Match a rising junior majoring in Classics [3.975 GPA, no need-based financial aid]

[observer33]

Yes, but the data are the data (median vs mean). You have to get out onto the skinny branches of the tree here. Why not put the odds in your favor from the start?

[Shelby_Balik]

@Izzy74

I think you should major in whatever you want to major in that said, think about pursuing internships that may result in a job after school.

Excellent advice. Your major is not the only direct path to a job. Take every advantage of your college’s career resources to look for internships, work alum networks, and so forth to get productive summer internships.

[NiceUnparticularMan]

@observer33

You have to get out onto the skinny branches of the tree here. Why not put the odds in your favor from the start?

You seem to be assuming some sort of random distribution of outcomes around the median or mean, such that you choose your major and then get one of those outcomes randomly.

My point is what is actually happening is different people at different colleges are following very different paths despite having the same major, and you are not going to randomly be assigned to some different path than the one you are following just because you share the same major with those other people.

[gardenstategal]

I know you’d prefer a larger school, but Bryn Mawr, with its excellent Classics department and good merit, could be awesome. With Haverford, it’s bigger than it seems.

[aquapt]

U of Rochester? Has majors in Classics and IR (and of course psych), cold weather, the desired student body size, and an “academic/intellectual vibe without it being cutthroat.” With URoch’s flexible curriculum, you’d automatically cover the Humanities and Social Sciences requirements via your major(s)/minor(s) in your areas of interest, and just need a STEM “cluster” (3 classes in any topic of interest in this category, which includes the psych-adjacent Brain & Cognitive Sciences) to meet all requirements. Merit is likely with your stats as well.