<p>I'm a junior involved in the college search. I'm really interested in Egyptology, and I've been trying to find colleges that offer the program. Yale, Penn, and Brown offer it, but they are highly selective. Only a few colleges offer the major, and I'm afraid the competition will make admission more difficult. Should I tell the colleges I'm interested in Egyptology, or should I put undecided? Does your choice of major on the application matter? Also, does anyone know of any other colleges that offer the major? I have pretty good stats (4.0 uw, 1560 current SAT). I'd also like to major/minor in biology, so a strong biology program would be a plus.</p>
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<p>I have a friend who's an Egyptologist. Has a hard time finding a job but I'll ask her. Big problem is that she doesn't have Ph.D. She did her undergrad at Texas A&M and her Master's at Liverpool (UK).</p>
<p>Ummm...1560 current SAT? Declare victory and move on. (The "current" implies taking it yet again.)</p>
<p>Thank you for the info. I said "current SAT" because my counselor advised me to take the new SAT in the spring.</p>
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<p>I think you'll have an easier time looking for colleges that offer middle eastern studies or near eastern studies and have an archaeology program (typically archaeology is combined with social anthropology and biological anthropology into a single department). I would suggest Harvard, but it is as selective as Yale, Penn and Brown. Have you considered Brandeis University? What about Boston University? Michigan? University of Washington?</p>
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<p>University of Chicago has the Oriental Institute. Look at the catalog.</p>
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<p>I agree with Kinshasa, the U of Chicago is generally considered to have the best Egyptology program in the country. Your stats would make it a good match.</p>
<p>If you want to look at some schools with strong archeology programs, some other suggestions besides Marite's excellent ones, would include:Bowdoin, GWU, Dartmouth, Hamilton, Haverford, U of Maryland-College Park, U of Texas-Austin (also has a very strong middle eastern studies program), U of Viriginia, Washington U in St. Louis, Wesleyan, the College of Wooster and NYU.</p>
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<p>NYU also has the advantage that you could hook up with the Metropolitan Museum egyptology collection.</p>
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<p>When I was in Egypt #$%^&* years ago, I got to work for a few hours at a site run by the U. of Chicago (I was an anthro student at the time studying at Hebrew University). Great experience, fascinating country</p>
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<p>Thanks for all the information! I'll definitely check out the University of Chicago, NYU, the other universities, and the LACs.</p>
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<p>ConcernedDad, was that when you were in the Afrika Corps? I think I saw something about that and Egyptological research in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."</p>
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<p>I don't mean to repeat what has already been said and what you already know...however, if you are seriously considering this as a major and if you can maintain the great stats you already have, I think Brown is the top of the line in this field just based on my random knowledge and research. The course offerings, the vast research opportunities, and the fact that it's at BROWN all seem to ring off bells in my mind. Keep that in mind!</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins University- I'm not sure how good the department is, but JHU advertises it a lot in their brochures.</p>
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<p>ah, yeah, sure ... that was it TD -- then there was the short stint in the Foreign Legion!</p>
<p>Quelle geste beau!</p>
<p>(Well that's a fine how do you do...my 750th post on the new board is Being Silly with ConcernedDad.)</p>
<p>There are worse things in life TD, like you could be here on Sunday when the DUCKS take apart the Bruins.</p>
<p>Whatever program you do you MUST find a way to spend a year in Cairo so that you can spend hour upon hour at the Egyptian Museum! <a href="http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg%5B/url%5D">www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg</a></p>
<p>Check out the programs at the Cairo American University. <a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/academic/sape/Egy/Courses.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aucegypt.edu/academic/sape/Egy/Courses.htm</a></p>
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<p>CD, I'm not all that passionate a BB fan, though Howland is definitely taking the program on an upswing. I think UCLA will be "back" in a year or two...the frosh are getting a <em>lot</em>of playing now.</p>
<p>Cheers, there's also the dual-degree with Egyptology and plumbing...a Pharoah-faucet major.</p>
<p>Or you could double up on Shakespeare and Fashion Design . . . an Elizabethan Tailor major.</p>
<p>Momrath...groan. (D just said, "It's good there are people there who can keep up with you."</p>
<p>Regarding schools for Egyptology, my friend the Egyptologist recommends the following besides U/Chicago:</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins, U/Toronto, Brown, Penn, UCLA. In the UK: Oxford, Cambridge, University College London, U/Liverpool.</p>
<p>Finding the best fit depends on your interests, e.g., art, language, mummies.
Something she recommends is taking a more interdisciplinary approach undergrad, then specializing in graduate work.</p>
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<p>Wow, TheDad! Thanks for all the information! :) </p>
<p>One more question: Is it worth studying abroad in the UK (graduate school)? I'm mostly interested in language, if it helps.</p>
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