What are the best colleges for Anthropology Majors?

College Majors
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<p>I left the title broad so that students interested in any of the Anthropology divisions could find answers to their own questions about which anthropology school to go to. </p>

<p>For me, I'd love recommendations for schools with great Cultural Anthropology programs. Then, if you don't mind, I'd really really appreciate it if you would let me know whether or not you believe it would be worth it for me to take a shot at applying for those schools.</p>

<p>To be able to tell me my chances, you'll need my 'stats':</p>

<p>• Intended Area of Study
o Cultural Anthropology</p>

<p>• GPA
o UC Transferable: 3.93 --- 60 completed units
o Cumulative College GPA: 3.7 --- 78 completed units (includes HS level classes taken at my local college)
o High School GPA: 2.8</p>

<p>• SAT
o 2100</p>

<p>• Extra Curricular
o Treasurer, Gamma Beta Phi (College Honor Society)
o Photographer, Canyon Call (My college’s publication)
o Varsity Runner - Two years Cross Country runner in High School
o Completed Several Service Learning projects for a lot of community service hours</p>

<p>• Employment
o Emergency Medical Technician (EMT): worked on an ambulance for the past year, resigned last month to concentrate on school
o English Tutor: currently working as an English tutor for my college in the TLC lab</p>

<p>• Awards, honors, whatnot
o I received a congressional nomination to attend West Point Academy, but decided not to go.
o 1st Place: JACC’s (Journalism Association of Community Colleges) Feature Photo Competition @ the 2009 Conference(over three hundred competing photographers)
o Honorable Mention: JACC’s News Photo Competition @ the 2009 conference
o Won “Top Photographer” award Senior year HS
o Dean’s List, or President’s list or something like that, I forget what it’s called. Basically you get it if your gpa is above 3.5 at my college.
o Various ‘little awards’ that I don’t think are worth mentioning here.</p>

<p>• Recommendations
o Should be good.</p>

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<p>Undergrad doesn’t matter as much in anthropology. Just go to a respectable school and get a good gpa.</p>

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<p>Ok Pandem…any suggestions on WHICH respectable school I’d have a chance at?</p>

<p>Lets start with Dartmouth. I’ve heard they have a good Anthropology program. What are my chances of going to Dartmouth?</p>

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<p>Sorry, you’d have to ask in the What Are My Chances Forum. I honestly don’t know.</p>

<p>I was implying more of a state school. Any decent state school would probably be good enough for undergrad.</p>

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<p>Oh, its ok, thanks for answering :)</p>

<p>Really, though? there is nothing special that any school could offer me during my undergrad time? Dang.</p>

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<p>I’m sure there are better schools to go to. I was just reiterating the common advice that it’s grad school that matters for anthro, and you can get into most grad schools with a high gpa from a good school, not necessarily an Ivy or top 20.</p>