<p>Hello everyone, my name is Daryl, and this happens to be my first post - it's good to be on here - </p>
<p>My question is this - I'm curious to know everyone's opinion on quality universities in the field of history, focusing on the south and southeast - I currently live in Illinois, and am attempting to get into U of I, but I may also take the transferring opportunity to travel a bit - are there any resources on the web (I've looked, but no luck) or does anybody have any advice on what schools I should look into?</p>
<p>They probably don't need to be highly selective colleges, but selective to more selective schools I may just have a shot at - thank you for all information.</p>
<p>Any school will have a good history program. However, if you're looking to focus on the southeast, an old school in the south may be your best bet.</p>
<p>Gourman Report ranking for undergrad history</p>
<p>Yale
Berkeley
Princeton
Harvard
Stanford
Michigan
Columbia
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Wisconsin
Cornell
Indiana U
U Penn
Brown
UNC Chapel Hill
UCLA
Northwestern
UVA
U Texas Austin
U Rochester
U Illinois UC
U Notre Dame
U Washington
U Minnesota
U Iowa
Duke
Rutgers
UC Santa Barbara
UC San Diego
NYU
Vanderbilt
Washington U St Louis
U Maryland CP
Ohio St
Missouri Columbia
Emory
U Pitt
Rice
SUNY Stonybrook
Dartmouth
Brandeis
U Kansas
Boston U
UC Davis
SUNY Buffalo
Michigan St</p>
<p>Well....those lists are helpful as starting points. But they often miss programs for one reason or another. The thing to do is grab a hold of the college bulletins at the schools you are interested and research course offerings, faculty credentials, special programs and double majors and study abroad programs etc.</p>
<p>You are not looking in the northeast. But there are many up there not on those lists who deserve recognition.</p>
<p>We also asked around from people in the "History" world and got some interesting responses, both positive and negative about many schools.</p>
<p>Gourman Report ranking for undergraduate sociology</p>
<p>Wisconsin.Madison, University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of
Chicago, University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill. University of
Columbia University
Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges
Stanford University
Washinqton, University of
California.Los Angeles, University of
Yale University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Pennsylvania, University of
Wayne State University
Texas-Austin, University of
Minnesota, University of I
Michigan State University
Cornell University
Princeton University<br>
IIIinois, Urbana-Champaign, University 0f
New York University
Duke University
Massachusetts-Amherst. University of
Nrthwestern University
Catholic University of America, The
Arizona. University of
State University of New York College at Buffalo
Boston University
Brandeis University
Pittsburgh, University of
California-Berkeley. University of</p>
<p>What kind of history interests you? American (Colonial, Civil War and Reconstruction, Southern (Ante-Bellum, New South), Frontier, Western, Immigration, African-American, Latino, Ethnic); European (English, [what time period?], Russian, Central or Eastern Europe), Middle Eastern, African (North African, Sub-Sahara, Colonial, Modern), Asian (China, Southeastern Asian, Middle East); Latin American (Brazilian, Spanish-speaking LA), Roman, Greek, Ancient, Medieval. And so on and on and on.</p>
<p>American History interests me the most, with Revolutionary/Colonial America at my highest interest - although the age of antiquity gets my goat as well.</p>
<p>As a follow up to the post, I would prefer to stay south (still can't stand the cold), but let me get more specific about my qualifications, just to get an idea from everyone what my realistic opportunity of transfer acceptance would be...</p>
<p>I'm 28, with a 2.7 GPA - however, my GPA is somewhat misleading, as when I was 19 I dropped classes "unofficially" - killing my GPA in the process. I've actually built it up from a .8! My last three semesters have been mostly A's with some B's thrown in - does this give me any chance at a respected university?</p>