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<p>Brown University is strong with their Classics Department. I used to know two people who were both Classics majors at Brown, who were both very pleased with the stong foundation they got in Classics.</p>

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<p>If Berkeley is too close, UCLA can almost equally support an aspiring scholar of classics.</p>

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<p>I am surprised this thread has gone so far and St. John’s Annapolis and Santa Fe has not been mentioned.</p>

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<p>Eh, I personally think St. John’s is overrated. Their program has too narrow a focus. Greece and Rome were not created in a vacuum, but SJ tends to teach it that way. In that respect Brown is notable because it takes justifiable pride in incorporating the other ancient cultures that culminated in the Classical period.</p>

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<p>It’s not overrated, but not necessarily ideal for a classicist. About half of the four years is classics.</p>

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<p>I completely agree dvan. If classics is your path, you have to at least take a very close look at becoming a Johnnie. St. John’s is by no means for everyone, put can be a perfect fit for some.</p>

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<p>People keep mentioning St. John’s, which reminded me of a college I can’t believe I forgot earlier- Johns Hopkins. Minnesota is also very good.</p>

<p>St. John’s isn’t very good <em>unless</em> you’re into purely the literary aspects of classical studies, for which it’s fine. If you’re into any of the other various aspects of classical studies- archaeology, art, philology, numismatics, whatever- it might not be the best choice. UNC Chapel Hill, for example, offers summer fieldwork opportunities in Anatolia (Turkey) and Crete for undergrads, something many colleges can’t offer.</p>

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<p>Warblers’ said: “St. John’s isn’t very good <em>unless</em> you’re into purely the literary aspects of classical studies, for which it’s fine.” I guess I should have clarified what my son wants to study with respect to classics! He is not interested in archaeology, numismatics, art, or any of that sort of thing. He wants to study the history of ancient Rome and Latin Literature, espcially the rhetoricians, historians, and satirists. So if some schools are better for History/Latin literature, and not so into digging up ruins or examining antiquities, they’d be perfect for him.</p>

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<p>Ah! Well, in that case, St. John’s (or any of the schools people mentioned, which are also good for history) sounds like it might be appropriate. Here’s a link to their core “Great Books” list; it might be worth looking over to see if it meets your S’s interests.
<a href=“http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/asp/main.aspx?page=1302&parent=1003#f[/url]”>http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/asp/main.aspx?page=1302&parent=1003#f&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also, if you want to quote someone, do
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<p>except replace the {} with :)</p>

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