Match me: US or UK schools: Archaeology [CT resident, also EU citizen,4.0 GPA, 1330 SAT (1370 superscore)]

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Demographics

  • US citizen
  • State/Location of residency: CT
  • Type of high school: Public

Cost Constraints / Budget
Unlimited budget.

Intended Major(s)

Archaeology: Maybe double up with one of these - Ancient history/art history/Philosophy

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.4
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 1370 superscore - may not submit (advise)

List your HS coursework

(Indicate advanced level, such as AP, IB, AICE, A-level, or college, courses as well as specifics in each subject)

  • English: English H (2 yrs), AP Lang & Comp (scored 5), AP Lit & Comp, Satire
  • Math: Geometry, Algebra II , Pre- Calc, Calculus H
  • Science: Biology, Chemistry H, Physics H, AP Computer Science
  • History and social studies: Global Studies H, Modern Global Studies H, AP/ECE US History (scored 4), Civics/international relations, AP/ECE Modern European History, ECE Black/Latino Studies
  • Language other than English: Spanish III-V H (achieved literacy), AP Spanish
  • Visual or performing arts: Intro Choir, Fdtns 2d Art, Fdtns 3d Art, Intro Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, Advanced Drawing & Painting, ECE movie production
  • Other academic courses: Intro Business, Accounting I, ECE Business Management, Financial Literacy, Intro Investing

Awards

National Honor Society. Achieved high honors all 4 yr HS
96k/scholarship to Rochester institute of technology: awarded for art.

Extracurriculars
Worked 80 hr/yr family business during school year.

30 hr/yr volunteer.

4 years Botany Club, Secretary yr 3, President yr 4

3 years Chemistry Club

2 years at sleepaway summer art camp (choir/dj/vocal soloist/painting/printmaking/ceramics/batik) .

Summer Precollege Champlain College for Game Design.

Summer at ArchaeoSpain Field work in Spain(excavation Roman Ruins).

Essays/LORs/Other
Essay about experience in Spain - What I learned about myself.

3 letters of Rec: AP English, AP US Hist and Spanish H teachers

Schools
US List (considering - not final):

B.U. (top choice) U Mich, Macalester, Wash & Lee, GWU, U VA, Penn State honors, Dickinson College, William & Mary, Kenyon, U Notre Dame, Wake Forest, U Maryland, Hamilton, Colgate - what others? Open to suggestions! Cornell? Dickinson College? Vanderbilt? UNC -Chapel Hill?

UK/Ireland List: (UK max is 5)

UCL, Durham, U York, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Reading, UC Dublin, Trinity Dublin

I prefer staying in Northeast and/or UK/Ireland. Let’s hear your feedback- Suggestions Welcome!

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Unlimited budget? Truly unlimited i.e. full payer?

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Just a note that for UCAS applications you have to list your all your SAT scores, so you may want to check if the individual universities have SAT recommendations/minimums. Without checking I’d expect 1370 would be fine for most on your list (though they generally will not look at superscore - what is your highest individual sitting?)

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What is your area of interest in archaeology?

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Yes.

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1330: first time. 670 Math and 660 RW. My strength is not Maths! I finally got my RW up to 700, but my maths went down.

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My interest is in European History. Medieval. Greek and Roman too. I am also interested in marine archaeology and Native Americans/Early America. I am a dual citizen, so at least I can legally work in the E.U. if the opportunity should arise. Not as interested in paleontology.

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Dual citizen of the UK or of the EU?

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The EU

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Marine archaeology is the field of future breakthroughs in extending our knowledge of ancient humans - although I don’t know how long it will take to be able to study what is underwater. In glacial times, the oceans were up to 400 feet lower than they are today! So, a lot more land was exposed and people were living in places that are today under the waves. Needless to say, this field is in its infancy. Some American colleges which have established departments in this field are:

Texas A&M
East Carolina University
University of West Florida
UC San Diego
UConn
URI

Groundbreaking research is currently going on in the area of Early America, changing the dates of what we thought to be the earliest human habitation. White Sands, NM is a current focal point on this continent. Universities in YS and UK doing research there are:

University of Arizona
Cornell
Bournemouth University

Another area of interest for early America is Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in Oregon. The leading university researchers there are:

University of Oregon

Perhaps the biggest breakthroughs in changing our understanding of Early America is in the Amazon Rain Forest. Research there is happening internationally. US and UK universities involved there include:

University of Florida
Yale
U Penn
Nottingham
Exeter
University of Reading

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I’m sorry that I didn’t comment on your interest in medieval archaeology and Greek & Roman history. I didn’t because it is ubiquitous and I didn’t know where to begin. But I do have a funny medieval history story. I was in Scotland this summer and among other things, I learned about the role of John Knox in helping to give birth to modern democracy. Edinburgh served as a laboratory for democracy in medieval times. Adam Smith, the “father of economics”, wrote “The Wealth of Nations” there in the 1700s, establishing the foundations for modern capitalism, which is central to modern democracies. Before him, John Knox, a major reformer in Christianity in the late 1500s, founded the Presbyterian Church. The major change in Presbyterianism is that it was democratic. The people chose their own ministers. Rather than having them appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It’s impossible to overstate the significance of this, given the role of the Christian Church in medieval Europe. If someone could introduce democratic ideas into the Christian Church, they could introduce democracy anywhere.

I was in Edinburgh for the better part of a week. We toured all of the major sites in Edinburgh. One of them was Saint Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh’s equivalent to Westminster Cathedral in London. Many important figures in the history of Scotland are buried at St. Giles. We were told that we could find the burial site for John Knox at parking spot #23 in the car park! No joke. There is a small plaque embedded in the black top at #23 marking the spot as his final resting place.

All of Edinburgh looked like it was the set for a Harry Potter movie. We did take a short bus trip out of town to visit the medieval Roslyn Chapel, made famous in the Dan Brown book & movie, The DaVinci Code”. My favorite archaeological site was Skara Brae, a 5000 year old Neolithic village way up on the Orkney Islands with nearby stone circles and a chambered cairn. Yes, Skara Brae is older than the pyramids and older than Stonehenge but they had an early version of a plumbing system to remove human waste. The village is also a potential site for marine archaeology as much it was destroyed by erosion from the Atlantic. The neighboring bay is believed to be the site of more of the village but it is now underwater.

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Thank you - good info!

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Love this! (and I am a Harry Potter fan)

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Then if you end up somewhere in /near the north of England make sure to visit Alnwick Castle. Setting for some of the movies.

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Will add to my list.

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We rode the Harry Potter train from the Highlands to the ferry for the Isle of Skye. Hundreds of people were packed on the hillsides to watch us go by. :scream: :clap: :rofl:

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That sounds amazing!

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