<p>If I get accepted to Grinnell, I'm gonna have a huge decision to make! I want to study anthro and languages......how the heck would I decide??? On the other hand, if I don't get into Grinnell.....then the decision would be different. Is either school stronger in anthro? Are they both strong? Grinnell has almost 2x the amount of anthro profs.....but Beloit has an anthro museum.</p>
<p>help? advice?</p>
<p>Thanks a ton!!!</p>
<p>Here’s what I would do… delve deeper into the two anthropology departments. What are the specializations of the various faculty? How many are archeology, biology, socio cultural (what regions of the world), linguistic? psychological? applied? etc. How many majors each year of the types youi’re interested in? Anthropology is one of those subjects that varies widely in subject matter, so what you’re going to study at various schools might really vary a lot. Is one program more theoretical than the other? Look at the classes offered in each catalog?</p>
<p>Beloit has a good program in museum work if that interests you, but not sure on the plusses and minuses of the other areas.</p>
<p>I would just read about each and every faculty member and look at the classes.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Good advice from kathieh1. I think you might also want to look more broadly at both schools. They are different. Interests change. What if it turns out that anthro isn’t your passion after all? Which school fits your needs better overall?</p>
<p>My uncle went to Beloit for anthropology and loved it. He said that not only is the program top-tier, but it also has a great campus feel and the professors were very personable and knowledgable</p>
<p>From what I remember, Beloit was focused on native Americans…I’ll have to check on that. Grinnell does have a linguistics program, which is a plus, but to my knowledge it’s quite new. I’m interested in cultural anthropology…as for regions, it’s hard to say. The Middle East sounds really cool, as well as regions in Africa. I’m not sure yet…</p>
<p>So I just had everything typed in here…and then I accidentally pressed the back button and lost everything!!! Here are the links to the profs:</p>
<p>[Anthropology</a> Faculty and Staff - Anthropology | Grinnell College](<a href=“http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/anthropology/faculty]Anthropology”>http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/anthropology/faculty)</p>
<p>[Anthropology:</a> Faculty](<a href=“Anthropology Major • Beloit College”>Anthropology Major • Beloit College)</p>
<p>I noticed that Grinnell has many profs who are in multiple departments…is that bad?</p>
<p>My consensus is that Grinnell has more profs, probobly of the same caliber, and there is a wider frame of interest, but many are in multiple departments. Both have biological anthro, but Grinnell has anthros focused on Women’s studies and Middle Eastern studies…though I don’t remember if they were full profs. A few assistant profs, for example.</p>
<p>Thanks for the “good luck.” ^ I’ve come to the conclusion that Grinnell was looking at my app 3 weeks ago, so I’m assuming they made a decision by now. I have the strongest desire to email and ask them…but I know I can’t. It’s all very stressful. Plus their apps increased by 50-some%…that’s not at all encouraging. I should have been born in 1993. :)</p>
<p>I just went through Grinnell’s courses and they have about the same # of courses as Beloit. They had subfields labeled, which was nice.</p>
<p>Grinnell has: </p>
<p>5 “professors”
3 “associate profs”
3 “assistant profs”</p>
<p>Beloit has:</p>
<p>4 “professors” - 1 is adjunct
1 “associate prof”
2 “assistant profs”</p>
<p>“Assistants” are tenured on probation basically, associate prof is after being tenured, full prof is the highest level, and adjunct is part-time and they are not necessarily “employed” by the institution.</p>