<p>So what do you all think about what I should do regarding Graduate school? Are any of the things I listed a realistic option. Do you have any other options that I may not have thought of? Also, should I consider going and getting a second Bachelors in Classical Studies (which would help get my languages) and how long do you think that would take?</p>
<p>I would just love any advice on what you all think I should do regarding Graduate school and how to get in and what I need to get accomplished to be able to get in!!</p>
<p>My opinion? Take a summer course in Latin or Greek and really see if Classics is even your thing. Don’t waste your time studying German or another language until you’ve actually tried Latin or Greek. Continue your French and sign up for a summer Classical language and then take it from there. Look into doing a post-bac Classics program which could really give you a leg up for the MA and PhD programs.</p>
<p>Last question on this. Do you believe it is possible to get enough knowledge in Summer intensive courses as well as self-study in a year and a half to be competitive?</p>
<p>In Classics, no. If this is what you really want to do – and you can’t actually know that yet, because you haven’t even engaged with the languages – you have to start thinking much longer-term. </p>
<p>You don’t have to give up; you CAN do it. My sister decided at 32 that she had really always wanted to be a doctor; she had just forgotten to take any science classes since 10th grade. It took her four years from that point to the time she entered medical school, and eight years from there to the job she wanted as a doctor. And those first few years, she was really working without a net. She had been a B+ History major at a mid-rank state university, and had been working for a stock exchange. She had to take all the pre-med courses at a large state university with all the 18-year-old gunners, and she had to get As, or it was all over. But she did it.</p>