<p>I'm looking to major in History preferably at a small to medium sized school. I'm probably looking at 1200-1300 SATS, GPA 3.6-3.7, 6-7 APs, at a competitive Jesuit high school. I'm hopin for Georgetown's SFS for their International History major. Is this possibility unrealistic? Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>Plug Georgetown in as a reach. Most top 60 or so liberal arts schools are excellent choices for History. Mid-size unis like William & Mary, Vanderbilt, Tufts also good, but also reaches for you. Dickinson College might be a good choice.</p>
<p>Bates is a good school and does not require SATs. You have the grades.</p>
<p>Boston University is strong in history.</p>
<p>I dont know much about it, but I would assume College and William and Mary to have strong history programs...</p>
<p>College of William and Mary specializes in Colonial history but isn't spectacular in anything else.</p>
<p>Grad schools are turning out so many history PHDs that almost any school in the country will have a decent history faculty. The larger the school the wider the selection of courses. You do not have to go to a top ten or even a top fifty school to get a devent undergraduate education in history. Choose schools that offer lots of courses in the areas you are interested in: American, Latin American, African-American, ethnic studies; African, Mid-eastern, Asian, etc. More important than the list of courses is the number of faculty members they have who specialize in your areas of interest. Library resources are also very important for a history student, so check that out too.</p>
<p>W&M has a good history program, and you are only a stone throw away from getting in on some real historical action. There are not many campuses where you can uncover history never before seen.</p>
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