Expert: Ralph Salier - 3/12/2010

Question
Hello! You gave me some info. before the holidays and I was really thankful. I have to say i most interested in the history part of archaeology. Egyptology is what i most want to do but i would love to go to Rome and study there also. If you would, please tell me what college would be most important for me to go to. I live in Monticello,AR and would like to stand near in the south, but i would go to any school. I again remember you that I'm in the 9th grade and i shall be taking Biology next year and chemistry the next.

Answer
Hi Sarah,

For the classics, University of Pennsylvania or Columbia University would be my first two choices then Yale and Harvard but both are very hard to get into in comparison.  

But, here is a listing of colleges and universities with graduate programs in the classics.
http://www.williams.edu/Classics/after_williams/gradprograms.htm

One of  the most important things you should take is English and writing courses since in archaeology there is a lot of writing.