Salvete omnes!
I am extremely excited to begin contributing and learning to a forum about classics. It has been a growing passion of mine for several years now.
About myself:
I currently work as a programmer, but I have a dream of going to grad school for Classics in about 4-5 years. I currently take online Greek courses through Carmenta, and I can say that I have nothing but positive reviews for them!
I took about 2.5 years of Latin while in college, though decided to stop when I decided on a major, and needed to graduate on time. Now I am regretting ever leaving my passion, which is why I seek learning Latin and Greek at every opportunity.
A question to the community:
For those of you who have gone to grad school, I’m looking to build a strong case for myself, and I’d like feedback on if my plan makes sense. I’ll be applying to several grad schools for the 2021 school year. My current though is to apply to a wide variety of schools from Ivy league to state schools and perhaps a couple European ones. On my current plan here would be my curriculum vitae:
University of Alabama:
GPA 3.928
BS Computer Science
Relevant Courses:
Greek and Roman Mythology - A
Latin I - III - A/A+
Latin IV - B+
Latin V - Audited
Greek I - A
French I - A
History of Rome - C
Roman Religion - A
Carmenta School (Online):
Greek IA - A
Greek IB (currently taking)
Planning on taking Greek IIA - VB (10 semesters)
also planning on taking Latin (6-10 / 5 semesters)
I’ve read several articles on what it takes to get accepted, but I feel like I would be the special case in all of them. My question is: assuming that I have a paper that I can write for applications and my GRE is decent: is my plan something grad schools would consider?
Thanks all for allowing me to join the forum and for any feedback.
-JH