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Although this was not addressed to me, I’ll take it anyway, as the resident CC classicist.</p>
<p>Boston U has a much stronger classics program than Wake with more renowned professors. At the moment, the classics department at Wake has 4 full-time classics professors (emeritus and adjuncts effectively don’t count). BU has 13, and that’s not even including the classical archaeologists in the archaeology department. </p>
<p>BU has extremely close ties to ASOR and the Museum of Fine Arts, as well as hosting the local society of the Archaeological Institute of America. It also offers the opportunity for students to study other ancient cultures offered by the university – Egypt, Mesopotamia, Turkey, and the like. Students are allowed to take Hittite, Akkadian, and Sumerian at nearby Brandeis, should they so choose. Classics and archaeology are BU’s true strengths and some of the few areas in which it can compete with pretty much any college in the country.</p>
<p>That said, I am a big fan of schools in my native NC, and Wake is a great school. The OP could do quite well if it’s a good fit for him. </p>
<p>I would also strongly encourage an application to UNC, which does not consider residency status in transfer admissions and has an extraordinarily strong classics program and social scene.</p>