<p>I'm interested in majoring in linguistics, but I honestly don
t know where to start looking. I'm a high school junior at the top of my class ... and apparently I'm very bad at research. Could anyone please point towards prestigious schools with outstanding linguistics programs?</p>
<p>And if anyone knows any off the top of their heads, can anyone point me towards schools with good Romance languages and East Asian langauges majors?</p>
<p>Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>There are a number of threads on linguistics programs. I suggest you look at this one:</p>
<p>My alma mater, McGill, appears to be highly ranked; as a bonus, French language or lit classes you take there lower your tuition (that is, the tuition for those classes is the Quebec resident tuition, dirt cheap by American standard).</p>
<p>/not a linguistics major myself, but since you mentioned romance language majors, I thought this tidbit of information might be of interest</p>
<p>Sorry, you may have to enquire or double check for the lower tuition for just courses, but an Honours in French lit will allow you to apply for Quebec</a> resident tuition.</p>
<p>From what I've found, many of the brand-name schools have great linguistics programs. The NRC ranking (sadly, I cannot find the US News ranking for linguistics -- I think it requires membership):</p>
<ol>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UMass (Amherst)</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Chicago</li>
<li>Ohio State</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>UC Santa Cruz</li>
</ol>
<p>I, like you, am a junior (at the top of my class, I think, but I don't want to be too boa****l :P) and I plan on majoring in linguistics (+ psychology).</p>
<p>Er, by the way, I put "boast-ful," but the server thought I was telling you to shut the **** up. =)</p>
<p>Kyledavid, thanks! The best of luck to you.</p>
<p>You too. =)</p>