schools for history/education

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking to major in history and education. I live in the midwest and love it and would love to stay in the region but have also considered the idea of going out west too. Some schools I'm looking at are UW-Madison, UM-Twin Cities, Macalester, Oberlin, Colorado College, and possibly Kenyon. Some stats about myself are:</p>

<p>3.95 gpa unweighted (only a junior so subject to change a bit)
32 ACT
EC's are a bit scattered: played high school soccer for 2 years and competitive club for 6, this year i switched to more music stuff and am in choir and the musical. I'm a part of drama club, AFS club, and T3 (mentoring program for middle schoolers). I'm also extremely involved in my church, which is where most of my community service comes from as well.</p>

<p>I'm mostly looking for suggestions of schools out west to look at as i think i have my midwestern schools pretty much mapped out, but by all means suggest some midwestern ones if you think of any. Thanks!!</p>

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<p>What can your family afford?</p>

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<p>For what it’s worth, it is probably not necessary to major in education in order to teach at the primary or secondary level. There are certification programs that take just a minor or the rough equivalent. In the south (and likely elsewhere) there are a number of alternative licensure paths. There are also paths like Teach for America.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/782877-top-undergraduate-history-programs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/782877-top-undergraduate-history-programs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>assuming you can afford anything…you might also want to do a google search on Top Graduate History Programs.</p>

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<p>Many states have Teachers Honors Programs which provide in some cases full tuition for Teacher Education programs. You qualify. Look into those!</p>

<p>Its not just state schools either, many private schools also participate. For example, NCState has one, but so does Elon University.</p>

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<p>i would need financial aid. 30k a year tops.</p>

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<p>You may want to look up the teacher certification requirements in the states and localities that you are considering teaching (history?) in.</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice guys. any suggestions on schools out west? i’m thinking more liberal arts schools if possible.</p>

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<p>If you’re looking at small LACS and have a specific interest in history, take a close look at their course offerings and faculty. Many departments will only have four or five faculty. My son’s specific interest is ancient history and he ruled out several schools because he couldn’t find any classes he would be interested in taking that were offered that semester (I think he used 3 as his requirement) The school he ended up at isn’t really that strong in the area but other factors at the school made up for it.</p>

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<p>any suggestions of schools?</p>

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<p>If you are mainly interested in the west why are you looking at OH which is east? Denison will probably offer more $ than Kenyon. Colorado College offers mostly need based aid. Have you run the Net Price Calculator on their web site to see how much it would cost?</p>

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<p>Spending any more money to go anywhere outside UW Madison would be silly.</p>

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<p>i said midwest and the west, sorry if that wasnt clear. and to barrons, i probably wouldnt spend much more money to go out of state but im still going to apply to other schools.</p>