of anything, can you please post a link?</p>
<p>The best known program is at the University of Chicago:</p>
<p>Summer</a> Classics: University of Chicago</p>
<p>Just Google "summer intensive Greek" - here in Philly both Temple and Penn offer programs, and though they don't have any special provision for high-school students I'm pretty sure the Penn program at least could accommodate your friend.</p>
<p>Ah! I see you're in NY - Columbia has a program that would be more convenient I suspect.</p>
<p>Hey, I want to major in the classics, with a focus on the Greeks. I've been accepted to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Brown, Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, Williams, BC, NYU, USC, Vanderbilt and Pomona. Which school has the best program?</p>
<p>OK Bob,</p>
<p>There is no such thing as a "best program".</p>
<p>First decide what kind of overall experience you want. Small school or huge University? Urban or small town? Can you handle winter? Your overall comfort with the place will be at least as important as the program given the status of all those schools.</p>
<p>So, figure out what you want your overall experience to be like, then start looking at the CVs of the professors at those schools and the kinds of upper level classes they teach. That will let you focus in on the places that best meet your personal interests.</p>
<p>Or just go to Harvard.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>ya i was just accepted at brown, dartmouth, and penn but i'm turning them down for a full-tuition classics scholarship at holy cross :)</p>
<p>^^ Congrats. Hope you have a blast at HC.</p>
<p>My son has had 2 years of AP Latin and loves it .He is considering a Classics Major in college. Does anyone know anything about the Latin program at Bates ?</p>
<p>Most of the liberal arts schools such as Bates have strong Classics programs. The one thing to look at would be the size of the department and the diversity of courses offered by the department... some of the small schools are limited in what they can offer due to the size of the department.</p>
<p>Holy Cross makes the claim that with their ten faculty members that they are the largest Classics program of American liberal arts colleges.</p>