<p>Mike, we just moved back last year. And yes, I DO know about the top 10% rule…</p>
<p>Thanks for asking though!</p>
<p>John.</p>
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<p>I would also take a close look at UPenn.</p>
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<p>Not all colleges offer linguistics, it is separate from languages although UW-Madison’s dept requires the U’s 4 units of a foreign language for its majors. Son took an introductory Linguistics course that was cross listed with Anthropology. Consider yourselves lucky you have a good instate school to consider in this less common field. Now is the time for her to explore which schools offer her proposed major and to compare the courses offerd and degree requirements. She should consider both Linguistics and Anthropology departments at schools even if they are separate majors to see how to approach her interest. UW has a nice concise listing of its linguistics major- reading this and other schools’ information will give her a way of comparing UT-Austin’s program with others. Even if schools are not in the running this will help her know what may be best in preparing for grad school eventually. </p>
<p>It is such a relief when a child has a focus. Do be prepared for her to discover a different one before she finishes college. Any schools with this major are likely to have many other good majors for her so she won’t get stuck at a school that is only good in the one if she changes her plans.</p>
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<p>UT is a great center for those involved in the deciphering of Mayan hieroglyphs…there was a NOVA episode not long ago featuring a member of the faculty there. This field involves archaeology and art history as well as anthropology and linguistics.</p>
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<p>Limbwalker, I went to my undergrad solely because they were the only state school that offered my major. From your posts on another thread, I get the idea that you did exactly the same thing.</p>
<p>But with that said, if I were you I would caution your D against choosing a school solely for one very specific major. I know of a couple of '09s who wanted to change their major within a month of starting college. My own '09 son who I thought would really have a career in his original major is probably going to change majors. In fact, the TSU student I told you about went there for a very specific major that only they had, but has since changed his major.</p>
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<p>“It is such a relief when a child has a focus. Do be prepared for her to discover a different one before she finishes college…”</p>
<p>Thank you, and yes, I am not only prepared, but I expect her to discover a different one…</p>
<p>Missypie, thanks. And as I said above… It’s something I’m strongly considering.</p>
<p>I really had no intention of going to graduate school (although I nearly got talked into it by a prof. after doing pretty well in undergrad.), so my 4.5-year degree worked quite well for my purposes. It was very specific to my field. </p>
<p>However, I don’t see much point in something as specific as an undergrad. linguistic anthropology degree. I mean, it seems like a field were most jobs are going to require graduate degrees anyway. So a good foundation in Linguistics or Anthropology should be enough, right?</p>
<p>Oh, and she’s telling us now that she wants to work in a museum setting. “Like the Smithsonian or something…”</p>
<p>Ugh! Sometimes I wish she had the communication skills of her freshman brother…</p>
<p>John.</p>
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<li><p>You can wind up changing your major without changing your interests, too. When I went to college, I thought I wanted to be an English major, until I found out that all the cool, happening people were hanging out at Comp Lit. More recently, one of my daughter’s friends, who has barely had a significant interest in anything other than Latin poetry since she was 15, changed majors from Classics to some squirrelly literature program because her Classics department didn’t want to let her write a thesis on medieval Latin poetry, and she didn’t feel like taking any more Roman Civ classes.</p></li>
<li><p>For some reason, the anthropology of museums is totally hot right now as an academic field of inquiry.</p></li>
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<p>I don’t think so. The OP’s daughter thought Rice was “inner city”. She would run in terror if she even got close to Penn!</p>
<p>I read somewhere that the % of college students who change majors is incredibly high- maybe over 80%???</p>
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