Good schools for English, History, or Psychology major?

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<p>I'm narrowed down my major choices down to English, history, psychology, or two of the three by doing double major, which is the most likely outcome. So can anyone recommend me some colleges that are really strong in those departments? Thanks!</p>

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<p>English @ Berkeley</p>

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<p>just about every liberal arts school</p>

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<p>Those are three of the most popular majors, period. So it would be pretty difficult to go to wrong, aside from a highly technologically oriented school, particularly since you don't know which of the three you'll be doing. Any good school, LAC or University, should have strong departments in all three. Sorry if this isn't too helpful.</p>

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<p>why those three, those are very broad and different.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone, for replying. I guess I'm being too broad, so here are some more infos:
For English, I have a particular interest on the Romantic Movement and Victorian period, and a strong aversion to realism. As for history, I'm hoping to concentrate in European history, with a possible emphasis on Britain and maybe Northern Europe(I avoided saying Scandinavia because I'm interested in Finland as well, and as far as I know, it's not considered a part of Scandinavia). I'm also interested in East Asian history before the Europeans enters the picture and ancient history, though I will pass on the cave men and agriculture revolution parts. I don't have a particular interest in psychology as of yet, though I'm extremely curious about the subject of personality development.</p>

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<p>Definitely look into Duke. I'm taking a class</a> on Romanticism right now, and the professor is FANTASTIC. British lit and early American lit are specialties in Duke's English department. East Asian studies is very strong at Duke (the library has extensive holdings in EAS</a>), and there's several classes in that area, like "Ancient/Early Modern Japan" and "China: Antiquity to 1400." History is a strong (top 15) program, and the Medieval/Renaissance Studies department is strong as well. There's even a German</a> professor who specifically studies the Vikings and Norse literature. Psychology is pretty good too, and neuroscience is excellent. </p>

<p>English:
<a href="http://www.duke.edu/web/english/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.duke.edu/web/english/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Germanic Studies:
<a href="http://www.german.duke.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.german.duke.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>History:
<a href="http://www-history.aas.duke.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www-history.aas.duke.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Medieval & Renaissance Studies
<a href="http://www.duke.edu/%7Ejmems/cmrs/cmrsugr.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.duke.edu/%7Ejmems/cmrs/cmrsugr.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Psychology:
<a href="http://pn.aas.duke.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://pn.aas.duke.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Course Bulletin:
<a href="http://registrar.duke.edu/bulletins/Undergraduate/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://registrar.duke.edu/bulletins/Undergraduate/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>An awesome thing about Duke is that you can cross-register at UNC Chapel Hill (one course per semester), and the Robertson bus runs between the two colleges every 30 minutes.</p>

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<p>With your interests, you should look for an elite university (not a liberal arts college). The faculty interests will be deeper.</p>