This is obviously premature, but what grad schools should I consider?

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<p>I'm attending NYU in the fall, and I like to plan ahead. I'm in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study for English, Creative Writing, Linguistics, Foreign Languages, and History. Which schools have the best grad programs for these (basically humanities) fields?</p>

<p>Don't make fun of me, I just like to think about the future. :)</p>

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<p>Choosing a grad school is not simply based on those broad majors, but on subfields you are interested in researching (and often subfields within subfields!). There are literally hundreds of schools that fit the majors you listed, and it would be a useless list anyway.</p>

<p>You really, really need to relax about grad school. Take time in the first couple years of undergrad to narrow it down to at the very least a major, and by the time you're finishing junior year, a subfield (assuming you are going straight to grad school after undergrad, which isn't always necessary or optimal either).</p>

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<p>^^ yes, and you'll probably change your mind a couple of times over the course of your studies anyway. Case in point - I went into undergrad convinced I was going to do an MA/PhD in IR. A year or so later I was convinced I was going to do an MA/PhD in Social Anthropology. Fast foward to now... I'm applying for MA degrees in General Linguistics. Still undecided about a PhD. So yeah. No need to worry about it yet! ;)</p>

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<p>as far as history goes, any of these programs will do you well if you plan an academic career: </p>

<p>yale - yale really takes the cake in history as far as i can tell
berkeley
princeton
harvard
stanford
chicago
columbia
and friends</p>

<p>of course, you want to look at those subsubfields mentioned above</p>

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<p>Dobby, that's the problem. That's not a useful list without knowing subfields. For example, my area is early medieval ecclesiastical, and Princeton is useless. For Asian or African history, many of those schools are not nearly as good as others. For southern American history, South Carolina is actually very good. Irish history? Boston College is great.</p>

<p>There is no way to create a list without knowing more about what you want to do.</p>