Have you considered U. Wisconsin @ Madison or U. Iowa in Iowa City? Even out of state, you probably won’t break the bank on these, and they’re smaller than Oregon, located in quaint-ish college towns. There’s also UNC. Anyway, I’d strongly consider your prospective tuition before you go–coming out of college with multi (or high) five digit debt can be financially crippling. Good luck.
I pretty much agree with this.
At least, I hope it’s true.
3/4 done with a very expensive masters degree at a big name school
Give the Admissions Department a call. Yes, they have minimum course credits you need (4 years of math, in this case) - but there’s a possible exception for your Air Force experience. It absolutely cannot hurt. Plus, if you have a college level math course, it may count as well.
Also, is this your first year at city college?
Feel free to PM me for more information. I volunteer for our alumni club at all the local college fairs, and have a very good friend in the Admissions department.
College? Oregon? Humanities? Pretentiousness?
You must apply to Reed.
ETA: Whoops! Quoted the wrong post!
I think you still need to answer some fundamental questions first. For example - size. Do you want a large school or a small one. You mostly mentioned large schools - which are great. You can really get behind an athletic program or whatever else gives you a sense of belonging. However - you can get these from small schools too. So I wouldn’t count them out. And the northeast is absolutely crawling with smaller schools with good history departments and charming campuses. It’ll just be a different college experience. So decide on that first.
For me - I got my undergrad in History from a small school in Pennsylvania. Loved it - small school, personal feel, great campus, college-y feel to it. Average class size was under 10 for my last 2 years. But it’s not for everyone - some people really like the big campus life-style. Big time football games, national TV, living in a city, whatever.
In my opinion - the difference in quality between different schools is pretty minor for an undergrad history degree. I would first pick what type of school you want (big, small, etc.). Then I’d pick geography - do you want to go somewhere far away? The Northeast? Out West? Then, once you’ve narrowed that down, look at specific schools.
I’m looking for a smaller-middle sized campus. The city college I go to now has around 18,000 students, and that’s too big for me. I don’t need to live in a city, and as long as the school is in the North East or the North West, I’m happy.
Notre Dame, eww. You need to go to Madison. The University of Wisconsin has a great grad school, tons of highly regarded departments, and most definitely is a “college” feeling university. Madison’s very much a college town. And the campus is pretty.
Yeah, it’s way bigger than you’re looking for, but it really doesn’t feel that big (maybe because it’s in a relatively small city.)
Yep. You want to go to Madison. You really do.
You definitely do not want to live in South Bend. Good Lord. The campus is nice enough, but it ends there.
So you’re looking for a relatively small school in the NE or NW–but you mentioned Texas A&M and Notre Dame, neither of which fit either criteria. Hmm.
How about Stony Brook?
Well - I’m a bit biased - but if you’re looking for a small school in the NE with a good history department, you can’t go wrong with members of the Patriot league. Excluding Army and Navy (I assume), you’re still left with American (Washington, D.C.), Bucknell (Lewisburg, PA), Colgate (Hamilton, NY), Holy Cross (Worcester, MA), Lafayette (Easton, PA), Lehigh (Bethlehem, PA), Fordham (NY) and Georgetown (Washington, D.C.).
Several of these are in large cities, but many are in small towns that have a great small-town college feel to them. In my opinion, you get the greatest kind of classic college feel from Bucknell, Lafayette and Lehigh - all excellent schools. But I’ve been to the other camupses too - and they are great in their own right. Of course, these tend to be pretty pricey - so that may well enter into your decision. And some have religious ties - although if you were considering ND, then that shouldn’t be an issue.
Not all Master’s-granting programs accept students from their undergraduate programs… there is often no documented rule about this, but it is worth checking into before making a move to a new school hoping to make a BA->MA move…
They are all good schools, however if debt (or hot chicks) are a concern, the Patriot League might not be for you.
Don’t laugh but you might consider Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Tuition for New York State residents is $2,300 per semester and it ranked among America’s Best Value Colleges in the Princeton Review. The programs are fairly good and although the school is in the city, the campus looks like a traditional New England college.
