<p>Hello-
I'm a high school sophomore, and I'm definitely interested in majoring in and most likely teaching Classics. I plan to reach at least Latin V Honors and Greek II before graduation, and I'm currently getting an A+ in Latin. I know it's probably way too early, but can anyone please recommend good Classics programs? Also, can anyone recommend summer internships or jobs I could do during high school to improve my chances?</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
<p>The Ivys have very good departments obviously. I want to say that Brown has a really good one? I have a friend majoring in Classics at Penn who loves the department there.</p>
<p>Public-wise: uMichigan, UNC, and <em>i think</em> Berkeley
Bryn Mawr is supposed to have a good one too (so Haverford if you’re a guy)
Holy Cross has a solid one too</p>
<p>For ECs in the Classics there’s always a Latin/Classics club at your school (if it doesn’t exist yet, start one!)
In Virginia we have the Virginia Junior Classics League Convention every fall. There may be something like it in your state.
Participate in Certamens if they exist where you’re from.
Work in a museum during the summer maybe</p>
<p>Holy Cross offers 3 full merit scholarships for Classics</p>
<p>Thanks so much! A friend and I actually revived a Classics club at our school. I also love the idea of working at a museum.</p>
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You think Berkeley? 
Berkeley indisputably has the best classics department in the country, bar none. Mastronarde wrote the best introductory Greek textbook currently available (much better than that dreadful Athenaze), and its Sather lectures are renowned. </p>
<p>You are correct that Berkeley and UNC currently have the best classics programs among the publics, with UCLA, UT Austin, and Michigan close behind (in roughly that order). Many other publics have good classics programs, including UIUC, Minnesota, Missouri, UF, FSU, UW, Wisconsin, Penn State, Ohio State, Cincinnati, UVA, and Arizona.</p>
<p>To put the top private universities in Alexandre-style tiers,</p>
<p>Tier 1: Yale, Penn, Brown, Princeton
Tier 2: Harvard, Chicago, Columbia, Duke
Tier 3: Cornell, Stanford, NYU
Tier 4: Hopkins, Dartmouth, WUStL, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Tufts</p>
<p>Relatively few LACs would satisfy someone with your background. Bryn Mawr and Haverford are best (as mentioned by Carnifex). Barnard, Holy Cross, Amherst, Williams, Colgate, Franklin & Marshall, Oberlin, Kenyon, Vassar, and the Claremont consortium are other places to start looking.</p>
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Penn is ideal for your interests.</p>
<p>[Penn</a> Museum - Mediterranean Section](<a href=“http://www.penn.museum/about-our-collections/226-mediterranean-section.html]Penn”>http://www.penn.museum/about-our-collections/226-mediterranean-section.html)</p>
<p>As a Haverford student who has taken several classics courses, I’d enthusiastically recommend the department. The professors are just fantastic, and I’ve heard nothing but good things about Greek and Latin at Haverford. The classics courses I have taken were in translation, but still wonderful (I study Arabic, not Greek or Latin).</p>
<p>UNC has an excellent Classics program, as does Duke. Also, while not at the same level prestige wise, UNC Greensboro has a good Classics program that you might consider as your safety school.</p>
<p>If you can afford it, the absolute #1 EC for us Classics types is one of the summer language programs in Rome. </p>
<p>For example: [University</a> of Dallas - Summer Programs Latin in Rome](<a href=“http://www.udallas.edu/academics/summer/hs/latin]University”>http://www.udallas.edu/academics/summer/hs/latin)</p>
<p>If you’re interested in the archaeology side, some field schools will accept high school students: [Archaeological</a> Institute of America - Search for Fieldwork Opportunities](<a href=“http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10016]Archaeological”>http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10016)</p>
<p>Once you’re in college you’ll want to give this a shot:</p>
<p>[Duke</a> Study Abroad : ICCS - Rome](<a href=“http://studyabroad.duke.edu/home/Programs/Semester/ICCS_Rome]Duke”>http://studyabroad.duke.edu/home/Programs/Semester/ICCS_Rome)</p>
<p>I’m a Penn alum, so I’ll throw down for them - it’s an absolutely wonderful mid-sized department with a bunch of exceptional young professors (even the greybeards are only in their 50s). In my experience every one of them was always willing to take time help out or provide direction in any way they could.</p>
<p>im also a sophomore in high school. i have about a 3.4 gpa and i really enjoy alot of of the things that the classics department covers. I would like to go to a school(public, but im open to hearing the privates) that has a good program that is in Texas. Is there any recomended school that would be best for me?</p>
<p>bananabat - Texas of course! [UT</a> College of Liberal Arts](<a href=“Classics | Liberal Arts | UT - Austin”>Classics | Liberal Arts | UT - Austin)</p>
<p>It’s HUGE (as Classics departments go) and the department is loaded with internationally known professors. I understand, but don’t know personally, that the internal department politics can be fearsome, but as an undergrad you probably won’t be affected by that. </p>
<p>There are top people in every area (philology, art history, archaeology) - some are the absolute leaders in their fields. You can’t go wrong!</p>
<p>Plus there’s football!</p>
<p><a href=“Department of Classics | Baylor University”>Department of Classics | Baylor University;
<p>Baylor has a long history of classics study with 12 full time faculty. Their " top students have presented papers at national conferences, won internships on archaeological digs, and received scholarships to attend the American School of Classical Studies at Athens."</p>